Marguerite Bays

thumb|Marguerite Bays Marguerite Bays, OFS (8 September 1815 – 27 June 1879) was a Swiss seamstress and mystic. She lived a simple life as a member of the Secular Franciscan Order and adapted the tenets of the order's charism into her own life and social apostolate, especially after she was healed of bowel cancer on 8 December 1854. She was canonized by Pope Francis on 13 October, 2019. Quotes (To avoid slander) When you haven't seen something, you don't have to talk about it; if you have, be silent. Quoted in Antonio Borrelli and Emilia Flochini, Santa Margherita Bays, santiebeati.it, 12 October 2019. O Santa Vittima, attirami a te, | cammineremo insieme. Che io soffra con te, | questo è giusto. | Non ascoltare le mie ripugnanze: | che io compia nella mia carne | ciò che manca alle tue sofferenze. | Abbraccio la croce, voglio morire con te. | È nella piaga del tuo Sacro Cuore | che desidero rendere il mio ultimo respiro. "O Holy Victim, draw me to you, | we will walk together. May I suffer with you, | that's right. | Do not listen to my repugnances: | that I may do in my flesh | what your sufferings lack. | I embrace the cross, I want to die with you. | It is in the wound of your Sacred Heart | that I wish to take my last breath." Quoted in Antonio Borrelli and Emilia Flochini, Santa Margherita Bays, santiebeati.it, 12 October 2019. Quotes about La missione vissuta da Marguerite Bays è la missione che compete a ogni cristiano. Durante il catechismo si sforzava di presentare ai fanciulli del suo villaggio il messaggio del Vangelo con parole loro comprensibili. Si occupava disinteressatamente dei poveri e dei malati. Pur senza lasciare il suo paese, aveva il cuore aperto alle dimensioni della Chiesa universale e del mondo. The mission experienced by Marguerite Bays is the mission that belongs to every Christian. During the catechism he made an effort to present the message of the Gospel to the children of his village in words they could understand. He selflessly cared for the poor and sick. Without leaving his country, he had his heart open to the dimensions of the universal Church and the world. Pope John Paul II, Beatification of Maria Theresia Scherer, María Bernarda Bütler and Marguerite Bays, 29 October 1995, Rome.Marguerite Bays ci esorta a fare della nostra esistenza un cammino d'amore e ci rammenta la nostra missione nel mondo: annunciare in ogni occasione, opportuna e non opportuna, e in particolare ai giovani, il Vangelo. Ci invita a far scoprire loro la grandezza dei sacramenti della Chiesa. Come potranno, infatti, i giovani di oggi riconoscere il Salvatore sul loro cammino, se non sono introdotti ai misteri cristiani? Come potranno avvicinarsi alla mensa eucaristica e al sacramento della penitenza, se nessuno ne fa scoprire loro la ricchezza, così come aveva saputo fare Marguerite Bays?Marguerite Bays urges us to make our existence a path of love and reminds us of our mission in the world: to proclaim the Gospel on every occasion, both appropriate and inappropriate, and especially to young people. It invites us to make them discover the greatness of the sacraments of the Church. How, in fact, will today's young people recognize the Savior in their path, if they are not introduced to the Christian mysteries? How will they be able to approach the Eucharistic table and the Sacrament of éPenance, if no one makes them discover its richness, as Marguerite Bays had been able to do? Pope John Paul II, Beatification of Maria Theresia Scherer, María Bernarda Bütler e Marguerite Bays, 29 October 1995, Rome. External links Bays, Marguerite Category:1815 births Category:1879 deaths Category:Mystics Category:Catholics from Switzerland Category:Catholic saints Category:Women from Switzerland Category:Women born in the 19th century