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August 20

Maria de Mattias (1805–1866)

Religious

Italian religious, María de Mattias promoted the dignity of women and social reconciliation inspired by the Blood of Christ shed for love.

Biography

He grew up in Vallecorsa during years marked by the violence of banditry and understood the contrast between the blood shed out of hatred and the redeeming blood of Jesus. Guided by Saint Gaspar del Bufalo and the venerable Juan Merlini, she founded the Adorers of the Blood of Christ in 1834. She opened schools, catechized women and children, preached retreats and formed communities in various places, convinced that a renewed society had to begin with reconciled hearts.

Practical advice

Stop a chain of anger today: respond with meekness and look for a concrete way to repair the damage caused.

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