NOVENA TO SAINT MARIA GORETTI
Saint Maria Goretti is an Italian virgin-martyr of the Catholic Church, and one of the youngest canonized Saint. She was born to a farming family. Her father died when she was nine, and they had to share a house with the Serenellis. Maria took over household duties while her mother, brothers, and sister worked in the fields.
One afternoon, Alessandro, the Serenellis' son, made sexual advances to her. When she refused to submit to him, he stabbed her fourteen times. She was taken to the hospital but she died forgiving him. He was arrested, convicted, and jailed. During imprisonment he repented. After 27 years he was released from prison, and visited her mother to beg forgiveness, which she granted. He later became a lay brother in a monastery, dying peacefully in 1970. She was beatified in 1947, and canonized in 1950.
First Day - June 27
Second Day - June 28
Third Day - June 29
Fourth Day - June 30
Fifth Day - July 1
Sixth Day - July 2
Seventh Day - July 3
Eighth Day - July 4
Ninth Day - July 5
May the Lord accept our prayers through the intercession of Saint Maria Goretti, through Christ our Lord. Amen.
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