Hi everyone! First off, Please comment below and share! Today I am gonna be talking about Saint Maria Goretti, whose feast day was on Friday! Maria Goretti is actually my confirmation saint and two of my close friends as well so I have a deep devotion to her and this is why: if you know anything about Maria Goretti then you know that she was an eleven-year-old farm girl, who was attacked by an eighteen-year-old neighbor, who lived with their family. His name was Allesandro. He had tried to seduce Maria but was kept quiet by Alessandro's threats to kill her and her family. And eventually, he would not take her no any longer and attempted to rape her. He ended up stabbing her fourteen times when she tried to fend him off. She continued to repeat "No. It's a sin. God does not want it. You'll go to hell!". When Alessandro saw the blood all over Maria's clothes he realized what he had done and ran off to his bedroom and locked the door. Maria laid t...
