| Something is wrong with my xanga... so i might get a new name... we'll see though... |
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| feelin' kinda funny today...
i wonder what its like to fall asleep in someones arms. i wonder what it feels like to own a house. i wonder when im going to grow up. i wonder if that moment will come quicker than i hope.
i wonder how many people die of starvation while i eat all day. i wonder why i continue to take everything around me for granted. i wonder when Sarah is going to get back.
i wonder how many times i ate chocolate this year. i wonder how wonka made this chocolate bar taste so good. i wonder what you think of me.
i wonder. |
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| Saint Maria Goretti:
Beautiful, pious farm girl, one of six children of Luigi Goretti and Assunta Carlini. In 1896 the family moved to Ferriere di Conca. Soon after, Maria's father died of malaria, and the family was forced to move onto the Serenelli farm to survive.
In 1902 at age twelve, Maria was attacked by 19-year-old farm-hand Alessandro Serenelli. He tried to rape the girl who fought, yelled that it was a sin, and that he would go to hell. He tried to choke her into submission, then stabbed her fourteen times. She survived in hospital for two days, forgave her attacker, asked God's forgiveness of him, and died holding a crucifix and medal of Our Lady. Counted as a martyr.
While in prison for his crime, Allessandro had a vision of Maria. He saw a garden where a young girl, dressed in white, gathered lilies. She smiled, came near him, and encouraged him to accept an armful of the lilies. As he took them, each lily transformed into a still white flame. Maria then disappeared. This vision of Maria led to Alessandro's conversion, and he later testified at her cause for beatification.
That's amazing. |
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