Title: Saint Mary Magdalene de Pazzi Audio CD Authors: Bob and Penny Lord Publisher: Journeys of Faith Format: Audio CD Disc Saint Mary Magdalen de Pazzi and her visions of Purgatory It is the Sixteenth Century. We are again at a time of struggle and crisis in the world and in the Church. A priest will cause many innocent lambs, not aware of his disobedience and betrayal to the Church, to stray. As always, when the Church is under attack and things look hopeless, God raises up a powerful Saint to save His Church. Saint Mary Magdalen de Pazzi was one of those Saints. She was born in Florence, Italy, into a very prominent and most influential family; both sides of her parents? families were close friends of the ruling Medici family. They would be responsible for contributing, down through the history of Florence, many highly acclaimed statesmen, but none whose mark would be so profoundly and everlastingly felt on the Church and the world, as a Carmelite Nun from their ranks who would far surpass their fleeting fame. She was baptized Catherine after Saint Catherine of Siena. From her earliest years, she showed an affinity for the religious life. When her father was appointed Governor of Cortona, Catherine was placed in a convent school there and learned to love the prayerful and holy life, she saw so authentically lived out each day. When she made her decision to enter the Carmelite Order, at first her family objected; they had plans to marry her off to another leading family, uniting the two families into one major entity, a dynasty more powerful than either had been before. Very special Saint Mary Magdalene de Pazzi, We tell you about the incorrupt body of our Saint. Learn of the very special life of this Saint, who bore the Stigmata, and was mystically married to Jesus. She had a great devotion to the Poor Souls in Purgatory. She would pray constantly for the Poor Souls, and also for sinners to repent, so that they would not have to suffer the pains of Purgatory or hell She asked the Lord to allow her to take on the pains of the Poor Souls, to suffer purgatory time for loved ones. Visit the chapel and the garden where she had ecstasies visions from Souls in Purgatory Learn about her spiritual trip through Purgatory. Saint Mary Magdalene is a very special intercessors for the Poor Souls in Purgatory. Related Items: Companion book Saint Mary Magdalene de Pazzi from Bob and Penny Lord on Vimeo.