"It is the saints who change the world for the better, they transform it in a lasting way, injecting in it energies that only love inspired by the Gospel can arouse. The saints are the great benefactors of humanity!" Pope Benedict XVI
Monday, January 3, 2011
Day 121 -- Saint Genevieve
When Saint Genevieve she became a religious sister at age 15 after meeting and befriending Saint Genmanus of Auxerre when she was 7 years old. Saint Genevieve wanted to live a life for God. She was able to read consciences and calmed the possessed. She had the gift of prophesy and prophesied invasions and disasters for Paris. When Paris was attacked, she organized prayers for the city. She caused a church to be built on the tomb of Saint Denis. She died in 500 in Paris. In 1129 there was a procession of her relics in Parish and that is believed to have ended an epidemic. Unfortunately her relics were destroyed in 1871.
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