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Gema Galgani and THE GUARDIAN ANGEL

The first time she introduced herself to him was when she was still a teenager of about 15 years old. She says: One day they gave me a watch with a gold chain. I, vain as I was, couldn’t wait to show it off, going out with him. I actually went out. When I came back and went to undress, I saw an angel (which I now know was mine) who very seriously told me: Remember that the precious ornaments that are to beautify the wife of a crucified king cannot be other than the thorns and the cross.

Mother Inés declares that one day Gema went to the monastery to visit her and she reprimanded her for having gone alone. Gema replied that she was not alone, because she was accompanied by her guardian angel. Her mother replied: – And where did you leave it? – Out there, at the door. – Why don’t you call him? Gema opened the door and with her hand invited him to enter, but Mother Inés did not see him and asked how she saw him.

Then, Gema replied: I see her face and the wings extended over her head as a sign of protection136. Aunt Elisa clarifies in the Process that Gema was then about 15 or 16 years old. Gema says: The guardian angel began to be my teacher and guide, he reprimanded me every time he did something wrong, he taught me to speak little and only when asked. Once the people at home were talking about a certain person and not very well, I wanted to intervene. The angel, a severe friend, made me a great reproach.

He taught me to keep my eyes lowered and even in church he severely reprimanded me, telling me: «Is it like this in the presence of God?» Other times, he told me: «If you’re not good, I won’t let myself be seen by you.»

And he goes on to say: I always had a horror of sin; but, despite this, he committed it continually. And Jesus could not be happy. However, he continued to comfort me and sent me the guardian angel to be my guide in everything. I had to give an account of all this to my confessor, but I went to confession and I didn’t dare, I left without saying anything. I returned home and when I entered my room I saw that my angel was crying.

He didn’t dare to ask him anything, but he spontaneously told me: So you don’t want to see me? You are bad, because you keep quiet about things to the confessor. Remember what I tell you, I repeat it to you for the last time. If you silence the confessor in the slightest again, I won’t let myself see any more of you. Never never. I got on my knees and he ordered me to make the act of contrition, making me promise that from now on I would tell my confessor everything and then he forgave me in the name of Jesus 138. Another day, during the afternoon prayer, the angel approached me and, touching me on the back, he said to me: – Gema, why so much reluctance in prayer? – It’s not reluctance, it’s just that I haven’t felt well for two days. -Do your duty carefully and you will see how Jesus will love you even more… I begged the guardian angel that he go and ask Jesus for permission to spend the night with me. He disappeared instantly. And, when he obtained permission, he returned139.

On Thursday afternoon, Jesus promised me that, during the days that Mrs. Cecilia was absent, he would make sure that I never lack my guardian angel. She gave it to me yesterday afternoon and he has not left me for a single moment… If I am with other people, the angel never leaves me; but if I’m alone with him, he leaves me right away… Today he hasn’t been separated from me for even a minute… I asked him: «Why, when Mrs. Cecilia is there, don’t you ever show up?» He has answered me: “Because no one outside of it knows how to do my times. Poor girl, you are so tiny that you need someone to take you by the hand. Now I’ll take you, don’t be afraid, but obey”140.

The angel for her was a friend who cared about the smallest things about her, who smiled at her with love, kissed her with affection and gave her her blessing every night when she went to bed. Until the cure as a heavenly doctor.

He tells us: The guardian angel does not cease to watch over me, instruct me and give me wise advice. He lets himself be seen several times a day and he talks to me. Yesterday he accompanied me during the meal, but he didn’t force me (to eat) like the others do. After eating, he did not feel well at all and he then brought me a cup of coffee so good that I was cured immediately141.

Another day, the angel gave me a few drops of a white liquid to drink in a golden glass, telling me that it was the medicine with which the doctor from paradise cured his patients 142. On one occasion, when I least expected it, the angel came. He approached me, caressed me and I felt compelled to tell him with all the affection: – My angel, how much I love you! – Why you love me so much? – I love you, because you teach me humility and because you maintain inner peace in my heart. If I’m ever bad, don’t be mad. – Yes, I will be your guide for sure. I will be your inseparable companion. Can’t you see who has entrusted me with your custody? – Yes, my good Jesus. And we both stayed with Jesus143.

The angel also had a sense of humor and laughs. She remembers: I begged my guardian angel insistently that she not leave me alone. She asked me what was wrong and I made the devil see that even though he was a bit far away, he was always threatening me. I begged her to stay with me all night, and she answered me: -But I’m sleepy. – No, the angels of Jesus do not sleep. – But I have to rest (I thought he was laughing). Where do you want me to rest?

I was about to tell him to go to bed and I would stay there praying, but he would have disobeyed. I told him to be close to me and he promised me. I lay down and then it seemed to me that he spread his wings over my head. Not only does her angel appear to her, Father Germán’s angel also appears frequently to help her. And both angels form an indissoluble duo to help her in everything.

She says Gema: My father, his angel is always with me. He blesses me, he caresses me and I command him to say many things. Did he tell you that I told him to do the charity of writing to his aunt before Easter?145 . Friday night angel blessed her made me angry. I didn’t want him to get close to me, but he insisted on telling me various things. He said to me as soon as he arrived: «God bless you, oh soul entrusted to my custody.» You can already imagine how he would respond to him. I told him: “Holy angel, listen a little. Don’t get your hands dirty with me, go, go with another soul who knows how to appreciate the gifts of God. I don’t know how to do it.» But he said to me: – What are you afraid of? – Disobey – Do not be afraid, it is your father who sent me… Do you think you are wasting the great gifts that God has given you? Do not worry. I will ask Jesus for this grace for you.

It is enough that you promise me to correspond to the aid that your father will give you. For the rest, daughter, do not be afraid of suffering. And he blessed me several times, while he shouted out loud: Long live Jesus! She writes to Father Germán: Do you want to tell me if his angel can swear? On Thursday night her angel came. He kissed me several times and, as he felt a little sick to me and couldn’t move, he, poor thing, turned me from one side to another. I thanked him from the bottom of my heart. On Friday, around half past eleven, he came back again. How happy I am when I see him!…he told Me: «I swear to you truly that everything that happens in you is not an illusion or anything that resembles it, but the work entirely of God.» And he repeated it twice and he told me to say three Hail Marys every day. He later added:

Do you love the mother of Jesus very much? Greet her often (she didn’t say greet her, but greet her), as she appreciates it very much. She always greets you back, and if you don’t always hear it, it’s because she does it to test if, despite everything, you’re still faithful. He blessed me and left. Something very beautiful and spectacular is how his own angel acted as a postman to take the letters to the mail without stamps (stamps) or to take them directly to his recipients.

Its director, Father Germán, affirms: He gave the angel orders for the Lord, the Virgin or the saints and, on occasions, he entrusted him with closed letters, begging him to bring him a reply, which indeed arrived and very quickly. How many tests I did to make sure that events of this nature were due to supernatural causes! Not a single one failed. I had to convince myself that heaven, so to speak, wanted to play with this simple yet beloved soul. If he sent his angel with a request for people of this world, as he often did, it was strange to him that he was not answered.

Some letters sent through the angel were received by Father Germán by ordinary mail. It was normal. On one occasion, in a letter to Mrs. Cecilia, he tells her that he received the two letters sent by the angel. Father Germán told it confidentially to Monsignor José Gueri, regent of the Apostolic Dataria, who in 1930 consigned it by letter to the postulator for the Cause of beatification with these words: the truly extraordinary way in which on a certain occasion he received a letter sent by Gema from Luca.

One morning, when he was surprised by the long time that had passed without hearing from Gema, he felt a bird fluttering, brushing its wings against the window panes. At first, he did not care, but since the bird persevered in the same attitude, he approached the window, observing with surprise that he had a letter in his beak and that, instead of being scared, he was showing signs of wanting to enter the cell. . The father opened the window, the bird entered and, after dropping the letter on the table, flew away. The letter was from Gema and, as in it she begged him to answer her soon, he did so immediately, placing the letter on the outside of the window. He closed it and, instantly, he saw the bird approaching, which, taking the letter in its beak, took flight, disappearing as soon as he could see. Soon after, Gema received the answer. Father Germán told me this event in the same room where it had happened, adding numerous details1

Do you love the mother of Jesus very much? Greet her often (she didn’t say greet her, but greet her), as she appreciates it very much. She always greets you back, and if you don’t always hear it, it’s because she does it to test if, despite everything, you’re still faithful. He blessed me and left147. Something very beautiful and spectacular is how her own angel acted as a postman to take the letters to the mail without stamps (stamps) or to take them directly to her recipients. Its director, Father Germán, affirms: He gave the angel orders for the Lord, the Virgin or the saints and, on occasions, he entrusted him with closed letters, begging him to bring him a reply, which indeed arrived and very quickly.

How many tests I did to make sure that events of this nature were due to supernatural causes! Not a single one failed. I had to convince myself that heaven, so to speak, wanted to play with this simple yet beloved soul. If he sent his angel with some assignment for people of this world, as he frequently did, it was strange to him that he was not answered148. Some letters sent through the angel were received by Father Germán by ordinary mail. It was normal. On one occasion, in a letter to Mrs. Cecilia, he tells her that he received the two letters sent by the angel.

Father Germán told it confidentially to Monsignor José Gueri, regent of the Apostolic Dataria, who in 1930 consigned it by letter to the postulator for the Cause of beatification with these words: the truly extraordinary way in which on a certain occasion he received a letter sent by Gema from Luca. One morning, when he was surprised by the long time that had passed without hearing from Gema, he felt a bird fluttering, brushing its wings against the window panes.