tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5055912381407477995.post6859903877253229087..comments2010-12-10T12:12:33.904-05:00Glenn Dallairehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14335880223972671663noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5055912381407477995.post-71859179638334705772010-12-10T12:12:33.904-05:002010-12-10T12:12:33.904-05:00Hi Slick,<br />Thanks for your comment.<br /><br />The reason why Gemma&#39;s stigmata is not visible on the photographs of St Gemma that were taken around the year 1901 is that unlike St Padre Pio for example, Gemma&#39;s stigmata was NOT continuous. She would normally receive it on Thursday evenings through Friday afternoon, and by Friday night they would already be disappearing, and then by Saturday (or Suinday at the latest) the stigmata would be completely gone. In fact, this miraculous healing each week of her stigmata was one of the greatest sign as to its authenticity, because it is impossible for such wounds to heal so rapidly, and this weekly phenomenon greatly impressed the Physicians, Priests and all those who witnessed it. Apart from photo&#39;s there is actually some drawings of Gemma&#39;s stigmata by Gemma&#39;s spiritual directior, Father Germanus (an eyewitness) along with some excellent descriptions of her stigmata by other eyewitnesses. You will find them in the &quot;stigmata&quot; article on this website.<br /><br />Now, as far as pictures of her stigmata, unfortunately at that time camera&#39;s were expensive and rare, as you can imagine. It was Father Germanus who commissioned a professional photographer to take the photo&#39;s of Gemma that we have. <br /><br />These two photos of Gemma were taken with a daguerreotype camera, which for its time actually took excellent quality photographs. The original camera itself and the negatives are now kept in the posession of the Postulator General of the Passionists in Rome.<br /><br />Also, because of her great humility, Gemma literally had to be formally ordered by Father Germanus to &quot;pose&quot; for these photographs, otherwise she would not let her photo be taken. (The daguerreotype camera photograph process actually requires the person to remain in the same pose for several minutes while the picture is being taken). And so Gemma posed for these two photogrpahs only because Father Germanus ordered her to. Therefore I couldn&#39;t imagine her ever letting her stigmata be photographed.<br /><br />I hope this answers your questions.<br />May God bless you and yours!<br />-Glenn DallaireGlenn Dallairehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14335880223972671663noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5055912381407477995.post-65568604361316919252010-12-09T20:40:19.311-05:002010-12-09T20:40:19.311-05:00Why is Gemma&#39;s stigmata not visible in the picture of her folding her hands in the prayerful pose? Also, why are there no pictures of her stigmata?Slickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08170496381682393714noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5055912381407477995.post-77791054133574292722009-08-02T14:09:48.543-04:002009-08-02T14:09:48.543-04:00SAINT GEMMA WAS SO DEVOUT TO THE PASSION, SHE WAS SO HUMBLE, SO ANGELIC IN HER DOLORI, IT PUTS SHAME TO US IN OUR MODERN DAY VANITY &amp; BLASPHEMY, PRAY FOR US BEAUTIFULL SAINT GEMMA!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5055912381407477995.post-65238358394359545252009-03-01T14:28:00.000-05:002009-03-01T14:28:00.000-05:00Dear Anonymous,<BR/>I fixed the typo..Thank you!<BR/>-GlennGlenn Dallairehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14335880223972671663noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5055912381407477995.post-73073686240931274602009-02-28T13:50:00.000-05:002009-02-28T13:50:00.000-05:00typo<BR/><BR/> But from an ugly and scandaluos [scandalous] pictureAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com