Day 31. Don Giovanni Merlini Quotations – He will be beatified!
"Let us offer the Cross to God." (Letter 289)
"Let us offer the Cross to God." (Letter 289)
"Let us offer a thought at the foot of the Crucifix." (Letter 024)
"Let us confide in God." (Letter 210)
Don Giovanni Merlini and the Institute of the Missionaries of the Precious Blood by Fr. Giacomo Manzo, cpps. Only a few know, even among the most attentive readers, observers and devotees of St. Gaspar, Don Giovanni Merlini's prayer for the Congregation of the Missionaries of the Precious Blood, which was truly the great love [...]
"So, live quietly and think only of loving Jesus and Mary." (Letter 16)
On May 23, 2024, the Holy See Press Office informed the whole world: “The Supreme Pontiff Francis, accepting and confirming the vows of the Dicastery for the Causes of the Saints, has declared, ‘the miracle, performed by God through the intercession of the Venerable Servant of God John Merlini, is established’” (cf. Decree super Miro, [...]
"Let us pray the Most Blessed Lady of Sorrows, so that she may help us, with a strong arm." (Letter 26)
"(St. Gaspar) remembered with tender devotion the sorrows of Mary Most Holy. (Gaspare del Bufalo. Un Santo scruta un Santo [A Saint Examines Another Saint], page 409)"
"I have heard him (St. Gaspar) speak with a heartful spirit about the mysteries of the Holy Cross. He often recalled its triumphs, both in public and in private, verbally, and by mail. “Let us adore the Holy Cross” he would sometimes say; the Holy Cross is the flower bed where the virtues are generated,’ [...]
"He erected crosses in his missions and reminded the people that the Christian's life must be a crucified life «ut vita Iesu manfestetur in nobis, simili [that the life of Jesus may be manifested in us].»" (Gaspare del Bufalo. Un Santo scruta un Santo, [A Saint Examines Another Saint] page 399)