Message from Santa Casa - January 2009
Born in Rome in 1875, Josephine Berrettoni from an early age consecrated himself to God as a lay: in nine years he entered the Daughters of Mary and took a vow of virginity. Drawn by the love of God and the life of St. Francis of Assisi, he decided to stay out of the world as a Franciscan tertiary to be a witness of hope with a holy life and an intense apostolic activity. "All my strength, all my life I want to spend make Jesus known among the Christian people. " The lay apostolate was the feature of his life. The exercised in every form and in any field: between consecrated persons and the most hardened sinners, among the ignorant and the educated, in private and in parishes, particularly as a catechist. Wherever you went flourishes faith, marriage is stabilized, will be established and Catholic religious organizations.
Born in Rome in 1875, Josephine Berrettoni from an early age consecrated himself to God as a lay: in nine years he entered the Daughters of Mary and took a vow of virginity. Drawn by the love of God and the life of St. Francis of Assisi, he decided to stay out of the world as a Franciscan tertiary to be a witness of hope with a holy life and an intense apostolic activity. "All my strength, all my life I want to spend make Jesus known among the Christian people. " The lay apostolate was the feature of his life. The exercised in every form and in any field: between consecrated persons and the most hardened sinners, among the ignorant and the educated, in private and in parishes, particularly as a catechist. Wherever you went flourishes faith, marriage is stabilized, will be established and Catholic religious organizations.
We read in his writings: "From our eyes, from our posture should read our profession of Christian, anyone who brings us must feel good to stretch, and we must leave behind us the scent of Jesus Christ, we women, better than the men themselves, then we are apostles. " Profuse the ardor of his good works in South America, in Liguria, Marche, but especially in Rome that he saw during the epidemic of 'English', a tireless angel of goodness. On August 3, 1907 wrote: "Only those who love God may be able to love our neighbor, the largest amateur men were, in fact, the Saints. Love for God and neighbor in the Christian conception, is the same thing. "
was also a great mystic. Knew how to capture the voice of God for all the streets and knew of his apostolate to transmit to others the wave of love che invadeva il suo cuore.
Preziosa testimonianza
sulla Santa Casa di Loreto
sulla Santa Casa di Loreto
Di notevole bellezza le sue testimonianze sulla Santa Casa di Loreto, santuario che amava particolarmente e conosceva benissimo, in quanto il padre era di origine marchigiana (di Morrovalle, cittadina vicina a Loreto). Così scriveva da Loreto ad alcune sue amiche in una lettera del 6 settembre 1901, trasmessaci per intero da Rosita Rossi che sta adoperandosi per promuovere la sua causa di beatificazione ongoing:
"My dearest in Christ, oh no, I could not ridirvi the joy this morning in the Holy House of Loreto. In looking at these walls blessed; the kiss and my heart ribaciarle struggevasi love! Oh yes, I will ingenuously confess my weakness, this morning I cried, I cried like a baby. But my tears were of gratitude, were of love. And how not to cry so much before a monument of Divine Goodness? We found that the Holy House of Loreto is converted or improved part, never indifferent.
Inside those walls, sanctified by the presence of more pure among women, and the Holy of Holies, God-man, breathes an air of heaven that shines and strengthens the mind and heart. Here all is peace and peace and sweet talk the walls blackened by time, the window through which every morning the sun bore a grateful farewell to his Creator, for love of man become a child, and the Virgin Mother who was intent to 'work used. Of peace and sweetness still speaks the blackened hearth, where the Queen of Angels, the Mother of God, she who was the nobility of lineage and physical and moral qualities, surpassed all others, did not disdain to cook dishes that serve the poor were for food, often scarce, the Divine and her infant dell'intemerato mate Joseph. Oh yes, the house of Loreto also his old and venerable figure is present. It could not be otherwise, since the house was the true throne of St. Joseph.
How easy is it in there to represent the inner life of Jesus! But how easy to picture his childhood and adolescence, it is equally difficult, if not impossible, to imagine separated from His Immaculate Mother and His foster father. Whether you want to remember it again doll, is made larger, and Mary and Joseph, and from both fondled, held, taught. They knew them well to have an immeasurable treasure and guarded it jealously: even at night, I suppose, would last their supervision em'è dear imagine that Mary and Joseph tenderly contend the grateful office. And we fought onward moved to get to watch with Jesus?
To keep watch with Jesus, I do not mean to spend nights at his feet, this will not advise you never to do, it is not so much from your health, but has a mystical meaning this time the word watch. We keep watch over our evil inclinations, our feelings, constantly, even at night? That is when the devil wants us to understand you are asleep? And contend with him when wants to assume the office of keeper of our hearts? Or do we leave?
resist, for heaven's sake, otherwise the treasure is lost!
Mary and Joseph were the Author of grace to keep us His grace and holy ... affinity that mission, but that difference in action! Mary and Joseph were confirmed in grace (so devoutly believed even the chaste husband of Mary) and as such it is superior to any other mortal could legitimately hope that Jesus, purity and holiness in essence, never would leave them personally, but fearing that this could happen to their negligence in the divine service, were intent and always vigilant around their sacred deposit.
We, on the contrary, while acknowledging the many serious sins, and the facilities we have to commit such senseless sleep safe or we protect ourselves from the attacks of hell ... what and why? Why not meditate! And do not meditate, do not think that is the purpose for which God placed us in this world, because we neglect to use those means necessary even to achieve it.
We live, yes, but more life that can be called our vegetation, since we no progress in virtue, yet the spiritual life does not count by years but by the holy life in an area of tempo si sono compiute, tanto, e così anche morendo a trent’anni saremo o potremo essere decrepite… per il Paradiso! Questi e mille altri sentimenti e propositi suscitò in me la visita alla Santa Casa. Gesù sia con voi e coll’abbondanza delle Sue grazie e delle Sue benedizioni. Nel Cuore Divino sarò sempre
Vostra aff.ma Giuseppina”.
Da questa sua lettera possiamo comprendere l’anima mistica e ardente di Giuseppina che amava tuffarsi nell’atmosfera sacra della Casa di Maria rimanendone inebriata dalle profonde emozioni e dalle dolcissime lacrime. Nel periodo del suo apostolato nelle Marche visitava spesso la Santa Casa. Ai piedi di Maria had hardened his spirit and heroic virtue and apostolate at Mary's feet gently, almost smiling Dende, he fell asleep at Mama Celeste delivering the holy heavenly desires and aspirations interrupted only by his sister died January 17, 1927.
P. Marcello Montanari, OFM chaps.
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