St. Maria Goretti Comments
Born in Corinaldo, Ancona, Italy, on October 16 1890; her farmworker father moved his family to Ferrier di Conca, near Anzio. Her father died of malaria and her mother had to struggle to feed her children. In 1902 an eighteen-year-old neighbor, Alexander, grabbed her from her steps and tried to rape her. When Maria said that she would rather died than submit, Alexander began stabbing her with a knife. As she lay in the hospital, she ... Continue Reading
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I read her story while researching young female saints for a report....
She is my favorite Saint and I am taking her for my Confirmation Name...
Thanks for your bravery Maria Goretti....
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She was so amazing!! ;)) She is one of my patroness and prayer partner in heaven ;)) O St. Maria Goretti Help me and teach me on how to touch the lives of the youth today ;)) To God be the glory!!! ;))
what this girl did none of us could do she gave her life for purity and didnt want to give up her virginity this is something every girl of every age should look up to.
This story was amazing! :) SO SAD THOUGH! :/
this is my confirmation name
I want to express my feeling that i am happy as a catholic. though i am a very sinner in the eyes of God he gives me a lot of inspiration within our community specially in the catholic church. I am surrounded by the holy people(saints) that God keeps reminding me always to struggle and fight for my salvation. saints are big evidence that God was not totally abandoned us ............
I think this young girl is very sensible and even though her bravery to speak turned out in death she did the right thing by forgiving the man who stabbed her.I learned a tremendously valuable lesson to forgive people.I really hope that everyone who read this story their hearts was touched and hurt at the same time as me.
This saint truley inspired me. I picked her for my saint report. She is the perfect role model for all young girls to look up to. Forgiveness and love. St. Maria Goretti pray for us !
I think maria goretti was a very good person. She forgave alessandro Serenelli and she died as a marty. because he stabbed her 14 times. I think she is a saint we can all look up to and can follow in our years to come
St. Maria is my love. I admire her for purity. She is a model. Infact i love everything about her including her gentleness. Maria i love u
I belong to a group named after St. Maria Goretti. After reading this story I am very proud to represent her name and beliefs.
"Alexander was there in the St. Peter's crowd to celebrate her canonization" Is this piece of information correct. I have recently watched a documentary on EWTN which indicated that he was not there. Please, can anyone verify?
My older sister is quite the devotee of Maria Goretti, has a picture of this saint hanging on her bedroom wall and I learned of her when I was a child.
Frankly, I have always been puzzled by the story of Maria Goretti. Of course, rape is a horrible crime to be inflicted upon a woman but I would rather be raped than dead. If I were Maria Goretti, I would have chosen life knowing that "purity" does not rely upon the presence of a membrane.
P.S. As you can see by my name, I was named after a "virgin/martyr" but I don't want to be either of those things! ;)
wat an inspirering story! Im going to take that as my conformation name! ;]
inspiring story...
nice and great....
maria is very good for gurls in the whole world so that everybody that goes through evryday
i admire her and i am picking her for my confirmation saint name.i think maria was brave and smart.she just got in the hands at the wrong time.i admire her because she forgave the man who tried to rape her and killed her.maria will always be remembered by many people including me.
St. Maria, pray for my daughters and all teenagers.
she is such a good person.
She definatly deserved to be a saint
I LOVE YOU SAINT MARIA GORETTI
Well St. Maria Goretti died on July 6th, 1902, just putting that out there