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| Saint Mary Magdalen de Pazzi | | | | of the plenary indulgences she had received. |
| Saint Mary Madgalen de Pazzi had many visions of | | | | Mary Magdalen and her vision of a Sister in glory |
| Heaven and Hell and among them was a vision of a | | | | In St. Mary Magdalen's convent there was a Sister |
| professed Religious who suffered greatly toward the | | | | called Sister Benedict. Father Cepari said that she was |
| end of her life. | | | | so pious, she often accused herself, out of humility, of |
| The Community prepared the Sister's body and it was | | | | all types of faults. |
| laid out in the church, as was the custom. Having | | | | She did not want people to admire her or look up to |
| gotten very attached to the Sister, as she had cared | | | | her as a Saint. She tried to convince every one that |
| for her in her final days, St. Mary Magdalen desired to | | | | she was totally lacking in prudence and discernment. |
| see her one more time. | | | | She practiced obedience to her Superiors, with the |
| No sooner had she pressed her face against the grill, | | | | trusting innocence of a child, trusting in their wisdom, |
| separating the cloister from the main church, than she | | | | obeying without need of explanation. They said it; that |
| went into ecstasy and beheld the Sister ascending to | | | | was enough for her to respond promptly, without |
| Heaven. | | | | question. |
| She was beautiful, no signs of the ravages of illness | | | | At the end, Our Lord did not share His suffering with |
| that had finally taken her life! As the Sister was soaring | | | | her, the agony that so many of the Saints had, before |
| up to her Spouse, Mary Magdalen was heard | | | | going to Him and His Father. She had a very short |
| exclaiming: | | | | illness when she was called Home. |
| "Adieu, dear Sister; adieu, blessed soul! Like a pure | | | | The morning following her death, the Sisters were |
| dove, you fly to your celestial home, and leave us in | | | | attending Mass when St. Mary Magdalen lapsed into |
| this abode of misery. Oh, how beautiful and glorious | | | | ecstasy. |
| you are! Who can describe the glory with which God | | | | At the moment the good Sisters sang the Sanctus |
| has crowned your virtues? What a short time you | | | | (Holy, Holy, Holy), God gave St. Mary Magdalen the gift |
| have passed in Purgatory! Your body has not been | | | | of seeing the good and holy Sister's glorified body, as it |
| consigned to the tomb, and behold! your soul is already | | | | will be after the Last Judgment. |
| received into the sacred mansions. You now know the | | | | She was clothed in glory, with a star as a reward for |
| truth of those words I so lately addressed to you: That | | | | her kindness and generosity in dealing with all situations. |
| all of the sufferings of this life are nothing in | | | | She had rings of precious stones on all her fingers. |
| comparison with their reward which God has reserved | | | | The Lord told Mary Magdalen these rings were for her |
| for His friends." | | | | faithfulness to her vocation and for her |
| While she was having this vision of the Sister, Our | | | | uncompromising obedience to the Rule. |
| Lord told Mary Magdalen that the soul of the Sister | | | | Then, for her love of Jesus crucified, He placed a |
| had only spent fifteen hours in Purgatory. He said this | | | | golden crown on her head. |
| was because she had atoned for her transgressions | | | | |