Diary of St Gemma Galgani

I had been praying Jesus for a long time asking Him to remove all the external signs, but Jesus on the contrary added another one: He made me to experience a little His flagellation; to the pains to hands, feet, head and heart He also added some blows. Shall I be always grateful to Him. In fact about five o’ clock I felt such a great pain of my sins, that I though I was mad: but this fright was very soon followed by the hope in God’s mercy, so that I calmed myself.I did not feel pain; after...