Religious, 1660-1727
Veronica, born in Mercatello sul Metauro (Pesaro) in 1660, entered the Capuchin convent in Città di Castello at the age of seventeen. She spent her life in prayer and contemplation, striving to conform herself ever more closely to the crucified Christ. Her love for the mystery of the cross earned her the sacred stigmata. She recounted her profound mystical experiences in a diary that she wrote out of obedience to her confessor. She died a saintly death in 1727. She was beatified by Pope Pius VII in 1804 and canonized by Pope Gregory XVI in 1839. |
Prayer
Father, you made the virgin, Saint Veronica, a wonderful embodiment of your Son’s Passion. Through her example and prayer may we become conformed to Christ by humbly embracing the cross and so rejoicing when he is revealed in glory,
who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, God, for ever and ever.Amen.