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It would be easy to concentrate on the mystical experiences God gave this saint, rather than on her life. In fact, it would be difficult to do differently, so overwhelming were those gifts from God. The temptation for many modern readers (including the author) would be to see little to identify with in these graces and walk away without seeing more. The other temptation would be to become so fascinated with these stories that one would neglect to dig deeper and learn the real lessons of her life.
But Mary Magdalene de Pazzi is not a saint because she received ecstasies and graces from God. Many have received visions, ecstasies, and miracles without becoming holy. She is a saint because of her response to those gifts — a lifelong struggle to show love and gratitude to the God who gave her those graces.
In fact Mary Magdalene saw her ecstasies as evidence of a great fault in her, not a reward for holiness. She told one fellow sister that God did not give this sister the same graces “because you don’t need them in order to serve him.” In her eyes, God gave these gifts to those who were too weak to become holy otherwise. That Mary Magdalene received these gifts proved, in her mind, how unworthy she was.
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๐๐ฆ๐ต ๐ถ๐ด ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ข๐บ: ๐ ๐๐ฐ๐ฅ, ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ท๐ช๐ณ๐จ๐ช๐ฏ๐ช๐ต๐บ, ๐๐ฉ๐ฐ ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฅ๐ด๐ต ๐ช๐ฏ๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ด๐ต ๐ฐ๐ง ๐๐ข๐ช๐ฏ๐ต ๐๐ข๐ณ๐บ ๐๐ข๐จ๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ช๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐๐ฉ๐บ ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ณ๐ช๐ค๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ช๐ต ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ญ๐บ ๐จ๐ช๐ง๐ต๐ด, ๐จ๐ณ๐ข๐ฏ๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ธ๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ข๐บ ๐ช๐ฎ๐ช๐ต๐ข๐ต๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ฃ๐บ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ณ๐ช๐ต๐บ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ค๐ฉ๐ข๐ณ๐ช๐ต๐บ, ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ธ๐ฆ ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต๐ญ๐บ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ง๐ฆ๐ด๐ต๐ช๐ท๐ข๐ญ ๐ธ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฃ๐ณ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ.
