Stunning Crucifix that came alive to St. Gemma

 

 

Top left is the beautiful Crucifix that came alive to St. Gemma. Top right image is Exorcist Msgr. [Stephen Rossettie]. He speaks at St.Gemma's Crucifix. [View] video titled Embracing The Crucified Christ | Reflections at the House of St. Gemma Galgani. Following is the video transcript:

I'm here in the house of St. Gemma Galgani in Lucca, Italy. Gemma was a great saint and mystic. She had the stigmata of Christ, bearing the wounds of Jesus on her hands, feet, and side. From Thursday evening to Friday afternoon, Gemma would go through the entire Passion of Christ as a kind of victim soul. She suffered not only for her own salvation and graces but also for the graces of others.

I know many of you suffer, sometimes terribly, and this is a source of great sorrow for me. I pray for you that the Lord gives you strength and perhaps alleviates some of your sufferings. However, in the event that He does not, let us be like Gemma. Let us offer our sufferings to Jesus and embrace the cross. For example, Gemma, while praying in front of a crucifix, would sometimes be mystically levitated, raised up by Jesus, and she would embrace and kiss Him.

Let us love Jesus and be like Gemma, becoming victim souls in some way. By embracing our own sufferings, we might find them to be a source of grace for ourselves and perhaps for many others. God give you strength, and may the Lord bless you.

 

More on the Crucifix: In the dining room of the Giannini home there is a large stunning crucifix. Gemma often venerated it. Once in 1901 Gemma, who was preparing the table by herself for the family dinner, had some extra time. She gave the crucifix a loving glance. The more she looked at Him, the more her heart beat in her breast and yearned. She finally exclaimed, “O Jesus, let me come to Thee, I thirst for Thy life-giving Blood.” The Image transformed itself into the Divine Person it represented. Jesus detached His right arm from the cross and called her to Him. She, in an instant, was with Him. He pressed her to His Side and she, standing as if on a cloud and embracing Him with both arms, in blessed rapture drew from his Sacred Heart long draughts of love.

 

Learn more about these events [here] and [St.Gemma.com].