I am preparing for a trip to Italy with my wife, where we will visit friends and family. My mother’s family are from Lucca. Many years have passed since I visited my relatives. The trip will also include a visit with the children of Saint Gianna Molla, who are close friends of ours. I have known them for almost twenty years. It has been a special grace because they represent the first time in the history of the Church that a person is canonized and the children are living. Their mother is a saint in heaven.

Saint Gianna was the last saint to be canonized by Pope John Paul II. What is unique is that she was not a religious. She was a wife, a mother and a physician. John Paul II gave her the title: “Mother of a Family” because she is a model for mothers. While there, I will go with the family to pray at the tomb of their mother. It is a unique experience to be before the tomb praying to Saint Gianna and the children are praying to “Saint Mom.”

Knowing that Saint Gianna is such a powerful intercessor, I want to extend an invitation to you. Please press the submit button below and type in any prayer intentions that are on your heart, most especially all urgent matters. I will pray for them, at Saint Gianna’s tomb, together with her family.

I look forward to sharing more about this profound pilgrimage when I get back.

Yours in the Sacred Heart of Jesus and the Immaculate Heart of Mary,