They declare Luigia Sinapi venerable: he had visions of Jesus and Mary, and was a friend of Father Pío

This Monday, the Vatican promulgated the decree that recognizes the heroic virtues of the Servant of God Luigia Sinapi, declaring it venerable, a secular mystique that had a vision of Jesus and the Virgin Mary, and a friendship with Father Pío de Pietrelcina.

Promoted by her deep love of Jesus from an early age and for claiming to have visions of Mary, Jesus and Angels, her mother took her, in the mid -1920s, to meet Father Pío in San Giovanni Rotondo, the saint recognized by Port the stigmas in their hands, feet and side. From that moment, he maintained a close relationship with him, receiving his spiritual guidance and support throughout his life.

Luigia was born on September 8, 1916 in Itri (Italy) and was baptized on September 16. According to DICASTERY FOR THE CAUSES OF THE Saintshe received a solid Christian education from his mother and had a good school preparation.

At age 15, he felt the call to religious life and entered the Institute of Pía Sociedad de las Daughters of San Pablo in Rome. However, he was forced to abandon his training due to health problems.

The Dicastery reports that, in November 1931, after losing his parents, he was welcomed by an aunt in Rome. To face the expenses of the stay, she began working as a domestic employee and, later, found a job in a post office and later in the central statistics office.

Years later, Luigia became ill of cancer and was on the verge of death. However, on August 15, 1935, solemnity of the Assumption of Mary, he received the extremeunication and had a vision of Jesus and Mary that miraculously healed it. Since then, he decided to live offering his sufferings for the evils of the world and for the salvation of priests and all souls.

During World War II he took refuge in his hometown and, when he returned to the capital, he lived precariousness due to postwar difficulties. From 1956 to 1970 he worked at the National Institute of Geophysics as Secretary of the Venerable Servant of God Enrico Med.

“Their jobs corresponded to an intense life of prayer, animated by a deep inner spirituality and characterized by various sufferings, accompanied by numerous mystical gifts,” says the Dicasterio website for the causes of the saints.

At that time, Luigia was a Franciscan tertiary and, in 1954, he obtained the dispensation to also enter the third order of the children of Mary, to which his spiritual director belonged.

The Vatican site explains that, at that time, Luigia maintained a deep spiritual link with St. Piolcina and enjoyed the confidence of the venerable Pope Pius XII. In 1937, after a revelation of the Virgin in the Roman city of Tre Fontane, he predicted the choice of Pius XII to the pontificate.

“The last period of his life at home passed by offering hospitality, listening, advice and spiritual comfort to all who came to her. He died of a gastric tumor on April 17, 1978 surrounded by a constant reputation of holiness and signs, ”adds the publication.

Supernatural gifts and charity acts

The dicas supplies for the causes of the saints explains that the existential path of Luigia “was accompanied by numerous supernatural gifts such as the precognition of events and situations, bilocation, the discernment of the spirit and, above all, the mystical union with the Lord Jesus, lived in an environment of modesty, humility and service. ”

In that context, many people, including priests, bishops, politicians and parishioners, approached him to ask for spiritual comfort. Many priests not only helped them with prayer, but also with material help.

Beyond the supernatural manifestations, “he knew how to take this burden of involuntary exceptionality, of love of God and others, demonstrating, in the practice of virtues and in the ability to sacrifice, total obedience to the Church and its representatives already its representatives ”, Adds the Vatican site.

Devotions and spirituality

He had a deep devotion to Santos such as San Francisco de Asís, Santa Gema Galgani and Santa Teresa del Niño Jesús. Her spirituality, focused on the Eucharist and Mary, led her to help those in need, even in poverty.