An Ideal Woman

During our CLE class a while ago, we witnessed the life of a young and ordinary - yet special- girl named Maria Goretti. She lived an imperfect life, just like all of us. But through all her troubles and breakdowns, she never failed to look up to God for prayer and to seek the brighter side of everything. One can call her the 'ideal' woman-a perfect example of someone who values her virginity or in other words she valued herself, being a woman. She respects herself, whoever she may be, and everyone in clodse ties with her and her family. She has great compassion for everybody, even the person who was responsible for her death. She forgave him before she died and even said that she would take him to heaven with her. See? How nice to hear something like this from a 12 year old. This teaches us to possess a forgiving and compassionate heart. Yes, forgiveness is a process. But everything in this world isn't permanent. Everything will pass. So before it's too late, we should think about forgiving those who have hurt us because first and foremost we are all imperfect. We do make mistakes, but we also do learn from them. Saint Maria Goretti is the patron saint of young women, purity and forgiveness. Here are som pictures from her canonization in 1950: