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Thursday, 25 May 2023 06:30

St. Mary Magdalene de' Pazzi, virgin

May 25 - Feast

From her childhood, she had a deep sense of the presence of God, a great love for the Eucharist and a longing to live a penitential life.

In addition to her deep spiritual life, she observed conscientiously her religious vows and led a hidden life of prayer and self denial. She was filled with a burning desire for the renewal of the Church: keenly aware of the urgent need for reform, yearning to see it spread, and offering herself so that the "anointed ones" (i.e. priests) would once again be a witness to the world and that the lapsed would return to the Church. 

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