Life of Saint Gerard Majella


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Saint Gerard Majella was an Italian lay brother of the Redemptorists. His only ambition was to be like Jesus Christ in his sufferings and humiliations.

St. Alphonsus considered him a miracle of obedience. Although weak in body, he did the work of three, and his great charity earned for him the title of Father of the Poor. He was a model of every virtue, and so drawn to Our Lord in the tabernacle that he had to do violence to himself to keep away. An angel in purity, he was accused of a shameful crime; but he bore the calumny with such patience that St. Alphonsus said: "Brother Gerard is a saint".

He was favoured with infused knowledge of the highest order, ecstasies, prophecy, discernment of spirits, and penetration of hearts, bilocation, and with what seemed an unlimited power over nature, sickness, and the devils.

His intercession is sought for children, unborn children, women in childbirth, mothers, expectant mothers, motherhood, the falsely-accused, good confessions, lay brothers and Muro Lucano, Italy. (Adapted from the 1919 Catholic Encyclopedia and Wikipedia)
(5 hr 57 min)

Chapters

Introduction 29:27 Read by Valeria De Felice
His Childhood 12:45 Read by Valeria De Felice
His Apprenticeship to a Trade 11:33 Read by Valeria De Felice
His Trials and Vocation 14:52 Read by Valeria De Felice
His Novitiate 16:35 Read by Valeria De Felice
His Extraordinary Gifts 27:09 Read by Valeria De Felice
His Journeyings To and Fro 21:19 Read by Valeria De Felice
Monte Gargano 23:39 Read by Valeria De Felice
His Visits to the World 14:22 Read by CatholicSaintsInfo
His Charity During an Epidemic 9:44 Read by CatholicSaintsInfo
His Interior Life 19:11 Read by Larry Wilson
His Great Trial 10:48 Read by James Bell
His Letters 13:09 Read by Kaitybg7
His Wonderful Life at Naples 10:49 Read by Kaitybg7
He Is Called Father of the Poor 11:17 Read by John
With Father Margotta Again 8:01 Read by John
New Marvels 17:56 Read by Aubrie Kinser
His Last Journey 18:47 Read by Aubrie Kinser
The End Draws Near 11:52 Read by John
His Last Illness 12:48 Read by John
The Death-Bed of a Saint 12:24 Read by Emerson Wells
Glorified in Heaven and On Earth 18:05 Read by Emerson Wells
Prayers for Novena in Honour of Saint Gerard 11:11 Read by KevinS

Reviews

very spiritual. praise God for his saints.


(5 stars)

loved it.