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"This is my command, that you love one another."
(Jesus - John 15:17)
(Jesus - John 15:17)
“Gianna was a normal woman;
she enjoyed life, she was happy, she loved her children.”1
These were the words of Pietro Molla when interviewed about his wife, St.Gianna Beretta Molla. They are words which indicate that Gianna was actually a pretty ordinary woman. Others 2 spoke the same of her saying that she was NOT extraordinary at all!
Jesus had said:
“There is no greater love than this,
to give one’s life for one’s friends;
and you are my friends
if you do what I command you.”
(John 15:13,14)
It is without doubt that Gianna had fully comprehended these words! She knew all too well what Jesus had commanded us and, keen on living the Gospel, she was willing to …and hence did… choose the life of others over that of her own. Gianna placed – before her own – the life of her unborn baby, dying that her child may live.
The Church presented Gianna to us as a model not solely because of this final act of love yet furthermore for who she – by God’s Grace – was:
an ordinary woman,
who co-operated with God,
living a normal life in a holy way
…allowing it to end in an extra-ordinary manner.
St. Gianna (1922-1962) was an Italian wife, mother and doctor. She was proclaimed a saint by Pope John Paul II in 2004 and is Patron Saint of mothers, doctors and the unborn. She loved her family and was dedicated to it and hence she is often asked to interceed for families.
...she is my favourite (woman) saint ...along side sta.Maria Goretti and Beata.Madre Teresa... and yesterday was her feast day.
(you can read more about here by clicking HERE :-)
The videos below are clips from the documentary “Love is a Choice” (Ignatius Press) They were originally uploaded by “mysaviourmygod” on “You Tube”.
1 Saint Gianna Molla, p15, Pietro Molla and Elio Guerriero – Ignatius Press.
2 As seen in the documentary “Love is a Choice” – Ignatius Press.
