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    St. Maria Goretti: In Garments All Red
    St. Maria Goretti: In Garments All Red
    St. Maria Goretti: In Garments All Red
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    St. Maria Goretti: In Garments All Red

    By Godfrey Robert Poage C.P.

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    MARIA GORETTI was not yet 12 years old when she was faced with that momentous decision in July of 1902: Sin or death. Maria’s answer to her assailant was clear: “No! No! It is a sin! God does not want this!” Alessandro stabbed Maria 14 times, and little Maria became another virgin martyr in the line of St. Agnes and St. Cecilia.

    Here is the beautiful true story of Maria’s virtuous life that led to her heroic choice, of the Goretti family’s terrible poverty, Maria’s First Holy Communion, her great maturity in shouldering adult responsibilities, her forgiveness of her murderer, her lingering death, then finally her public elevation to sainthood in 1950—in the presence of her mother, her family and the largest crowd ever before seen at a canonization—over half a million people.

    A contemporary classic, this is truly a book for all—because people of any age will be inspired by St. Maria Goretti’s purity and love of God—which triumphed over her love for life and even over the anonymity of death.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHauraki Publishing
    Release dateOct 21, 2016
    ISBN9781787201224
    St. Maria Goretti: In Garments All Red
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    Godfrey Robert Poage C.P.

    The Rev. Father Godfrey Poage, C.P. (March 3, 1920 - June 25, 2001) was a priest and author of the 20th century. He began writing in June of 1937 after graduating from the Passionist Seminary in St. Louis, Missouri, and volunteered at a local newspaper. Upon further study at St. Paul’s College in Detroit, he composed two popular vocational booklets for children: Follow Me and Follow Him. Along with various articles for Catholic publications, he also released St. Maria Goretti: In Garments All Red in 1950.

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      St. Maria Goretti - Godfrey Robert Poage C.P.

      This edition is published by PICKLE PARTNERS PUBLISHING—www.pp-publishing.com

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      Text originally published in 1950 under the same title.

      © Pickle Partners Publishing 2016, all rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted by any means, electrical, mechanical or otherwise without the written permission of the copyright holder.

      Publisher’s Note

      Although in most cases we have retained the Author’s original spelling and grammar to authentically reproduce the work of the Author and the original intent of such material, some additional notes and clarifications have been added for the modern reader’s benefit.

      We have also made every effort to include all maps and illustrations of the original edition the limitations of formatting do not allow of including larger maps, we will upload as many of these maps as possible.

      ST. MARIA GORETTI: IN GARMENTS ALL RED

      BY

      FR. GODFREY POAGE, C.P.

      TABLE OF CONTENTS

      Contents

      TABLE OF CONTENTS 5

      DEDICATION 6

      AUTHOR’S NOTE 7

      BEATIFICATION ADDRESS 8

      PROLOGUE 12

      1.—JOURNEY FOR MARIA 18

      2.—HOME IN THE SWAMPLAND 20

      3.—COMING OF THE SERENELLIS 23

      4.—MISUNDERSTANDING AND WARNING 25

      5.—MARIA’S HAPPIEST DAY 28

      6.—THE LITTLE WOMAN 30

      7.—THE ANGEL OF DARKNESS 32

      8.—EVEN TO BLOOD 34

      9.—HOURS OF PAIN 37

      10.—THE FINAL STRUGGLE 39

      EPILOGUE 43

      PICTURES 44

      MODEL OF YOUTH 57

      NOVENA TO ST. MARIA GORETTI 60

      INTRODUCTION 60

      FIRST DAY—Purity 61

      SECOND DAY—Obedience 62

      THIRD DAY—Self-Denial 63

      FOURTH DAY—Contented Living 64

      FIFTH DAY—Confidence in God 65

      SIXTH DAY—Respect for Teachers 66

      SEVENTH DAY—Love of Holy Communion 67

      EIGHTH DAY—Charity to Others 68

      NINTH DAY—Love of Our Blessed Mother 69

      CONCLUDING PRAYERS 70

      ADDITIONAL PRAYERS 74

      REQUEST FROM THE PUBLISHER 77

      DEDICATION

      Dedicated to Mary, Queen of Martyrs

      Who is this that cometh…this beautiful one…Why then is thy apparel red, and thy garments like theirs that tread in the winepress?—Isaiah 63:1-2

      AUTHOR’S NOTE

      My sincere gratitude goes to my confreres, especially Frs. Pierre and Dominic, whose research, many suggestions, and constructive criticism played an extremely important part in this book.

      BEATIFICATION ADDRESS

      The life story of Maria Goretti resembles very closely that of St. Agnes. The features of the Roman martyr and those of this little girl of Corinaldo shine with the same charm. The souls of both emit the same fragrance. Yet there is danger that a too superficial, too natural conception of their youthful beauty and candor will overshadow their characteristic virtue, which is strength of soul. Their youth sets off in a more living, more radiant light, the courage of the martyr and the courage of the virgin. Courage was both the result and safeguard of their virginity.

      Those individuals err greatly who consider virginity as the effect of ignorance or the simplicity of small souls. They who smile with pity on virgins, thinking of them as passionless, ardorless, or inexperienced, misjudge their true worth. How can he or she who has ceded without struggle imagine the courage required to dominate through long years, without an instant of weakness, the secret excitations and troubles of sense and heart. Since original sin, human nature is in a ferment, troubled by a thousand curiosities to see, to hear, to taste, and to feel. Great courage is required to resist those curiosities that present to the lips the intoxicating cup and exude the deadly scent of the flowers of evil. Great courage is required to live firmly, superior to every temptation, superior to every threat, superior to all seductive and taunting influences amidst the baseness of the world.

      Agnes in the whirl of pagan society and Maria Goretti in the proximity of passionate, shameless men, were neither ignorant nor insensible. They had strong hearts, strong in that supernatural strength whose germ every Christian received in holy Baptism. Thanks to a diligent and sustained education, in affectionate collaboration of parents and children, that germ grew into manifold fruit of virtue and blessing.

      In the humble family circle where Maria Goretti grew up, her education was simple but careful, and she corresponded to it perfectly. The testimony of her mother that this little girl never caused her the least voluntary displeasure is proof enough. And who can read without emotion the declaration of her murderer that he never ascertained in Maria Goretti a failing in the law of God!

      Our saint was a valiant girl. She knew, she understood, and that is why she preferred to die. Her twelfth year was not completed when she fell martyred. Yet, what discernment, what prudence, what energy she displayed! Though but a girl, conscious of danger, she watched night and day in defense of her honor, and in persevering prayer, recommended the lily of her purity to the Virgin of virgins. No, hers was not a small, weak soul! She is a heroine who in the clutch of a murderer and under the knife of an assassin thought not of her suffering, but resolutely repelled sin with horror.

      Thank God there are still many more like her. They are more numerous than is thought or mentioned because they make no display of their seriousness and virtue, as other girls do of their levity and disorders. Raised by Christian parents, they modestly pass happy and joyful down the streets of our cities and in the byways of our countrysides. They pursue domestic, professional, scholarly, and charitable duties. They know how to make their pleasing manner loved and their unbending dignity respected.

      Beyond all doubt there are still very many of these girls. They would be still more numerous if there were more devoted interest and true kindness in parents, and more confident

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