Saint Mary Magdalen of Pazzi
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- Also known as
- Mary-Magdalen de'Pazzi
- Memorial
- 25 May
- Profile
- Religious upbringing.
Initially sent to a convent at age 14, she was taken back home by her family who opposed her religious vocation and wanted her to marry well.
They eventually gave in, and Catherine became a Carmelite of the Ancient Observance at 16, taking the name Sister Mary Magdalen.
Mystic.
Led a hidden life of prayer and self-denial, praying particularly for the renewal of the Church and encouraging the sisters in holiness.
Her life was marked by many extraordinary graces.
- Born
- 1566 at Florence, Italy as Catherine
- Died
- 25 May 1607
- Beatified
- 8 May 1626 by Pope Urban VIII
- Canonized
- 28 April 1669 by Pope Clement IX
- Patronage
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against bodily ills
against sexual temptation
against sickness
sick people
- Images
- Gallery of images of Saint Mary
- Additional Information
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Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
CarmelNet
Kirken i Norge norwegian
Our Sunday Visitor's Encyclopedia of Saints, by Matthew Bunson, Margaret Bunson, and Stephen Bunson
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- Readings
- Prayer ought to be humble, fervent, resigned, persevering, and accompanied with great reverence.
One should consider that he stands in the presence of a God, and speaks with a Lord before whom the angels tremble from awe and fear.
- Saint Mary Magdalen de Pazzi
Come, Holy Spirit.
Spirit of truth, you are the reward of the saints, the comforter of souls, light in the darkness, riches to the poor, treasure to lovers, food for the hungry, comfort to those who are wandering; to sum up, you are the one in whom all treasures are contained.
Come!
As you descended upon Mary that the Word might become flesh, work in us through grace as you worked in her through nature and grace.
Come!
Food of every chaste thought, fountain of all mercy, sum of all purity.
Come!
Consume in us whatever prevents us from being consumed in you.
- from the writings of Saint Mary Magdalene de Pazzi
A little drop of simple obedience is worth a million times more than a whole vase of the choicest contemplation.
- Saint Mary Magdalen de' Pazzi