What does the life of Maria Mazzarello say to us today?
Maria Mazzarello helped out her family and she says to us today:
Love for Christ is a love that reaches out to others wherever we are.
Maria Mazzarello was involved in the life of her community and she says to us today:
Maria was stricken with typhoid fever which changed her life's direction and she says today:
Love supports every difficulty (sickness, injustices, misunderstandings) when our life is Christ-centred, a love that finds life within the difficulty.
Maria Mazzarello attracted youth like a magnet attracts iron and she says to us today:
Love is like a drop of water in a river; the drop makes a ripple which spreads far and wide. So, too, must our love be spread out to others.
Maria Mazzarello took care of children without a mother and she says to us today:
Love embraces those most in need, those who are closest to us who need our help for whatever reason; material, spiritual, moral, physical, and emotional.
Maria Mazzarello helped others discern what God wanted of them and she says to us today:
Love is always directed towards what is good; it is not jealous or vain but a love which touches the lives of others with truth, acceptance and peace.