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St Gabriel Of Our Lady of Sorrows
(Francis Possenti).
Patron of Youth
Born at Assisi March 1, 1838.
Died: Isola Gran Sasso on February 27, 1862 of tuberculosis
Baptized in the same font as St. Francis
and St. Clare. He became a Passionist when eighteen years of age.
He was noted for his tender devotion to
the Sorrows of Mary.
He was sanctified by his keeping of the Passionist Rule during his six years as
a Passionist Religious cleric. He died at the age of 24, before being ordained,
of tuberculosis at Isola Gran Sasso on February 27, 1862. He was beatified by
St. Pius X May 31, 1908.
He was canonized by Pope Benedict XV, along with St. Margaret Mary Alacoque, May
13, 1920,
the year of the 200th anniversary of the founding of the Congregation of the Passion.
He was declared the patron of youth by
Pope Pius XI.
From the Writings of Saint
Gabriel
Jesus went to excess in order
to show us his love.
He could have saved us any number of ways - all it would have taken was a drop
of blood, a tear, a prayer; it wasn't necessary that he die. But what would
have been enough for justice was not sufficient for love.
We deserved chains and ropes, and he wanted to be bound over in place of us; the
insults and scourging should have been ours,
and he underwent them for us; the sentence
of condemnation was pronounced against us, but he accepted it in our stead.
Lastly, the lot reserved for us was eternal death with the torments of hell, but
he, in order to free us from this,
chose to die in prolonged agony on a gallows without any relief
Prayer
St Gabriel Please pray for us and our children
Let them knows the ways of Christ and Mary in these troubled time.
