As
beautiful and earthly as her body was
Her
heart and her soul belonged to God:
He
created her for Himself………
O.
L.
I
From a honest
family
She was born
in Marianopoli
The eighth day
of April, 1900
Her parents
Named her Angelina
And it was a
prophecy.
II
She completed
her studies
With honors
Among the Dominican
sisters
Her heart
A nest of peace
and prayer
Discovered the
sublime heights of the soul
The vast horizons
of Goodness
And she wished
to consecrate herself to God
Within the life
of the cloister.
III
Crossed
Trying to accomplish
her dream
So sweet
She bowed to
the counsel
Of whom was
guiding her in the name of God
She dedicated
herself to educating the young
In the elementary
schools
For ten years
Like a priestess
She directed
to God
The little budding
lives
Opening for
them the path to virtue
And to knowledge.
IV
Humble and simple
She was like
wax in God’s hands
And God brought
her
To the highest
peaks of virtue
Not within the
silence of the cloister
But outside
Within family
and school
Among the people
Gentle gatherer
of love
For Him.
V
In love with
Heaven
In her heart
Like a golden
tabernacle
She always kept
as King
The Eucharist
of Jesus
The white wafer
she received every morning
Was her entire
life
And her glory.
VI
Like an angel
She was vigil
at night in prayer
She indulged
in meditation during the day
Inside the Church
In front of
the tabernacle
Her heart
Was vibrating
Like a votive
candle.
VII
Not understood
but sublime
Never twisting
the flame inside her heart
She was engaged
to a young man
Who forever
will speak words of blessings for her
With steadiness
and sweetness
She brought
him to the radiant visions of an industrious faith
She filled him
with God
She made him
renounce the world
And its earthly
loves.
VIII
She disdained
luxury
And choose for
herself an ideal of modesty
Ready to renounce
everything
She lived among
her family
Like an angel
Center of beneficial
irradiations
Among the people
She had from
everyone
Love and adoration.
.IX
Like an Apostle
Without delays
and without getting tired
She kept looking
for souls
And she brought
them to God
She was truly
devoted to the Sacred Heart
And spread Its
solemn canonization within the families
And the restoring
hour.
X
She loved the
Virgin Mary
With tenderness
and devotion
More than a
daughter
Every day and
every hour of her life
Where marked
By “Hail Mary.”
XI
With the light
and the guide
Of the magnificent
Queen of the virgins
Her thoughts
Were chaste
and always pure
Like dew inside
a lily
Her clothes
White and celibate
Like the sigh
of the angels.
XII
She really cared
About the maximum
decorum of the House of God
She tended to
the Church
Had people
look after the altar with pride
With holy industriousness
The church in
her town
Was always well
supplied with sacred furnishing
And always clean.
XIII
To the poor
She always brought
bread and caresses from Heaven
To the sick
Like a mom
She brought
her comfort and her humble service
Like a priest
She watched
over the dying
Preparing them
to their death
And to the Glory.
XIV
She was always
active
Within the parish
in Marianopoli
She wanted and
brought in
The Third Franciscan
Order
Different women
groups of the Catholic Action
The Apostolate
of prayer
Spreading around
The precious
treasures of her heart
And her flame.
XV
With holiness
Tended by her
and prepared by her
Her mother and
her brother Peppino
In the prime
of their lives
Departed happily
for Heaven
She wished she
could follow them
And thinking
about her poor mom
Three times
a martyr
She wept and
prayed.
XVI
For long months
Within the travails
of her deadly illness
She hid with
the smile of her faith
Her suffering
As resigned
and strong as a martyr
Near to being
recalled
She prepared
herself to the ultimate sacrifice
With joy and
holiness.
XVII
Already tried
The fifth dawn
of November, 1932
Without clamor
or agony
Like in a love
ecstasy
The Angel of
Death kissed her forehead
The Angel of
Glory
Took her to
the eternal happiness
Of Paradise.
XVIII
She lived 32
years
Too little for
someone who is seeking pleasure in life
Really a long
time for someone who, like her,
Wishes to leave
on earth
The fragrance
of lilies
And to get inebriated
within the light of God
For eternity.
XIX
Her death
Moved the entire
town
Men and women
From different
social classes and of different ages
Came to kiss
and to bless her
And, after covering
her with flowers,
Triumphantly
They accompanied
her to the peace of the cemetery
Shouting
She was an angel
And she wanted
God.
XX
Oh dear daughter
of God
Bring us all
Behind the perfume
of your life
Of a pure virgin
Be our guide
In the fights
against the enemy of the lilies
In the fights
against suffering
Let us keep
Here on earth
The greatness
of the soul
And the ecstasy
of virtue.
XXI
Oh Angelina
The world did
not deserve you
Your family
doesn’t want earthly comfort
Send them blessings
and smiles from Heaven
And repeat to
God repeat
Oh Lord
Protect the
two surviving flowers
In the already
empty flowerbed
Of my family.
