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Blessed Maria Grazia Tarallo (23 September 1866 – 27 July 1912) was an Italian Roman Catholic nun. She was a member of the congregation known as the Crucified Sisters Adorers of the Holy Eucharist. Tarallo assumed the new name of "Maria of the Passion of Our Lord Jesus Christ" upon the occasion of her solemn profession. Tarallo was an ardent disciple of Jesus Christ and strode to achieve personal holiness during her life while extending that holiness to others that she had met. She was well known for her charitable nature as well as her strong devotion to the Eucharist. Tarallo was beatified in Naples in 2006 to confirm her pious life and also due to the miracle attributed to her intercession. Cardinal José Saraiva Martins - on behalf of Pope Benedict XVI - presided over the celebration himself. ==Life== Maria Grazia Tarallo was born on 23 September 1866 in Naples to Leopoldo Tarallo and Concetta Borriello; she was the second of seven children. Tarallo was baptized on 24 September 1866. She received a Christian education and had even made private vows to remain a virgin at the foot of a statue of the Mother of God at the age of five in the church of Ave Gratia Plena. She made her First Communion at the age of seven (7 April 1873) and received Confirmation at the age of ten; she received First Communion so soon because her parish priest deemed her prepared enough to take the sacrament. Tarallo felt drawn to religious life and decided at the age of 22 to enter a convent despite the opposition of her parents who desired her to consider marriage. Such a man - Raffaele Aruta - indeed proposed to her but died of tuberculosis before a wedding could be planned in 1890; this changed the decision of her father. She entered the convent of the Sisters Crucified Adorers of the Eucharist in Barra on 1 June 1891 and assumed the name of "Maria of the Passion of Our Lord Jesus Christ" upon her solemn profession on 20 November 1892. She was a student of Maddalena Rosa Notari - future Servant of God - and served as a novice mistress and spiritual guide to the sisters. She had been granted the gift from God to receive prophetic visions which she used to help guide her sisters and others around her. She also suffered demonic possessions and placed her faith in God in order to counter such assaults and false visions. Once in meditation the devil had struck her to the point where her right arm became useless despite surgical procedures. In 1894 she established a home in Salerno and another close to Naples to spread the work of the sisters. Tarallo died in 1912. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Maria Grazia Tarallo」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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