St Maria Goretti Analysis

We all look up to someone who gives us a purpose in our lives to better ourselves. They keep us motivated by keeping us in check by making sure we're doing things for the right reasons. Saint Maria Goretti is who I look up to when I have trouble forgiving people who have managed to hurt me emotionally, mentally or physically. As human beings we don’t like to forgive easily, we like to keep our pride and hold grudges. Saint Maria Goretti was only twelve years old when she was raped and killed, but she forgave the man who committed a mortal sin. I personally have a hard time forgiving my siblings for making fun of my insecurities and that is less worse than what Saint Maria Goretti had to go through. Basically if a twelve year old little girl …show more content…
Trees will grow, so we need to learn how to forgive others in order to grow spiritually in our Catholic faith. Cities will become brighter, we need to put our pride aside and let our true mindset shine through the darkness. However, lies will become easier, so we can’t fall into temptation by telling ourselves that we don’t have to forgive because we do. Alessandro was sleeping and Saint Maria Goretti appeared in his dream, handing him lilies that burned when he tried to grab them. Then when Alessandro woke up he decided he needed to start changing his ways and beg for forgiveness. He then went to Maria’s mother’s house and begged for her forgiveness, where her mother did forgive him for his actions. Saint Maria Goretti was pronounced to be canonized on June 24,1950 and Alessandro was present at St Peter's Catholic Church. Forgiveness is a powerful thing that can change ourselves or change others for the better. When we forgive all the anger is clear and we are healed by God because his job is to keep us protected from evil. We forgive so nothing stands between us and God and our abilities to grow stronger in our faith. We are renewed when we decide to live by God's words and not