Saint Gabriel Possenti Minibook

Title: Saint Gabriel PossentiAuthors: Bob and Penny LordPublisher: Journeys of FaithFormat: Printed minibook28 Pages Saint Gabriel PossentiCo-Patron of Italian Catholic Youth St. Gabriel Possenti was twenty-four years old when he died. We are always asked the question, “Why does God take someone in the prime of their life and snuff out that life?” We don’t really know the answer, but we can muse; we can speculate; we can try to understand what God’s plan for a particular person at a particular time might be. Or we might try to determine how the life of that person can change the world of his time or ours.Francesco Possenti was such a person! He was given to us to do great things for the Lord; not only in life but in death. He made such an impact on the people of his time that he became known as a Saint of the Youth. He was born in Assisi on March 1, 1838. What was going on in Assisi and Italy in 1838 which would cause the Lord to bring a special child into the world, who would glorify