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#Repost from @st_gabriel_of_sorrows "You see how much I am pleased with your disappointment, so much pleased that I have come myself to see you. Are you glad to see me?" - #StGabrielofOurLadyofSorrows to #StGemmaGalgani in a vision. . . . photo: stgemmagalgani.com . #saintgabrielofourladyofsorrows #sangabrieldeladolorosa #sangabrieledelladdolorata #morrovalle #isoladelgransasso #luccaitaly #PassionistSaints #congregationofthepassionofjesuschrist #BeAPassionist #FlowerofLucca https://www.instagram.com/p/B0WOqPIFhod/?igshid=1sdjutadcj4e2

Only 2 weeks until this Saint's #feastday. See you all at All Saints Church in #Etobicoke on Feb. 27th at 7:30pm. #Repost from @st_gabriel_of_sorrows Letter of #StGabrielofOurLadyofSorrows to his friend Philip, pt 2. You ask me, my dear Philip, for a little book of meditations. You could not ask me anything more agreeable, but you have not told me what sort of one I should send you. If you desire a little book for meditation, believe me, the Eternal Maxims of St. Alphonsus are excellent. However, there is a Month of Mary, which is preferable. I do not know of a better one, whether on account of the thirty or thirty-one meditations that you can re-read each month, or on account of the examples and pious practices it recommends. Not having this book, I cannot send it to you, but I do not think there will be any difficulty in finding it at the Seminary, or the Oratory of St. Philip Neri. Go and ask for it and you will do me a great favor. Please accept this little book that my excellent Superior has given me. Take this souvenir as a pledge of my love for you. Such a present, it is true, would be despicable if one looked only at its outside, but I assure you that if you are faithful in reciting this little Office every day, you will find it a pledge of Mary’s protection. Accept my excellent Father Lector’s and Gismondi’s kindest regards. Assuring you that I do not forget you in my poor prayers, I subscribe myself. Your affectionate friend, Gabriel of Our Lady of Sorrows P.S. Get the Month of Mary of Muzzarelli. If you cannot find the book Eternal Maxims of St. Alphonsus let me know. Let me know also if you want any other book, but in that case explain yourself more fully. . . sangabriele.org #saintgabrielofourladyofsorrows #sangabrieldeladolorosa #sangabrieledelladdolorata #CatholicSaints #CatholicFaith #Passionist #passionista #congregationofthepassionofjesuschrist #stpaulofthecross #morrovalle #isoladelgransasso https://www.instagram.com/teopolicentre/p/Bt1bhOpHvgW/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=te2b2z2k6mvk

We cannot wait to have you all with us for our Annual Mass in Memory of St. Gabriel of the Sorrowful Mother on Wednesday, February 27th at All Saints Church in #Etobicoke #Repost from @st_gabriel_of_sorrows (Excerpt) Letter of #StGabrielofOurLadyofSorrows to Friend Philip (Personally, the letter that changed my life) . . . May 13, 1859 Pievetorina My Dearest Friend, Don’t imagine that because we are far away from one another my love for you has grown cold. Nothing of the kind, I assure you. God’s grace, on the contrary, has elevated and purified my affection for you, and I declare in all sincerity that though I desire the salvation of all, I desire yours with special earnestness. If then you look on me as a true and sincere friend you will take in good part what I am going to say to you with all the affection of my heart. You are right when you say that the world is full of dangers and pitfalls and that it is very difficult to save one’s soul in it. However, if it is really God’s will that you should live in the world, there is no need to get discouraged. Oh, no! One can save one’s soul even in the world. Now, my dear Philip, if you sincerely desire your salvation, avoid, I beg of you, all that I am going to tell you to avoid. Avoid bad company; and by that I do not mean young fellows without restraint, shameless or grossly immoral, who are indeed rarely met with, but by bad companions I mean those who by flattery and false friendship would taint and pervert your heart. You doubtless understand me. Avoid the theatre. I know it by experience, that it is rare, and even very rare, to leave it without having lost the grace of God, or at least without exposing it to great danger. Avoid balls, for in these all things conspire against the soul. Avoid bad books, for they can cause frightful havoc in a young man’s heart. . photo: actual letter of #sangabrieledelladdolorata to his friend. Translated by @bristolcatholicchaplaincy xoxo sangabriele.org . #SaintGabrielofOurLadyofSorrows #CatholicSaints #passionista #passionists #morrovalle #isoladelgransasso #catholicism https://www.instagram.com/p/BtOk0m7nS7P/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=37rfqj6xv2fk