<http://www.stgemmagalgani.com/2008/12/recorded-ecstasies-of-saint-gemma.html>Recorded ecstasies of Saint Gemma Galgani http://www.stgemmagalgani.com/2008/12/recorded-ecstasies-of-saint-gemma.html June or July (precise date not recorded) Let me embrace You, celestial bridegroom, source of all my consolations. Who am I, to speak so boldly with You? It is true, I am your creature, but I am bad; it's true that I was made by Your hands, and those very hands, oh Jesus, I pierced with nails ... I got going too late, Jesus, in coming to You ... I found You, Jesus; I found You, Jesus. I call You, I invoke You, because I am sure……. But where are You, where are You hiding? I can smell Your presence. Give me wings, oh Jesus, to fly to your house in Heaven! ... Wednesday, August 6, around 9:00am Dear Jesus, paradise of charity, wonder of love! I am confused by so many graces, oh Lord, and if You do not help me I shall become ever more ignorant; in the abundance of so many favors, I shall become yet worse and worse . . . What would I like? I would like, oh Lord, You to assist me ... yes, I would not want to come in such poor condition to receive You. Make me worthy of You, or at least a little more deserving . . By what means, oh Jesus? ... With the infinite merit of Your most precious Blood! Tell me, oh Jesus, do You find pleasure in being with me? I truly find everything in this. The more I think of You, the more I realize that You are so sweet and lovable! Well, beloved Jesus, what do You demand of me, what do You demand? ... I love You because You are my benefactor, my creator, my guardian . . . You consume my soul and make it divine. And because You are the bridegroom of my soul ... I always seek You; I seek Your affection, Your friendship, Your glory ... if You help me, I will never fail, because...... Thursday, August 7, around 9:00am I would like to have in this instant, oh Eternal Father, the heart of all the Angels, the heart of all the Saints, of all the elect, even of my celestial Mother; indeed, I would like that of your Son, to offer them all in Your glory and honor. Beloved Jesus . . . Let's pretend, oh Lord, that you are me and I am Jesus . . . What do you mean, what would I do? I would stop being me, so that You could be, oh God….. Why, oh Lord do You light up all of myself with Your divine fire, with the fire of Your love? I would like to inflame all the creatures of the earth! ... Oh yes, I could do it! ... You see, my Jesus, I have such great confidence in You that even if I saw the gates of Hell open, and I found myself at the edge of the abyss, I would not despair. And even if I saw Heaven and Hell against me, still I would not mistrust Your mercy, because I would put my faith in You. You are so compassionate, so merciful! . . . I have wounded You, I have wounded You greatly ... You say it is a cruelty to wound any creature; oh, what cruelty must be mine, that I have wounded my God…a God ... a Creator ... a celestial goodness! ... You granted me so many graces, so many favors; You saved me in a marvelous way, and yet my heart does not melt! ... How can you, my heart, see the only Son of the Eternal Father on the cross and not die? ... Thursday, August 7, around 11:00am Oh Jesus, Jesus! Is it You again? ... Yes, I want You at every hour, at every moment. Yes! ... My soul, be firm in your resolves. My soul, do you see Jesus?..... I am yours, I am yours, Jesus ... But by so much graciousness, by so much love, what power would not be conquered, what willfulness would not be swept away? Oh Jesus, You would have reason to complain about me, yes, because I offended You ... Worthless that I am, I should return to the altar so many stolen hosts, so much blood ... But I promise to amend; as long as You continue the flow of your favors ... Why are You raising me to Heaven from the slime where I am? ... Rather than let me lack faith and love for You, make me die ... Better to live in suffering than to live as a sinner. . . What do You want? What do You want, oh Jesus? ... That my love should be firm? I shall nourish it every day with your Body and your Blood; and after I am stuffed with your Blood…… Friday, August 8, around 9:00am When, oh Lord, will I give in completely to Your sweet calls? ... When will I completely? . . . And what do You get out of my ingratitude? ... Maybe I am united with You in body, but in heart? ... No, no, my heart is Yours! You see, oh Jesus: You are a strong King, generous, who wages battles and then always wants victories. Allow me the grace to surrender to all Your calls, to love You with the tenderness of affection. My beloved Jesus ... how poor you have become! ... Why do You need me so much? ... And even if You were poor for real, how could I assist You? ... Here it is, oh Lord, my body which is a fistful of dust, and my soul, which instead my Lord makes great . . . Oh my soul!.....My Jesus!....With what love, oh Jesus, can I reciprocate? ... Come on, Jesus, let's leave! Let's go, let's go ... to your Heaven! Oh! but no, no we can not leave just yet, Jesus, no; because I am afraid, I fear ... Did You not say, oh Lord, that Heaven is for those who live in the world, but have no worldly concerns? ... Did You not say that Heaven is for the innocents? ... And me? .. With me, what will You do? ... What will you do with me, oh Lord? ... Perhaps, oh Lord, you alone know why You keep me on earth . . . Why do you not deign to tell someone? ... Saturday, August 9, 9:00am To what I said and promised this morning in Holy Communion, You must contribute, so that with your precious Blood I could be purified …. Yes ... You will do it ... yes! ... I realized that You wanted that prayer, and I took Your strong desire upon myself, to Your advantage ... And because my need is extreme, oh Lord, and the moment is right, I prayed that You to come right away, beloved Jesus. Help me to quicken this desire ... Give me a hand in this task. And when You have made me pure and clean, then yes, I will do everything; I will say my own prayer, and at every hour, at every moment. . . I would not want my pupils to be further blinded by the radiance of this most august Sacrament [Eucharist -editor]... You always give Yourself to me and I become worse and worse. This thought so gets me down! ...But then, aren't You coming in the Sacrament? ... In It is a force that purifies, a virtue that destroys all sins. Oh yes, come, come sacramental Jesus! ... Saturday, August 9, around 10:00am Beloved Jesus! . . . When I see the good souls come, oh Lord, to enjoy the delights of Your Heaven in holy Communion, I feel compassion; but when You accept bad souls like me, then ... Oh Lord, You come to me entirely as love, and I come to you as a sinner, one so lazy. Oh Lord, let me say it . . . perhaps in giving me these things You debase them too much ... or else You want a total change in my life? ... What shall I do to be pleasing to You? Do You want me, oh Lord, to change your Crown of thorns into a crown of lilies?.... To whom should I turn? ... To all your Saints? ... But if I pay You with the merits of others, my debt always remains open ... I always remain aware of the many favors You grant me ... I am a sinner ... a soul provided for only by You! ... Stop with your gifts; if not, give me the grace to take pleasure in all of them. Hear me, oh Lord; if not, put a limit on Your generosity….. Saturday, August 9, 11:30am . . . In the sacramental word, open up to me . . .Rather than remain deprived of the Bread of Life ... A passionate lover as You oh Lord, does not need so much pleading: at the first request, he understands immediately ... Sunday, August 10, the Feast of Saint Lawrence, around 9am I understood your graciousness, my Creator. Nothing is left for me but to humiliate my soul before Your majesty, which I intend to do right now. My dear Jesus, what confusion this morning! ... You wanted me to turn my mind toward Saint Lawrence, oh Lord, but what did You do? ... To one of your most beloved followers, always in the midst of sufferings, and then I with my ungrateful heart ... I am confused, what with thinking about him in the midst of pain, and then me with the Host enjoying all the sweetness of Heaven. Oh Heart of my Jesus, Heart too sweet! If You wish to give me a similar part, always in the midst if pain, oh Lord, go right ahead; if then You want me to enjoy greater rewards, go right ahead: just be sure that I always come to You with fear of offending You. I put together two souls: that of a saint and that of a sinner [St Lawrence and herself -editor]. . . What else but confusion could I find this way? I wanted by means of this same saint to offer myself, because if I did not, I believed I would be negligent in my duty; I am afraid; I am afraid because before You I know my soul to be guilty toward You. I want You to see my soul as beautiful, as Your hands gave it to me. Impossible! ... I no longer can! ... Look, my soul is all bound with chains, and when You gave it to me, it was bound with roses! When You gave it to me, it was resplendent like the sun, and now? See how it is totally deformed! ... Oh! ... It deserves……. What were you saying about me? ... Dear Jesus, dear Jesus! ... Is it You who speaks to me this way? ... Is it You? ... Repeat it to me . . Let me hear it more clearly . . . Say it to me again . . . anew. . . anew. . . once more . . . May You be blessed! ... And this morning You found in me….. Yes, it's real postage! <http://www.holypostage.com/catalog/index.php> Holy Postage - yes, it's real postage! + <*}}}>< <http://www.holypostage.com/>Custom Faith-based U.S. Postage <*}}}>< + --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Please note that I do not send or open attachments sent to this list. You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Catholics on Fire" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Catholics-on-Fire May the blessing of Jesus and our Blessed Mother be with you -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
