The daughter of a count, Imelda Lambertini was born in Italy in 1322. Her parents were deeply devout, and her mother taught her how to cook and sew and do good works for the poor. Young Immelda quickly developed a love for prayer, and she frequently went to Mass and attended nighttime prayer. At the age of nine she asked to leave home to go live with the Dominican nuns at a monastery, and her parents reluctantly agreed. She participated with the nuns in every part of their life but one: she was too young to receive the Eucharist, which she longed to receive. On the Vigil of the Ascension she was seen at Mass bathed in light with the Eucharist suspended above her head. The priest gave her her first Holy Communion, and after a long ecstasy she was found to have died in prayer, smiling.
CHALLENGE
Blessed Imelda Lambertini once asked, “Tell me, can anyone receive Jesus into his heart and not die?” When you receive Jesus into your heart, are you filled with such happiness that you feel like you could die? Today, pray for the Holy Spirit to enflame the love for the real presence of Jesus Christ in the Eucharist in your heart, and in the heart of others around the world.
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