Mortification

In order to please God and to show Him her love, the Servant of God took to mortification and penance. At the age of seven, she renounced what she liked to eat. At about the age of thirteen, she felt the need for physical mortification: “I felt the ardent desire to practice physical penitence. I began to kneel down on something hard in order to pray. With tears in the eyes I said: ‘Oh my Jesus, grant me the grace not to spend even one hour a day without loving You!’.” Continue reading →