Saint Gemma Galgani, Italian mystic often referred to as the Daughter of Passion.

By Rev. Aloysius McDonough C.P. , D.D.

Presents the life of Saint Gemma Galgani as a living meditation on the Passion of Christ. Drawn powerfully to Jesus Crucified from childhood, St. Gemma embraced suffering, sacrifice, and reparation as the core of her spiritual life. Though remaining in the world as a laywoman, she became spiritually affiliated with the Passionists and lived as a true “daughter of the Passion,” offering her prayers, penances, and physical sufferings for the salvation of souls. Her deep interior life, heroic patience amid illness and poverty, and extraordinary mystical graces—including the stigmata—are portrayed not as curiosities, but as fruits of total conformity to Christ on Calvary. Written with theological sobriety and pastoral insight, Rev. McDonough emphasizes that St. Gemma’s sanctity was rooted in ordinary virtues lived to an extraordinary degree: humility, obedience, charity, and unwavering trust in God’s will. Her life stands as a compelling Lenten witness to the redemptive power of suffering united to the Cross, inviting readers to contemplate Christ’s Passion not sentimentally, but penitentially and fruitfully. Especially suited for Lent, this biography calls the faithful to deeper repentance, self-denial, and loving union with Jesus Crucified, following the path St. Gemma herself joyfully embraced.

64 page booklet, Impr. 1940.