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\"\"<\/a>The Servant of God, Luisa Piccarreta the Little Daughter of the Divine Will
\nOutside the\u00a0House of the\u00a0Sisters\u00a0of the Congregation of Divine Zeal
\nin Corato, Italy
\n<\/strong>(Notice the rosary in Luisa’s left hand)<\/em><\/p>\n

The following excerpts are from
\n“A Collection of Memories of the Servant of God Luisa Piccarreta<\/strong>“<\/em><\/a> by Fr. Bucci.<\/p>\n

\u2026On October 7, 1928<\/strong>, when the house of the Sisters of the Congregation of Divine Zeal in Corato was ready, Luisa was taken to the Convent in accordance with the wishes of Saint Annibale Di Francia. Saint Annibale had already died in the odor of sanctity in Messina.
\n(Saint Anniable Maria Di Francia died on June 1, 1927 A.D., comforted by a vision of the Blessed Virgin Mary, whom he so dearly loved. On\u00a0October 7, 1990<\/strong> he was declared \u201cBlessed\u201d by Pope John Paul II. He was canonized on May 16, 2004, by Pope John Paul II.)<\/em><\/p>\n

… On October 7, 1938<\/strong>, because of orders from above, Luisa was obliged to leave the convent and find a new place to live. She spent the last nine years of her life in a house in Via Maddalena, a place which the elderly of Corato know well and from where, on
\nMarch 8, 1947,<\/strong> they saw her body carried out.<\/p>\n

CHAPTER NINE<\/strong><\/p>\n

Luisa, the terror of demonic forces<\/em><\/p>\n

… One lady said that she had gone to live in a house at\u00a0Rotondella in the Province of Matera, where she had been appointed to teach at\u00a0an elementary school. However, she had felt very ill at ease in that house\u00a0because there was frequently a man in it with a terrible look who would try to\u00a0grab her; but the lady defended herself by holding up the rosary she had in her<\/strong>\u00a0hands; at the sight of it he would flee<\/strong>. The distraught lady left everything and\u00a0returned to Corato with her children. No one believed the poor soul and she was\u00a0thought to be out of her mind, especially by her husband who had Masonic\u00a0leanings. Completely at a loss as to what she should do, she went to see Luisa,\u00a0who listened to her kindly, comforted her, told her not to be frightened because\u00a0the devil had no power over her, and urged her to return to her work. The lady\u00a0took her advice, but wanted to take a photograph of Luisa with her: she had it\u00a0framed and put it on her bedside table. One evening, while she was reciting the<\/strong>\u00a0Holy Rosary with her children, she saw the man again. He approached the bed,<\/strong>\u00a0took the picture of Luisa, threw it on the floor and fled shrieking.<\/strong> From that\u00a0moment nothing further happened; peace and serenity returned to the house. The\u00a0photograph of Luisa which had been violently thrown on the floor was not\u00a0damaged, indeed the glass did not even break. This framed photograph is now in\u00a0the house of the lady\u2019s daughter-in-law, on her bedside table. …<\/p>\n

*****<\/p>\n

Luisa Piccarreta; \u201cThe Person\u201d
\n<\/strong>(Excerpt from Fr. Bucci’s “Bucci Family Album<\/strong>“<\/a>)<\/p>\n

… After dinner, Luisa would retire to meditate and pray for about three hours. In the late afternoon several pious women, among whom were the sisters Cimadomo, and they began to pray the holy Rosary in its entirety, with meditations that Luisa had on the Divine Will.<\/strong><\/p>\n

After everyone had left, Luisa would close herself in prayer. Her little room was closed and during this time she daily, in obedience to the directives of her confessor who had ordered her to write everything down without neglecting a single detail, she would write down that which occurred between herself and Our Lord.<\/p>\n

***<\/p>\n

Book of <\/strong>Heaven
\n<\/strong>The Call of the Creature to the Order, the Place and the Purpose
\n<\/strong>for which He was Created by God<\/strong><\/p>\n

Excerpt from Volume\u00a025 – October 7, 1928<\/strong><\/p>\n

Then, the evening came of this day consecrated to the Queen of the Rosary (October 7, 1928), Queen of Victories and of Triumphs.\u00a0 And this is another Beautiful Sign that, just as the Sovereign Lady (the Blessed Virgin Mary) conquered Her Creator, and bejeweling Him with Her chains of love, She drew Him from Heaven to earth, to make Him form the Kingdom of Redemption, so will the sweet and powerful beads of Her Rosary make Her Victorious and Triumphant again before the Divinity, conquering the Kingdom of the Divine Fiat, to make It come into the\u00a0<\/span><\/strong>midst of creatures<\/span>.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Circle of\u00a0Garc\u00eda de Bouzas, 18th century
\n<\/span><\/strong>Oil on canvas<\/span><\/strong>
\nMuseum\u00a0 of the Church of San Paio (Pelagius)
\nSantiago de Compostela,\u00a0 Spain<\/span><\/strong><\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
\n

OUR LADY OF THE ROSARY \u2013 <\/strong>(New\/Trad) \u2013 instituted by Pope Gregory XIII in 1571 \u2013 \u201cWhen the wicked heresy of the Albigensians was growing\u2026St. Dominick implored with earnest prayers, the aid of the Blessed Virgin, Whose Dignity these errors shamelessly attacked and to Whom it is given to Destroy all heresies\u2026She Instructed Dominic to preach the Rosary\u2026Gregory XIII decreed that thanks should always be offered everywhere throughout the world to the Blessed Virgin under the title of the Rosary\u2026and other Popes granted innumerable indulgences, added a Feast, added to the Breviary, Litanies, Special Office\u2026 \u201d <\/em>Roman Breviary \u2013 Lessons iv, v, vi \u2013 Oct. 7. \u201cIn Me is All Grace of the Way and of the Truth;\u201d<\/em> \u2013 Ecclus. 24:25<\/p>\n

\u2013 Luisa enters St. Anthony\u2019s orphanage 1928 \u2013 <\/strong>House of the Daughters of Divine Zeal and House of the Divine Will, built by St. Annibale Maria di Francia; and ten years later leaves because of orders from above 1938.<\/p>\n