to lead us ever closer into His Sacred Heart.
He gave Gemma a strong devotion to St Gabriel Possenti...
and how much she loved and admired his holiness and virtues!
She confesses that she prayed to him throughout the day, and she even wore a relic (his tooth) on a necklace for awhile.
The Saints lead us closer to God by helping us to obtain the virtues that we lack, and they help us overcome our sins and faults. Perhaps the very Saints that God gives us are the one's who excelled in the virtues that we are lacking in, or who have overcome similar faults that we have, and thus we can especially benefit and learn from their particular example and heavenly assistance?
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St Gemma had a great devotion to St Gabriel Possenti...
St John Vianney (the Cure of Ars) had a great devotion to St Philomena...
St Teresa of Avila had a devotion to St Joseph...
The list goes on and on.
I believe that for many people, God places a devotion to a certain saint within their hearts, so that the person may follow that saints holy example, and draw closer to the Heart of Jesus through the particular help and intercession of that saint.
~bron~
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