Bienheureuse Edvige Carboni
Laïque mystique italienne (+ 1952)
« une simple femme du peuple qui dans l’humble vie quotidienne
a embrassé la Croix, en donnant un témoignage de foi et de charité »
Pape François
SOURCE : https://nominis.cef.fr/contenus/saint/13197/Bienheureuse-Edvige-Carboni.html
Italie : bienheureuse Edvige Carboni, une vie
ordinaire mais extraordinaire
Homélie du card. Becciu à la messe de béatification
(Traduction intégrale)
JUIN 17, 2019 18:21HÉLÈNE GINABATCAUSES DES SAINTS
Edvige Carboni « a vécu pendant de longues années une
vie ordinaire, apparemment semblable à celle de nombreux laïcs, mais
extraordinaire par son intimité avec Dieu, son union avec lui » : c’est ainsi
le cardinal Giovanni Angelo Becciu, préfet de la Congrégation pour les causes
des saints, a présenté la nouvelle « Bienheureuse » sarde en célébrant sa messe
de béatification le 15 juin 2019, à l’Hippodrome de Pozzomaggiore (Province de
Sassari).
Les « points forts » de sa vie chrétienne étaient « la
contemplation constante du Seigneur crucifié et l’adoration de l’Eucharistie »,
a-t-il souligné. « C’est seulement en embrassant la croix que l’on a la
plénitude de la vie et que l’on est capable de rayonner de lumière, d’espérance
et de réconfort ».
Avec une « force intérieure » et une « foi
inébranlable », a déclaré le cardinal, elle était « poussée par une incessante
charité envers les autres, surtout les plus faibles et les plus démunis. Amie
des pauvres et des personnes marginalisées, elle avait des paroles de consolation
pour tous ». Et le cardinal sarde de conclure : Edwige Carboni « est un modèle
encore actuel, parce qu’elle montre que même dans une vie simple et ordinaire,
il est possible de faire l’expérience d’une communion solide avec Dieu et d’un
apostolat caractérisé par la passion pour l’humanité blessée et défavorisée ».
Voici notre traduction de l’homélie du cardinal
Becciu.
HG
Homélie du cardinal Giovanni Angelo Becciu
Chers frères et soeurs,
Nous venons d’entendre la page d’Évangile dans
laquelle saint Jean rapporte les paroles de Jésus adressées aux apôtres à la
veille de sa passion et de sa mort sur la croix. Il parle de lui-même et
dit : « Moi, je suis la vigne, et vous, les sarments. Celui qui
demeure en moi et en qui je demeure, celui-là porte beaucoup de fruit, car, en
dehors de moi, vous ne pouvez rien faire » (Jn 15,5).
L’invitation est claire : nous sommes tous
appelés par le Père, qui est le vigneron, à porter du fruit en restant unis au
Christ, comme les sarments portent du fruit en restant unis à la vigne. Dans
ces paroles, nous trouvons le secret de l’efficacité de notre témoignage
chrétien et de notre apostolat : nous produirons de bons fruits si nous
accueillons la parole de Jésus et si nous nous efforçons de vivre en communion
avec lui, véritable sève vitale.
À cette source divine inépuisable, beaucoup de fils et
de filles de cette terre de Sardaigne ont copieusement puisé et c’est vers eux
que se tourne notre pensée aujourd’hui : ce sont des martyrs, des saints,
des bienheureux et des vénérables qui, par leur témoignage chrétien héroïque,
ont fécondé notre chère île. Leur exemple et leur enseignement constituent un
patrimoine spirituel et culturel d’une valeur inestimable, à conserver, à
valoriser et à imiter pour accomplir pleinement notre vocation et notre mission
chrétienne.
Nous avons aujourd’hui la joie d’associer la
Bienheureuse Edvige Carboni à cette foule admirable de croyants qui ont atteint
le sommet de la sainteté. Et je suis particulièrement heureux de me trouver
ici, en tant que représentant du Saint-Père François, pour proclamer
Bienheureuse une fille de la Sardaigne, dans le lieu précis où elle est née. À
Pozzomaggiore, elle a vécu pendant de longues années une vie ordinaire,
apparemment semblable à celle de nombreux laïcs, mais extraordinaire par son
intimité avec Dieu, son union avec lui, jusqu’à parvenir à s’identifier à
Jésus, à l’union parfaite et transformante en lui, époux des âmes. Elle est
aujourd’hui inscrite au Livre de la Vie, afin que tout le peuple de Dieu puisse
devenir toujours plus témoin courageux de la vérité de l’Évangile. La
reconnaissance de la sainteté de vie d’une fille de cette terre est
certainement un grand motif d’orgueil, mais c’est aussi la démonstration des
profondes racines chrétiennes qui ont toujours inspiré les valeurs humaines les
plus élevées de notre peuple.
L’Église qui est en Sardaigne est appelée par les
circonstances actuelles à servir la renaissance de nos villes et de nos pays,
en mobilisant les énergies que le Seigneur lui renouvelle constamment, pour
être inlassablement active au service du bien, en particulier de ceux qui sont
en marge de la société. C’est justement dans cette perspective qu’a œuvré la
bienheureuse Edvige Carboni, poussée par une incessante charité envers les autres,
surtout les plus faibles et les plus démunis. Amie des pauvres et des personnes
marginalisées, elle avait des paroles de consolation pour tous ; elle
aimait répéter : « Il faut toujours donner réconfort et
espérance ». Pendant son séjour à Rome, elle avait l’habitude d’envoyer
des paquets-cadeaux aux familles indigentes de son pays et elle était en outre
tendue de tout son être vers le bien spirituel et matériel des personnes
qu’elle rencontrait. Aucune catégorie de pauvres n’était exclue de son coeur et
de ses expressions caritatives : elle était engagée à soutenir, comprendre
et aider aussi ceux qui ne la comprenaient pas et qui s’opposaient à elle. On
est frappé par sa force intérieure et par la foi inébranlable avec laquelle,
d’abord dans son pays et ensuite dans les villes du Latium à la suite de sa
soeur, la nouvelle Bienheureuse a vécu une existence au service de ses proches
et au milieu des occupations domestiques ordinaires, auxquelles s’ajoutait une
activité exemplaire dans la paroisse et un fervent apostolat de la charité.
Si nous nous demandons quels sont les points forts de
la vie chrétienne de notre soeur et qui font d’elles un exemple d’offrande de
soi accueillante, dans une abnégation humble et joyeuse, nous dirons qu’il y en
a essentiellement deux : la contemplation constante du Seigneur crucifié
et l’adoration de l’Eucharistie.
La contemplation de l’Amour crucifié est, pour Edvige,
source de vie. Il ne pouvait pas ne pas en être ainsi. S’arrêter devant la
croix signifie se laisser envelopper par l’amour infini de Dieu auquel on ne
peut répondre que par le don total de soi et en ayant Jésus comme unique
paramètre de mesure. C’est seulement en embrassant la croix que l’on a la
plénitude de la vie et que l’on est capable de rayonner de lumière, d’espérance
et de réconfort.
Cette spiritualité passioniste et de la Croix a
soutenu Edvige dans les fatigues de ses journées quotidiennes et dans les
incompréhensions au sein de sa famille et en dehors : elle pouvait ainsi
tout inscrire dans l’image du Christ refusé, calomnié et méprisé. Elle priait
et faisait prier le Crucifié : s’adresser à la Sainte Croix, répétait-elle
souvent, « t’enlève toute amertume ». Sa réponse à l’amour du
Seigneur l’a intensément engagée pendant toute sa vie, animée par le désir
d’apporter à Dieu toute l’humanité, en commençant par les pécheurs. À cet égard
elle écrivait : « Je voudrais mourir brûlée d’amour pour toi, Jésus.
Si j’étais un ange, je prendrais une trompette, je ferais le tour de l’océan et
je crierais à tous les êtres humains : aimez Jésus, aimez-le, le bon
Jésus. Souvenez-vous qu’il est mort sur la croix pour nous sauver, misérables
pécheurs » (Positio, Documenta et Testimonia scripta integrativa, pp.
118-119).
La bienheureuse Edvige a partagé la passion du Christ avec
des tons d’une intensité particulière, y compris dans son corps, sur un chemin
de conformation au Christ souffrant et crucifié. Malgré l’abondance des
charismes que Dieu lui a accordés, elle fut toujours modeste. Les dons
surnaturels n’étaient pas pour elle un motif pour se vanter : elle se
considérait comme une petite créature, mais ayant grandement bénéficié de la
grâce divine. Les témoins affirment que ce qui frappait surtout chez cette
femme simple et spirituellement fervente, c’était sa grande humilité.
Elle a pu avoir un coeur humble et rempli de charité
parce que la prière pendant de longues heures faisait disparaître toute trace
d’aridité et de paresse spirituelle. Son dialogue constant avec le Seigneur a
atteint des moments de grande intensité, surtout dans l’adoration
eucharistique. La prière d’Edvige était simple et efficace, parce que soutenue
par une grande confiance en Dieu et protégée par le silence et le
recueillement, pratiqués pendant ses haltes prolongées et quotidiennes dans
l’église. Par l’oraison, Edvige effectuait des actes de réparation en faveur de
ceux qui étaient dans les ténèbres du péché et elle implorait la miséricorde
divine sur ceux qui s’obstinaient à ne pas se laisser rejoindre par la grâce.
Elle vivait et transmettait sa foi avec ardeur, par son exemple et par
l’enseignement catéchétique, qu’elle commença à apprendre dès son plus jeune
âge. Dans sa vie quotidienne à la maison, elle offrait tout pour la gloire de
Dieu et pour l’Église !
Humble et forte, généreuse et patiente, travailleuse
et fière, la bienheureuse Edvige incarne les plus belles vertus de la femme
sarde de cette époque. Et pourtant, de son vécu humain et chrétien, émergent
des aspects qui rendent son témoignage plus actuel que jamais : Edvige est
une référence efficace pour les femmes d’aujourd’hui, de tous âges et de toutes
extractions sociales. Son expérience spirituelle simple et profonde, marquée
par une charité sans limites, une humilité sans mesure et une prière
incessante, est un modèle encore actuel, parce qu’elle montre que même dans une
vie simple et ordinaire, il est possible de faire l’expérience d’une communion
solide avec Dieu et d’un apostolat caractérisé par la passion pour l’humanité
blessée et défavorisée.
En somme, la vie d’Edvige était plongée en Dieu, dont
la présence transparaissait dans sa petitesse évangélique et dans son humilité.
Son point fixe était le paradis où elle espérait arriver en expérimentant, dans
l’épreuve, le secours de la miséricorde du Seigneur.
Elle a totalement vécu son don de soi au Seigneur, lui
faisant confiance pour parvenir à « une grande sainteté », comme elle
l’a souvent écrit dans son journal. Ses vertus brillèrent ici, en Sardaigne, et
ensuite dans le Latium et à Rome, édifiant ceux qui l’ont connue de près. Maintenant,
c’est à nous tous, surtout à vous, chères soeurs dans le Christ, qu’il revient
de garder allumée cette flamme, en gardant et en donnant une impulsion à
l’héritage spirituelle de cette figure singulière de femme, disciple du
Seigneur.
Nous nous tournons vers elle en l’invoquant :
Bienheureuse Edvige Carboni, prie pour nous !
© Traduction de Zenit, Hélène Ginabat
La bienheureuse Edvige Carboni
le mercredi, 01 mai 2019. Dans Apparitions
Laïque et mystique italienne
Le 15 juin 2019 aura lieu à Sassari, sur l’île de
Sardaigne, en Italie, la béatification d’Edvige Carboni (1880-1952), laïque et
mystique italienne. Elle avait été déclarée vénérable le 4 mai 2017 par le pape
François qui, un an plus tard, le 7 novembre 2018, reconnaissait comme
authentique une guérison inexplicable attribuée à l'intercession d'Edvige
Carboni, rendant ainsi possible sa béatification.
Edvige Carboni était un mystique extraordinaire. Elle
a passé sa vie entre le naturel et le surnaturel; entre l'humain et le divin.
Son interaction avec le monde surnaturel était un événement presque quotidien.
Jésus, Marie et les saints lui sont apparus constamment. Elle a également reçu
les stigmates et eu de nombreux autres dons spirituels tels qu'extases, bilocation,
lévitation, lecture de cœur, discernement des esprits et visites fréquentes
d'âmes du purgatoire.
Edvige était une femme laïque qui vivait avec sa
famille et a passé les dernières années de sa vie avec sa sœur Paulina à Rome.
Elle a vécu une vie de charité en aidant les nécessiteux, en rendant visite aux
malades, en priant et en souffrant pour la conversion des pécheurs et les âmes
du Purgatoire.
Son enfance et sa jeunesse
Edvige est né le 2 mai 1880 à Pozzomaggiore sur l’ïle
de Sardaigne, en Italie. Elle était la deuxième plus âgée des six frères et
sœurs de la famille Carboni. Le jour de sa naissance, quelque chose
d'extraordinaire s'est passé. Sa mère lui a dit que le jour de sa naissance,
elle avait vu une hostie lumineuse dans un ostensoir. À cause de cela, sa mère
très malade lui disait: «Si je meurs, tu dois recevoir la Sainte Communion tous
les jours et tu dois être très bonne, parce que Jésus, quelques instants après
ta naissance, m'a montré une hostie, comme je te l'ai dit.»
Un autre événement important survenu lors de sa
naissance est qu'une croix faite de sa propre chair s'est formée sur sa
poitrine, comme si Jésus l'avait prédestinée à être son épouse. Elle a été
baptisée deux jours après sa naissance. Elle a été confirmée à l'âge de quatre
ans et a fait vœu de virginité à l'âge de cinq ans. Dans la maison de sa
grand-mère se trouvait une réplique du tableau de Raphaël représentant la
Vierge Marie avec l'enfant Jésus dans ses bras. Quand Edvige était seule, elle
montait sur une chaise et disait à la Vierge Marie: "'Ma mère, je t'aime.
Donne-moi ton enfant pour que je puisse jouer avec lui' '.' Elle m'a souvent
laissé jouer avec lui. Jésus était si bon avec moi.
Chaque après-midi, sa mère l'emmenait faire une visite
au Saint-Sacrement et Edvige renouvelait son voeu de virginité par une prière
que Jésus lui avait enseignée lors de leurs jeux: «Mon Dieu, je fais voeu de
chasteté perpétuelle, je te consacre ma virginité.»
Elle a seulement fini sa troisième année scolaire.
Comme sa mère était très malade, elle envoyait Edvige faire les courses le
soir. Edvige obéissait toujours à ses parents mais avait peur de marcher seule
tard dans la nuit. Une fois, elle a vu son ange gardien qui lui a dit: «N'aie
pas peur. Je suis avec toi et je t’accompagne. » Elle a dit que l'ange
l'attendait à l'extérieur du magasin, puis l'a raccompagnait chez elle et puis
disparaissait.
Elle apprit à faire du travail de broderie pour
pouvoir vendre ce qu'elle avait brodé et apporter de l'argent à la maison. À
l'âge de onze ans, elle fait sa première communion. À cette occasion, Jésus lui
a demandé: «M'aimes-tu?» Et elle a répondu: «Oui, beaucoup.» Après cela, elle
priait constamment.
Une fois, lorsqu'elle priait avec ferveur, elle vit un
jeune prêtre qui lui sourit et lui dit: «Me connais-tu?» «Non» répondit-elle.
«Je suis saint Louis de Gonzague. Je suis venu te dire que je t’aime beaucoup
et que tu devrais toujours aimer Jésus.» Edvige déclara que saint Louis de
Gonzague lui apparut plusieurs fois pour lui apprendre à prier.
À l'âge de quinze ans, Edvige voulait devenir
religieuse, mais sa mère ne la laissa pas faire. Elle accepta cela comme étant
la Volonté de Dieu. La même année, sa soeur Paulina est née. Jusque-là, Edvige
n'avait que des frères. Elle devait donc aider sa mère à faire le ménage et
s'occuper de sa grand-mère malade. Après l'âge de seize ans, les apparitions de
Jésus, de Marie, des saints et des anges sont devenues plus fréquentes.
Âme victime pour la conversion des communistes
Jésus avait choisi Edvige pour être une âme victime et
elle s’est offerte généreusement pour le salut des autres. Jésus lui a demandé
beaucoup de prières et de sacrifices parce que beaucoup d'âmes étaient en
danger de damnation éternelle. Edvige écrivait dans son journal le 25 mai 1941:
«Pendant que je priais devant le Saint-Sacrement, je suis entrée en extase et
j'ai vu Jésus sur la croix qui saignait de chaque blessure. Le sang tombait sur
le sol. J'ai vu des anges tenant des calices d'or sous les plaies. Les calices
se remplirent rapidement et bientôt le sang retomba à nouveau sur le sol. Jésus
pleurait. Je lui ai dit: «Pourquoi pleures-tu?» Il a répondu: «Ma fille, je
pleure parce que le sang que j'ai versé au cours de Ma Passion est gaspillé
sans porter de fruits.»
À une autre occasion, elle écrit: «Après la sainte
communion, j'ai vu trois croix. Jésus était sur celui du milieu, les deux
autres étaient vides. Alors saint Jean Bosco est venu vers moi et m'a dit:
«Ma fille, Jésus m'a confié la tâche de trouver des
âmes victimes pour réparer pour tant d’offenses qu'il reçoit constamment,
surtout à cause des modes indécentes, et pour obtenir la paix entre les
nations. Ma fille, après avoir cherché pendant un moment, je t'ai trouvée, toi
et Gracia. Ces deux croix seront une pour vous et une pour elle» (Journal, 12
juin 1941).
Gracia était l'une des amis proches d'Edvige qui, à
l'âge de 33 ans, s'est consacrée à Jésus et s'est offerte comme âme victime
pour obtenir la paix pendant la Seconde Guerre mondiale.
Jésus a demandé à Edvige de s'offrir comme victime,
spécialement pour les communistes. Elle écrit: «Je rêvais que la Vierge Marie
me disait: " Ma fille, promets-moi de supporter toutes les tribulations,
le rejet, le mépris et les souffrances pour la conversion des communistes."»
Un jour, la bienheureuse Gabriela Sagheddu, une
religieuse trappiste qui s'était offerte comme victime afin que l'Église
anglicane se réunisse avec l’Église catholique, apparut à Edvige et lui dit:
«Offrez-vous comme victimes afin que les communistes puissent revenir à
l'Église mère.»
En juin 1941, elle écrivait dans son journal: «Pendant
que je priais, je suis entrée en extase. Saint Jean Bosco est apparu et m'a
dit: “Ma petite fille, souviens-toi que tu t'es offerte comme victime pour la
libération des pauvres Russes du bolchévisme, ennemi juré de Dieu. Prie pour
que bientôt le crucifié puisse entrer en Russie.”»
Les stigmates du Christ
Edvige écrit comment elle avait reçu les stigmates
dans son journal le 16 novembre 1938:
«Un jour, alors que je priais, je suis entrée en
extase, Jésus est apparu et m'a dit: “Ma fille, veux-tu souffrir?” J'ai
répondu: “Oui. Pour l'amour de toi, je veux souffrir.”
«Puis il m’apparut sur le crucifix, de ses blessures
jaillirent des rayons de lumière et ces rayons m’atteignirent me blessant les
mains, les pieds, la tête et les côtés. J'ai ressenti une douleur dans toutes
les parties blessées et je suis restée sur le sol pendant plusieurs heures.
Quand je me suis réveillée, j'ai vu que du sang coulait de mes blessures et
j'ai ressenti une grande douleur. Depuis ce jour, j'ai commencé à méditer sur
la Passion matin et soir.»
Elle a également reçu la couronne d'épines et la
transverbération, la blessure à son cœur. Ce phénomène est arrivé à de nombreux
autres mystiques tels que Padre Pio et Sainte Thérèse d’Avila. Edvige a écrit:
«Je priais pour le bon Jésus, et tout à coup un ange est apparu et a blessé mon
cœur. Je sens toujours cette blessure maintenant. C'est une blessure qui me
brûle d'amour pour Jésus.»
Flora Argenti a témoigné qu'elle avait vu la peau du
cœur d'Edvige brûlée et boursouflée et qu'une chaleur intense se faisait
sentir. Elle avait des chemises de nuit avec des marques de brûlures autour de
son cœur.
Sa piété et ses vertus
Edvige a vécu une vie de pénitence et de charité. Elle
n'a pas accompli de grands actes de pénitence comme les autres saints mais elle
a patiemment accepté l’inconfort, les souffrances et la persécution de la part
de personnes qui la considéraient comme une folle ou une voyante. Elle jeûnait
souvent et ne mangeait en général qu'un morceau de pain au petit-déjeuner et au
souper.
Tout au long de sa vie, Edvige a dû s'occuper de sa
mère, de sa tante, de sa grand-mère, de son père et enfin de sa soeur Paulina.
Elle l'a toujours fait avec amour et patience. Elle a particulièrement aimé les
pauvres. Si quelqu'un de pauvre frappait à la porte pendant qu'elle mangeait,
elle leur donnait toute sa nourriture. Edvige disait: «Les pauvres sont mes
plus chers amis. Je donnerais tout pour eux, boucles d'oreilles, bagues… Je les
aime parce que Jésus les aime… Au Ciel, nous verrons tout le bien fait aux
pauvres. Ils nous ouvriront les portes du ciel.»
Bilocation
Pendant la Première Guerre mondiale, Edvige se rendait
fréquemment en bilocation sur le champ de bataille, puis elle rapportait des
informations sur des soldats disparus ou morts.
Paulina se souvient qu'Edvige avait été emmenée deux
fois rendre visite au cardinal Mindzenty en prison et qu'elle lui avait parlé
et à Jésus. (Le cardinal Mindzenty a également reçu des visites de Padre Pio en
bilocation pendant son emprisonnement.)
Edvige se rendit également à Moscou en bilocation et
entra dans la chambre de Staline au Kremlin. Elle le vit bouger son poing en
disant: «Je suis le puissant et terrible ennemi de Dieu.»
Edvige a déclaré que Staline avait un regard si vilain
que vous en aviez peur. Vitalia se souvient: «Un jour, j'étais chez Edvige et
Paulina. Nous avons vu Edvige en prière profonde et l'avons entendue dire:
“Vous devez vous convertir. Mais si vous voulez être l'ennemi éternel de Dieu,
vous le serez.” Quand elle est sortie de l'extase, sa sœur lui a demandé à qui
elle parlait et elle a répondu qu'elle était allée dans la chambre de Staline à
Moscou… à son invitation à se convertir, il avait répondu: “Je ne me
convertirai jamais. Je serai l'ennemi de Dieu pour toujours.”»
Communions surnaturelles
Plusieurs fois au cours de sa vie, Edvige a reçu la
Sainte Communion de Jésus lui-même ou d'un saint. Son amie Vitalia raconte
qu'elle avait trouvé Edvige en prière à plusieurs reprises, avec une hostie sur
sa langue, sans pouvoir expliquer comment cela s'était passé. Paulina a déclaré
qu'un matin, en se réveillant, elle avait trouvé Edvige en extase avec une
hostie sur sa langue. Elle lui a ensuite posé des questions à ce sujet et
Edvige lui a dit que saint Paul de la Croix et deux autres passionistes (dont
saint Gabriel de l’Addolorata) étaient venus la lui donner. D'autres fois, elle
a reçu la communion de saint Jean Bosco, de saint Dominique Savio, de saint
Vincent Strambi et d'autres.
L'Ange gardien d'Edvige était son ami fidèle et l'a
aidée dans tous ses besoins. Soeur Teresa Josefina Azzena a dit: «Mon oncle m'a
fait lire des lettres qui semblaient avoir été écrites par des personnes très
instruites, alors qu'Edvige n'était pas scolarisée. Ces lettres avaient été
dictées par son ange gardien. Certaines d'entre elles ont été écrites en latin,
une langue qu'Edvige ne connaissait pas.»
Son amour pour Marie et le chapelet
Depuis l'âge de cinq ans, Edvige a vu la Vierge Marie
prendre vie sur un tableau chez sa grand-mère. Tout au long de sa vie, la
Vierge Marie lui est apparue maintes fois en lui disant d'aimer Jésus, de lui
offrir des souffrances et de réciter le chapelet pour les pécheurs.
Elle écrivait dans son journal de mars 1942: «La
Vierge Marie m'est apparue les larmes aux yeux. Je me suis approchée d'elle et
j'ai dit: “Pourquoi pleurez-vous?” “Je pleure parce que je ne peux pas apaiser
la colère de mon Fils contre la race humaine. Si les hommes ne font pas
pénitence, la guerre ne se terminera pas et beaucoup de sang sera versé. Ma
fille, les modes impudiques et la malhonnêteté ont mis Dieu en colère. Priez et
faites pénitence. Priez fréquemment le chapelet. C'est la seule arme puissante
qui puisse attirer les bénédictions du ciel.”»
En janvier 1942, elle écrivait: «Après la communion,
j'étais en extase. J'ai vu la Vierge Marie tenant un panier rempli de chapelets
blancs et d'autres couleurs différentes. La Vierge prenait ces chapelets et les
donnait aux gens qui étaient là pour prier. De chacune des perles de ces
chapelets une sorte d’eau parfumée est descendue. Il y avait des milliers de
chapelets et elle les a tous distribués. Puis, se tournant vers ces âmes, elle
leur dit:
«“Fils et filles, ces chapelets vous permettront
d'éteindre le feu qui s'est propagé dans le monde entier. C'est l'arme la plus
puissante. L'homme ne peut pas trouver une arme plus puissante.” Et cela dit,
elle disparut.»
Jésus lui a permis d'avoir une vue sur le ciel. En
août 1941, elle écrivait: «Jésus m'a dit: “Viens et tu verras de belles
choses.”
«Je m'approchai d'une belle porte qui avait deux
anges, un de chaque côté la gardent. La porte avait un panneau qui disait:
“Ceux qui sont malhonnêtes et impudiques ne peuvent pas entrer.” Les anges
m'ont fait entrer. Je suis entrée avec joie. C'était un morceau de paradis.
Tellement beau! Des plantes et des fleurs que je n'avais jamais vues
auparavant. Le sol était recouvert de perles et de fleurs précieuses. Puis ils
m'ont fait signe de ne pas aller plus loin. J'ai vu un prêtre salésien
s'approcher de moi tenant une clé dans sa main. Il ouvrit la porte où il était
écrit “Jardin salésien”. À l'intérieur, il y avait des prêtres et des laïcs de
tous les temps. C'était un beau jardin avec des plantes et des fleurs que je
n'avais jamais vues et tout le monde chantait joyeusement.»
Sa sainte mort
Le 17 février 1952, Edvige se leva tôt le matin et
alla à la messe comme d' habitude. Elle revint à la maison et prépara un repas
avant de retourner à l'église pour entendre le Père Lombardi prêcher. Edvige et
Paulina sont rentrées chez elles vers 20h30 en train. Peu de temps après,
Edvige a commencé à se plaindre qu'elle ne se sentait pas bien. Elle a dit deux
fois: «Je meurs» et ensuite «Je ne peux pas voir.»
Paulina appela le médecin et les prêtres de leur
paroisse Marie Auxiliatrice. Deux prêtres vinrent lui donner les derniers
sacrements. Elle est décédée le même soir à 22h30 d’une angine de poitrine, un
manque de sang dans son cœur. Elle était réputée sainte à sa mort et de
nombreuses personnes témoignent déjà des miracles qu’elle a accomplis après sa
mort.
Source: www.mysticsofthechurch.com/2014/02/edvige-carboni.html
SOURCE : https://www.versdemain.org/articles/eglise-catholique-romaine/item/la-bienheureuse-edvige-carboni
17 February in Rome (Italy)
layperson of the vicariate of Rome and the diocese of
Alghero-Bosa
born: 02 May 1880 in Pozzomaggiore, Sassari (Italy)
competent forum: Rome
CCS protocol number: 1178
type of cause: heroic virtues
opening of diocesan inquiry: 06 December 1968
closing of diocesan inquiry: 13 May 1971
rescript of “nihil obstat”: 29 April 1994
opening of supplementary inquiry: 18 October 1999
closing of supplementary inquiry: 01 June 2001
rescript on validity of diocesan and supplementary
inquiries: 01 March 2002
submission of Positio to CCS: 2008
particular meeting of theological consultors: 29
November 2016
session of cardinal and bishop members of the CCS: 04
April 2017
promulgation of decree on heroic virtues: 04 May
2017
opening of diocesan
inquiry on miracle for beatification:
closing of diocesan
inquiry on miracle for beatification:
rescript on validity of
diocesan inquiry on miracle:
meeting of the Medical
Board: 23 November 2017
particular meeting of
theological consultors: 26 April 2018
session of cardinal and
bishop members of the CCS: 06 November 2018
promulgation of decree
on miracle: 07 November 2018
beatification: 15 June 2019
postulator: Dr. Andrea Ambrosi
petitioner: Comitato SD Edvige Carboni, Via Sac.
Don Angelico Fadda, 2, 07018 Pozzomaggiore (SS), ITALY
website: www.edvigecarboni.it
SOURCE : http://newsaints.faithweb.com/year/1952.htm#Carboni
Cardinal Becciu, in the beatification of Edvige Carboni, praises the new Blessed’s passion for wounded humanity, 15.06.2019
Cardinal Giovanni Angelo Becciu, prefect of the
Congregation for the Causes of Saints celebrated the Holy Mass for the
beatification of Edvige Carboni (1880-1952) today in Pozzomaggiore, Sassari,
Sardinia, Italy. A Franciscan tertiary, she supported the work of her brothers
through her work as an embroiderer, and spent her life alternating between
domestic work and prayer. She had extraordinary supernatural gifts and in 1911,
the wounds of the passion of Christ appeared on her body.
In his homily, the Cardinal remarked that for many
years Edvige Carboni “lived an ordinary life, from the outside the same as that
of so many laypeople, but extraordinary in terms of her intimacy with God, her
union with Him, to the point of identifying with Jesus in a perfect and
transforming union with Him, the spouse of souls. Friend of the poor and the
marginalized, she had words of consolation for everyone; she loved to repeat,
‘One must always infuse comfort and hope’”.
“One is struck by the inner fortitude and by the
granitic faith with which, first in her town and then in the cities of Lazio
following her sister, the new Blessed lived a life in the service of the family
and among simple household chores, to which she added exemplary activity within
the parish and a fervent apostolate of charity”, he continued. “If we ask what
are the strong points of the Christian life of this sister of ours, and which
lead her to be an example of welcoming prayerfulness and humble and joyful
abnegation, we would say that there are essentially two: constant contemplation
of the Crucified Lord and the adoration of the Eucharist. … Only by embracing
the cross can one have fullness of life and be capable of radiating light, hope
and comfort”.
“This spirituality, Passionist and of the Cross, sustained
Edvige in the hardships of her daily life and in the misunderstandings within
the family and outside it”, the prefect observed. “All of this could be
inscribed in the image of Christ, denied, slandered, and despised. She prayed
and asked prayer of the Crucified: addressing the Holy Cross she repeated
often, ‘you resolve every bitterness. Blessed Edvige shared the Passion of
Christ with special intensity, also in the body, in a journey of conformation
to the suffering and crucified Christ. Despite the abundance of charisms
granted to her by God, she was always modest. The supernatural gifts were not a
source of pride to her: she considered herself a small creature, but greatly
blessed by divine grace”.
The new Blessed had “a heart that was humble and full
of charity, because the long hours of prayer banished any trace of barrenness
and spiritual idleness. Through prayer, Edvige performed acts of reparation for
those who were in the shadows of sin, and implored divine mercy for those who
insisted upon not allowing themselves to be reached by grace”.
“Humble and strong, generous and patient, laborious
and proud, Blessed Edvige incarnated the most beautiful virtues of the
Sardinian woman of the age. Even from her human and Christian lived experience,
there emerge facts that make her witness more relevant than ever: Edvige is a
valid point of reference for women of today, of every age and every social
level. Her simple and profound spiritual experience, marked by charity without
limits, boundless humility and ceaseless prayer, is a model that remains
current, as it demonstrates that even in a simple and ordinary life, it is
possible to experience a solid communion with God and an apostolate
characterized by the passion for wounded and disadvantaged humanity”.
SOURCE : https://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/en/bollettino/pubblico/2019/06/15/190615b.html
Blessed Edvige Carboni
Profile
The second child of Giovanni Battista Carboni and Maria Domenica
Pinna, Edvige had to leave school at the 4th grade. She felt drawn to the
religious life, but stayed at her parents’ home to care for her
chronically ill mother; she spent all her free time there in prayer. On 14 July 1911 she received the signs of the stigmata; she tried to hide it and the
blood stains that resulted, but it soon became obvious. She moved to Rome, Italy just prior to the outbreak of World War II; she
spent the war years working with charities and praying for all the dead. She reported apparitions of Jesus Christ, Saint Anne, Saint Catherine of Siena, Saint Dominic Savio, Saint Francis of Assisi, Saint Gemma Galgani, Saint Genaro of Naples, Saint John Bosco, Saint Paul the Apostle, Saint Rita of Cascia, Saint Sebastian, Saint Thérèse of Lisieux, and attacks by demons.
Born
- late night of 2 May 1880 in Pozzomaggiore, Sassari, Italy
- 10:30pm on 17 February 1952 in Rome, Italy of angina pectoris
- buried in Albano Laziale, Italy next to her brother
- re-interred at the Pontifical Sanctuary of Santa Maria Goretti in Nettuno, Rome, Italy on 6 October 2015
- 4 May 2017 by Pope Francis (decree of heroic virtues)
- 15 June 2019 by Pope Francis
- beatification recognition celebrated at the Ippodromo Generale Eugenio
Unali, Pozzomaggiore, Sassari, Italy, presided by Cardinal Giovanni Angelo Becciu
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Saint of the Day: Blessed Edvige Carboni
Modern-day Mystic
(1880-1952)
Her life
+ Edvige was born in Pozzomaggiorage, Italy. Although
she felt called to religious life at an early age, she left school in the
fourth grade to stay home with her chronically ill mother. She was known to
devote her free time to prayer.
+ In 1911, she received the stigmata. Although she
tried to hide it, the signs of this grace became known to others.
+ Edvige moved to Rome shortly before the outbreak of
the Second World War and she spent the war years dedicating herself to
charitable acts and praying for those who had died.
+ Known as a visionary, she reported visions of Jesus
and various saints, including Saint Anne, Saint Catherine of Siena, Saint
Francis of Assisi, Saint Paul the Apostle, Saint Rita, and Saint Therese of
Lisieux.
+ During the final years of her life, Edvige spent her
time teaching catechism and caring for the poor and sick.
+ Blessed Edvige Carboni died on February 17, 1952;
she was beatified in 2019.
For prayer and reflection
“Even from her human and Christian lived experience,
there emerge facts that make her witness more relevant than ever: Edvige is a
valid point of reference for women of today, of every age and every social
level. Her simple and profound spiritual experience, marked by charity without
limits, boundless humility and ceaseless prayer, is a model that remains
current, as it demonstrates that even in a simple and ordinary life, it is
possible to experience a solid communion with God and an apostolate
characterized by the passion for wounded and disadvantaged humanity”—Cardinal
Giovanni Angelo Becciu at the Beatification of Blessed Edvige Carboni
Prayer
Hear us, God our Savior, that, as we rejoice in
commemorating the Virgin blessed Edvige, we may be instructed by her loving
devotion. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with
you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.
(from The Roman Missal: Common of Virgins)
Saint profiles prepared by Brother Silas Henderson,
S.D.S.
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The Servant of God, Edvige Carboni, (1880-1952) Mystic, Stigmatic, Victim Soul & Laywoman
The webmaster would like to gratefully thank Mrs. Angelica Avcikurt for translating from the original Italian & Spanish the inspiring and informative passages below. May God reward her for her efforts.
Edvige Carboni was an extraordinary mystic. She spent her life between the natural and the supernatural; between the human and the divine. Her interaction with the supernatural world was an almost daily occurrence. Jesus, Mary and the saints appeared to her constantly. She also received the stigmata, and had many other spiritual gifts such as ecstasies, bilocation, levitation, reading of hearts, discernment of spirits and frequent visits from souls in purgatory.
Edvige was a lay woman who lived with her family and spent the last years of her life living with her sister Paulina in Rome. She lived a life of charity helping the needy, visiting the sick, and praying and suffering for the conversion of sinners and the souls in Purgatory.
Her Childhood and Youth -The luminous Host
Edvige was born on May 2nd, 1880 in Sardinia, Italy. She was the second oldest among six siblings in the Carboni family. On the day she was born something extraordinary happened. Her mother told her that the day she was born she had seen a luminous host in a monstrance. Because of this, her mother who was very sick used to tell her, “If I die, you must receive Holy Communion every day and you should be very good, because Jesus, a few moments after you were born, showed me a host, as I have told you.”
Another significant event that happened upon her birth was that a cross made of her own flesh was formed on her breast, as if Jesus had predestined her to be His spouse. She was baptized two days after her birth. At the age of four, she was confirmed and at the age of five, she made a vow of virginity. In her grandmother’s house there was a replica of Rafael’s painting of the Virgin Mary with baby Jesus in her arms. When Edvige was alone, she would climb on a chair and say to the Virgin Mary: "'My mother, I love you. Give me your child so that I can play with Him'.' Many times she let me play with Him. Jesus was so good to me.”
Every afternoon her mother would take her to make a visit to the Blessed Sacrament and Edvige would renew her virginity vow with a prayer that Jesus had taught her when they were playing: “My God, I make a vow of perpetual chastity, I consecrate my virginity to You.”
She only finished third grade. Since her mother was very ill, she would send Edvige to do the grocery shopping at night. Edvige always obeyed her parents but felt afraid of walking alone late at night. Once, she saw her guardian angel who told her, “Don’t be afraid. I am with you and I keep you good company.” She said the angel waited for her outside the store and then walked her back home and disappeared.
She learned to do embroidery work so she could sell
what she embroidered and bring money into the house. At the age of eleven she
made her first Holy Communion. On this occasion Jesus asked her, “Do you
love Me?” and she said, “Yes, very much.” After this, she used
to pray constantly. She would go to a corral to pray so that her family would
not see her. Once when she was fervently praying she saw a young priest who smiled
at her and said, “Do you know me?”
“No,”she answered. “I am St. Luis Gonzaga. I have come to tell you that I love you very much and that you should love Jesus always.” Edvige said that St. Luis Gonzaga has appeared to her many times to teach her how to pray.
At the age of fifteen, Edvige wanted to become a nun, but her mother did not let her. She accepted this as if it were the Will of God. That same year, her sister Paulina was born. Up to then Edvige had only brothers, so she had to help her mother with the housework and also take care of her ailing grandmother. After the age of sixteen, the appearance of Jesus, Mary, the saints and the angels became more frequent.
Victim Soul for the Conversion of Communists
Jesus asked Edvige to offer herself as a victim especially for communists. She wrote, “I dreamt that the Virgin Mary told me, ‘My daughter, promise me to suffer all tribulation, rejection, scorn, and sufferings for the conversion of communists.’”
One day Sister Gabriela Sagheddu, a Trappist nun who had offered herself as a victim so that the Anglican Church would reunite with the Catholic, appeared to Edvige and told her, “Offer yourselves as victims so that communists can come back to the Mother Church.”
In June, 1941, she wrote in her dairy, “While I was praying, I went into ecstasy and St. John Bosco appeared and said to me, ‘My little daughter, remember that you have offered yourself as victim for the liberation of poor Russians from Bolshevism, sworn enemy to God.Pray so that soon the Crucified One can enter Russia.’”
Partaker in the Sufferings of Christ and the Stigmata
She also received the crown of thorns and the transverberation, the wounding of her heart. She wrote that, “One night while I was praying, an angel appeared with a crown in his hand. He put it on my head and I felt a great pain, because it pierced all my head so that during several days I could not open an eye, because it was red and it seemed that there was a thorn in it.”
The Devil
The devil used to make Edvige suffer in many ways. She offered it all to Jesus for the salvation of souls. VitaliaScodina, a friend of Edvige says: “Many times the devil used to burn the money she had to go shopping. He also poured water on her bed, which later the Blessed Virgin Mary dried. He used to tie her to the bed, scratch her, throw stones at her head; he burned the book that Monsignor Vitali gave her; he would throw around her flour, polenta, pasta, and other things. Some of these happenings I have witnessed myself. For example when the devil hit her with a stick and tied her to her bed. She told me about the other events. I remember that I could not untie the knots that the devil had tied her with to her bed until I called on the Virgin Mary.”
Once, Edvige saw in a vision that the devil was infuriated and took her “Diary” and wanted to throw it out the window.When she woke up, she found it near the window slightly burned. To prevent this from happening in the future, Mons. Massimi blessed the “Diary” and gave them a box with relics in which to keep it.
Whenever Edvige was on the way to see Fr. Ignacio (her
last spiritual director), the devil hit her hard and kicked her legs so that
she would not be able to walk. This also happened when she went to other
confessors. Edvige, however, even if she had to limp managed to continue and
Satan was defeated.
The devil made her suffer in many ways. Sometimes he would break her dishes, mirrors or glass windows. He would undo her knitting and hit or scratch her. Once he even took the gold fillings from her teeth. On another occasion she had to stay in bed for a while because the devil hit her on the knee with a hammer.
Moving to Mainland Italy
In 1929 things changed in Edvige’s life. Her sister Paulina who was a teacher found a job and was sent to a school in MarcellinaScalo, a town between Rome and Tivoli. Edvige’s father did not want Paulina to live alone so the whole family moved from Sardinia. For the next 23 years until her death, Edvige would live on the mainland. The last 14 years of her life she spent in Rome. In MarcellinaScalo, Edvige took care of her father and taught catechism. She asked Jesus to hide the stigmata in her hands so she could work and Jesus acquiesced to her humble request.
In 1932 Paulina was transferred to Agosta and then to La Forma. In La Forma, Edvige continued teaching catechism and embroidery to some girls. In 1934 they moved to Albano Laziale. In 1937 their father, Giovanni Battista Carboni, died. They said that when he died his emaciated face became beautiful. He had led a very holy life.
A year after this, Edvige and Paulina moved to Rome permanently. They moved near the Salesian Church named Mary Help of Christians. In 1940 in Rome she met VitaliaScodina who became one of her closest friends and a witness to the supernatural graces that Edvige was enjoying.
Her Piety and Virtues
Edvige lived a life of penance and charity. She did not perform great acts of penance like other saints but she patiently accepted discomfort, sufferings and persecution from people who considered her to be crazy or a seer. She often fasted and generally only ate a piece of bread for breakfast and dinner. Vitalia, her friend, says that one day during the war she found Edvige baking bread made out of flour and ashes because they did not have anything else to eat. Because of eating ashes, Edvige got a stomach ulcer which Jesus later on cured miraculously.
Throughout her life, Edvige had to take care of her mother, her aunt, her grandmother, her father and finally her sister Paulina. She always did it with love and patience. She particularly loved the poor. If someone poor knocked at her door while she was eating, she would give them all her food. Paulina remembers: “Once we saw an old man sitting on the stairs in front of the Church of St. Paul. My sister approached him, caressed him like you would a little child and gave him her scarf. Another day she gave her skirt to a poor lady.” Edvige used to say: “The poor are my dearest friends. I would give everything for them, earrings, rings… I love them because Jesus loves them… In Heaven we will see all the good done to the poor. They will open the gates of Heaven to us.”
The Holy Father and the priests were very dear to her. She prayed much for them and would not be afraid to defend them when others made uncharitable comments against them. In December 1944, she wrote in her Diary: “On Thursday afternoon, I dreamt I was in the Vatican Church. There were a lot of people. Many were foreigners from many nations. Suddenly the Holy Father came to the balcony and started to speak. He said: ‘Children, in these very sad times which we live, we need to do penance to appease the anger of God, gravely offended by the sins of men.’ He just stopped speaking, when many men and women started throwing stones at the Pope causing him several wounds. Upon seeing him bleeding, some were laughing. He had to leave the balcony. An angel came down on St. Peter’s Square and said: ‘The world is going to ruins. They don’t want to hear the words of the Vicar of Christ.’ I asked him, ‘Who are you?’ -‘I am the Angel of Rome and I live in the Vatican.’”
Edvige had enrolled in many confraternities since she was young. She belonged to the Daughters of Mary in Pozzomaggiore. She also became a Third Order Franciscan in 1906. She belonged to an Association called Friends of St. Therese of the Child Jesus. From 1941 on she joined the Confraternity of the Passion at Scala Santa (The Holy Stairs) in Rome. This is where she met Passionist priest, Fr. Ignacio Parmeggiani, who was her spiritual director from that time until her death. She also had a special relation with the Salesians in Rome since she lived near their Church, Mary Help of Christians. Here is where she used to go to Mass daily and had many visions, including visions of St. Bosco and St. Dominc Savio. In fact, St. Bosco himself invited her to enroll as a Salesian Helper on September 25, 1941.
Supernatural Gifts:
Reading of Hearts and supernatural knowledge
Edvige demonstrated to have supernatural knowledge and the gift of reading hearts. Constantina Sanna says that she took her mother to see Edvige because she was worried about her son, Salvatore, who was in the war and they had not received any news from him. Edvige prayed for a while and then told Constantina’s mother that her son Salvatore was fine and that they would receive a letter from him in two days. She also told them where he was at that moment. Two days later, the letter arrived confirming all that Edvige had said.
Sor Maria Longaroni declared: “She had the gift of reading hearts because many times she would tell me things that I had thought and help me with doubts that I had and had not told anyone.”
Levitation
Many people can attest that Edvige frequently levitated during her ecstasies. Mariangela Oggianu declared: “One afternoon, I found the servant of God in the Church, elevated some 20cm over the kneeler without any support. She had her hands together and was gazing upwards and praying fervently.”
Bilocation
During WWI Edvige would go in bilocation frequently to the battlefield and then she would bring back news about soldiers who had disappeared or died. She told Fr. Carta about the death of Luigi Meloni, a young soldier who was believed to be lost in war.
Paulina remembers that Edvige was taken twice to visit Cardinal Mindzenty in jail and that she talked to him and to Jesus. (Cardinal Mindzenty also received visits from Padre Pio and Sr. Cristina Montella in bilocation during his imprisonment.)
Prophecy
Edvige foretold who the next Pope would be to her spiritual director, Rev. Carta. With the election of Pope Benedict XV in 1914 her prediction was confirmed. She also predicted the election of Pope Pius XI. She likewise predicted the softening of the Passionist Rule, which took place nine years later. This was revealed to her by the founder of the Passionists, St. Paul of the Cross who appeared to her.
Supernatural Light
While her sister Paulina was away studying, Rafaela Piu, a friend of Edvige’s used to keep her company at night. On night, she woke up and found Edvige knelt before the Crucifix in ecstatic prayer. The room was filled with a strong blinding light. Adela Ianucci also witnessed this when she was a child. She saw Edvige praying in the midst of a bright light in which figures of angels and saints moved about.
Supernatural Communions
Many times during her life, Edvigereceived Holy Communion from Jesus himself or from a saint. Her friend Vitalia says that several times she found Edvige in prayer with a host on her tongue and could not explain how it got there. Paulina said that one morning when she woke up, she found Edvige in ecstasy with a Host on her tongue. She later asked her about it and Edvige told her that St. Paul of the Cross along with two other Passionists (St Gabriel of the Sorrowful Mother and Nicolini) had come to give it to her. Other times she received Communion from St. John Bosco, St. Dominic Savio, St. Vincenzo Strambi and others.
Her Guardian Angel
Edvige’s Guardian Angel was her faithful friend and helped her in all her needs. Sister Teresa Josefina Azzena said, “My uncle made me read some letters that seemed to have been written by highly educated people, while Edvige had no schooling. Those letters had been dictated by her Guardian Angel. Some of them were written in Latin a language that Edvige did not know. My uncle told me that one day the devil gave Edvige a blow to her hand and that the blood which came out of that wound unto the paper made the design of a carnation, which I have seen with my own eyes. My uncle Francesco also told me that on day Edvige had been in ecstasy in Church from the morning until noon. When she went home after a very short time she sent a dish of pasta to the parish priest. My uncle who was curious went to her home to find out who had prepared the pasta. Edvige’s father said it had been Edvige, but later they found out that it was her Guardian Angel that frequently helped her with the household chores.”
Her friend Vitalia says that Edvige could see her Angel who would make their beds when she was ill. The Angel also used to help her wash the clothes she needed to get ready. Even Jesus himself one day came to help her wash and dry the clothes. She told Paulina and Vitalia that Jesus had pretended to wash the clothes but that He had not touched it. He commanded it and the clothes became white and folded.
Her love towards Mary and the Importance of the Rosary
Since she was five years old, Edvige had seen the Virgin Mary come to life from a painting at her grandmother’s house. Throughout her life, the Virgin Mary appeared to her many times telling her to love Jesus, to offer her sufferings and to pray the Rosary for sinners.
On another occasion she wrote, “After Holy Communion, I saw an angel that had beautiful irises and roses. He told me, ‘If you pray the Rosary everyday with faith and attention, I will form roses out of the Hail Mary’s and Irises out of the Our Father’s. I will put them together to make a beautiful crown that I will give you in Heaven. That’s why in this month of May, pray the Rosary frequently.’”
She also had the following vision: “One day after
Holy Communion, I found myself in a prairie, and on a throne I saw Mary Help of
Christians covered with a great mantle. On the plain there was a terrible wind
and fire storm, Suddenly, St. John Bosco appeared. He was running through the
storm calling men and women to save themselves by taking cover under Mary’s mantle.
Thousands took cover under Mary’s mantle, but other thousands did not want to
enter and laughed at those who did. Don Bosco in the midst of the storm got on
top of a table and started to preach saying, ‘You will die because of your
own fault, come under the protection of our Celestial Mother.’
But they, having hard hearts and being indifferent to his words were deaf to the saint’s exhortation. I saw the fire surround them while they were trying to escape. This did not seem as a vision to me, since I felt I was awake with all my senses. Even today when I remember, I shudder seeing those hardened souls that preferred to be burned instead of obeying Don Bosco’s voice. But those who were under Mary’s mantle were safe.”
The Virgin Mary also taught her another beautiful little prayer: “Madonna of Love, Holy Virgin, help me become a saint, because you can do it and you want it.” In Italian it rhymes.
On September 8th, the Blessed Virgin Mary told her: “Today is September 8th, the feast of my birthday; my daughter, trust in me. All the graces go through my hands. This date is the one the dates that the infernal enemy hates the most, because with my birth came the salvation of the world.”
Moving Saint Statues
Edvige had several statues in her house that were frequently seen by others changing place. Flora Argenti remembers: “On January 22, 1948 my brother Dyonisio and I went to visit Edvige. We had left our hats on a coat rack at the entrance. Upon leaving, when we were going to get our hats, there were no longer there. We found them in Edvige’s bedroom on the head of the Infant Jesus’ statue. Edvige explained that our heads were in His hands and our hearts in His Divine Heart…on February 29, 1948, we found the statue of the Infant Jesus that was always in her bedroom, at the front door. I can certify that many times I have seen that statue change places.”
Her friend Vitalia says that many time the statue of St. Joseph and the Infant Jesus appeared at the front door or somewhere else in the house. This also happened with the statue of St. Genaro. Once Vitalia came to Edvige’s house and found the statue of St. Joseph on the front door. The door was locked. I knocked on the door and when Edvige opened it she found me with the statue in my arms. She took it and put it back in its place. Edvige used to say, “St. Joseph is so good. He who does not believe let him try. I chose him as my father. In all my necessities I go to him, and he always helps me. St. Joseph is a great saint. Love him and invoke him.”
Visits from Saints
Edvige was frequently visited by saints.We have already mentioned episodes with St. John Bosco, St. Dominic Savio, St. Paul of the Cross and St. Sebastian, but there were many others.
St. Sebastian: Edvige loved St, Sebastian and received many revelations and help from him. He appeared many times in her room to give her advice and exhort her to be humble and to lead a holy life. He usually appeared to her on his feast day. When her spiritual director, Mons. Vitalis died, St. Sebastian told her that he would be her director.
St. Genaro: In 1951 Edvige bought a statue of St. Genaro in Naples. This saint would tell her: “Courage Edvige. I was also a martyr like you.” One day Flora Argenti was sad and when she was leaving Edvige’s house found the statue of St. Genaro at her feet. Edvige told her friend that St. Genaro wanted to console her.
St. Rita of Cascia: During a pilgrimage to the Shrine of St. Rita of Cascia, Edvige went into ecstasy. Her friend Vitalia saw her and at the same time smelled a horrible stench. When Edvige came out of the ecstasy she told Vitalia that the stench was coming from the people visiting the Shrine that were not worthy to be there. St. Rita had told her that only their presence had been pleasing to her.
On September 1943 Edvige wrote in her diary: “I dreamt with St. Therese. She has a bouquet of white roses in her hand. She threw the petals on my sister’s bed. On each petal the words “Hail Mary” were written in red. There were about 50. Then she collected them again and said to Paulina, ‘If every day you say so many Hail Mary’s with devotion and perseverance, after your death, on your tomb there will bloom a flower with petals inscribed with the words ‘Hail Mary’.
St. John Bosco: This is the saint that appeared to her most frequently. Once she said she had a dream with him. He came to her with a book. I read and saw that all the good works that my sister had done were written there. Then I saw a blank page. St. Bosco told me, ‘That day You and Paulina did not do such and such good work that you were going to do. That’s why Jesus on that day did not write in anything good or bad. But it remains blank, which Jesus does not like when you don’t do something out of weakness.”
St. Francis of Assisi: Edvige wrote: “Jesus made me see the glory of St. Francis. I saw that he was resplendent. The most beautiful one I have seen in Heaven.”
St. Padre Pio: Paulina attested that her sister Edvige had many visits from Padre Pio. One day Edvige said to her, “I spoke to Padre Pio. He was so affectionate with me. Like a father with his daughter.” Jesus had spoken to Edvige about Padre Pio telling her that it was necessary for him to stay in the world until he was old because he needed to convert many souls. It seems that since they met in bilocation, she never felt the need to go meet him in person. Once a lady from the same region as Edvige went to see Padre Pio and he told her, “You have come here looking for me? Well I tell you: In your region there is a saint, her name is Edvige Carboni. In God’s sight she is greater than me.”
St. Paul the Apostle: After Holy Communion, St. Paul the Apostle appeared to Edvige and told her smiling: “Daughter, you are worried about little things. If you only knew how much I suffered in my apostolate! Hunger, thirst, scorn, imprisonment. Tell Jesus to do with you as He wishes for the salvation of souls and for the coming of the Kingdom of His Sacred Heart.”
St Catherine of Siena: On April 9, 1950, Edvige went
on pilgrimage to the Shrine of St. Catherine in Siena. After Holy Communion,
she saw St. Catherine who approached her all dressed in white and said: “My
sister. Become saints. Become saints. Time is short! I wish Pauline were less
scrupulous.” Then she caressed Edvige and disappeared.
Jesus, the Virgin Mary and the saints very often provided Edvige with material things she needed, especially during WWII. Jesus gave her some shoes and a skirt. St. John Bosco once brought her half a Kilo of rice and St. Dominic Savio brought her coffee.
Visions of Heaven, Hell and Purgatory
Edvige had visions of people who had gone to hell, of souls who were in purgatory and requested her help; and of souls who entered heaven.
Vitalia states: “There was a young man who lived in Edvige’s building. He never listened to her advice to repent. He was a nonbeliever and died suddenly from an electric shock in his place of work. They had enough time to take him to the hospital, but when he was there he rejected the priest and the sacraments.
One day Edvige saw him surrounded by flames, condemned. He was cursing her and reproached her for not having prayed more for him. Jesus consoled Edvige, telling her that He had mercy on this man by sending him a priest, but that he had rejected him."
There was another case of a man who was leading an honest life but who would never receive the sacraments. Jesus told Edvige to write to this man and tell him that unless he changed his way of life, he would be punished. The man did not want to repent and later on, Jesus let Edvige know that he also had been condemned.
The Virgin Mary told Edvige that her aunt was in purgatory because many times she had skipped Mass on Holy Days of obligation. Her brother, Giorgino also appeared to Edvige and told her that he was in purgatory and had to remain there for eight years. He asked for prayers and took her hand when he said goodbye, leaving her a scar from the burn that lasted until her death.
On All Souls Day, Edvige would be filled with joy as she contemplated long lines of souls who came to thank her for her prayers as they entered Heaven.
In 1923, her friend Mercedes Farci died at the age of 28 from TB. A few days after her death, Mercedes appeared to Edvige dressed in white and told her that she was enjoying the presence of God and the joys of Heaven.
Her Holy Death
References:
Pena, Ángel, O.A.R., Edviges Carboni:El perfume de Dios, Lima, Perú (www.libroscatolicos.org)
Madau, Ernesto, Ti chiami Edvige, Roma, Ed. G.E.I., 2006
Lord Jesus, with faith we turn to You, remembering the
words: “Look and you will find, ask and it will be given unto you, knock and it
will be opened.” Deign to glorify on Earth, Your faithful servant Edvige
Carboni and through her intercession grant us the grace to imitate her virtues,
her steadfast patience, her love towards God and neighbor, and the grace which
we humbly implore. Amen.
(Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory Be)
For more information or to report graces received:
Padri Passionisti
Santuario Scala Santa
Piazza Giovanni in Laterano, 13
SOURCE : https://www.mysticsofthechurch.com/2014/02/edvige-carboni.html
Omelia del Prefetto della Congregazione per le Cause dei Santi alla Messa di Beatificazione di Edvige Carboni, 15.06.2019
Pubblichiamo di seguito l’omelia che il Prefetto della
Congregazione per le Cause dei Santi, l’Em.mo Card. Giovanni Angelo Becciu, ha
pronunciato questa mattina a Pozzomaggiore (Sassari), presso l’Ippodromo
Comunale, nel corso della Santa Messa di Beatificazione di Edvige Carboni:
Omelia del Card. Giovanni Angelo Becciu
Cari fratelli e sorelle!
Abbiamo appena ascoltato la pagina evangelica, nella
quale S. Giovanni riferisce le parole di Gesù rivolte agli Apostoli alla
vigilia della sua passione e della sua morte in croce. Egli parla di sé stesso
e dice: “Io sono la vite, voi i tralci. Chi rimane in me e io in lui, fa molto
frutto, perché senza di me non potete far nulla” (Gv 15,5).
L’invito è chiaro: tutti noi siamo chiamati dal Padre,
che è il vignaiolo, a portare frutto restando uniti a Cristo, così come i
tralci portano frutto rimanendo uniti alla vite. In queste parole troviamo il
segreto dell’efficacia della nostra testimonianza cristiana e del nostro
apostolato: noi produrremo frutti di bene se accoglieremo la parola di Gesù e
se ci sforzeremo di vivere in comunione con lui, vera linfa vitale.
A questa divina sorgente inesauribile hanno attinto
copiosamente nel corso dei secoli tanti figli e figlie di questa terra di
Sardegna, ai quali va oggi il nostro pensiero: sono martiri, santi, beati e
venerabili che, con la loro eroica testimonianza cristiana, hanno fecondato la
nostra cara Isola. Il loro esempio e il loro insegnamento costituiscono un
patrimonio spirituale e culturale di inestimabile valore, da conservare, da
valorizzare e da imitare, per adempiere in pienezza la nostra vocazione e
missione cristiana.
A questa schiera mirabile di credenti, che hanno
raggiunto il vertice della santità, oggi abbiamo la gioia di accomunare la
Beata Edvige Carboni. E io sono particolarmente lieto di trovarmi qui, in
rappresentanza del Santo Padre Francesco, a proclamare Beata una figlia della
Sardegna, proprio nel luogo in cui è nata. A Pozzomaggiore, Ella ha vissuto per
tanti anni una vita ordinaria, esternamente uguale a quella di tanti laici, ma
straordinaria quanto a intimità con Dio, all’unione con Lui, fino a pervenire
all’identificazione con Gesù, all’unione perfetta e trasformante in Lui, sposo
delle anime. Essa viene oggi inscritta nel Libro della vita, affinché
tutto il popolo di Dio possa diventare sempre più coraggioso testimone della
verità del Vangelo. Il riconoscimento della santità di vita di una figlia di
questa terra è certamente un grande motivo di orgoglio, ma è anche la
dimostrazione delle profonde radici cristiane, che hanno da sempre ispirato i
più alti valori umani della nostra gente.
La Chiesa che è in Sardegna è chiamata dalle odierne
circostanze a servire la rinascita delle nostre città e dei nostri paesi,
mobilitando le energie che il Signore costantemente le rinnova, per una
instancabile operosità a servizio del bene, specialmente di quanti stanno ai
margini della società. Proprio in questa prospettiva ha operato la Beata Edvige
Carboni, mossa da una incessante carità verso gli altri, soprattutto i più deboli
e indifesi. Amica dei poveri e degli emarginati, aveva parole di consolazione
per tutti; amava ripetere: «Si deve sempre infondere conforto e speranza». Durante
la permanenza a Roma era solita inviare pacchi-dono alle famiglie indigenti del
proprio paese, inoltre era protesa con tutta sé stessa per il bene spirituale e
materiale di quanti incontrava. Non c’era categoria di bisognosi esclusa dal
suo cuore e dalle sue espressioni caritative: era impegnata a sostenere, capire
ed aiutare anche quanti non la comprendevano e la avversavano. Si resta colpiti
dalla fortezza interiore e dalla granitica fede con cui, prima al suo paese e
poi nelle città del Lazio al seguito della sorella, la nuova Beata ha vissuto
un’esistenza al servizio dei familiari e tra le semplici faccende domestiche, a
cui si aggiungeva una esemplare attività in parrocchia e un fervido apostolato
della carità.
Se ci chiediamo quali sono i punti forti della vita
cristiana di questa nostra sorella e che la portano ad essere esempio di oblatività
accogliente e di abnegazione umile e gioiosa diremmo che sono essenzialmente
due: la costante contemplazione del Signore Crocifisso e l’adorazione
dell’Eucaristia.
La contemplazione dell’Amore Crocifisso è per Edvige
sorgente di vita. Non poteva non essere così. Soffermarsi di fronte alla croce
significa lasciarsi avvolgere dall’amore infinito di Dio al quale non si può
non rispondere che con il dono totale di sé e avendo come unico parametro di
misura Gesù stesso. Solo abbracciando la croce si ha la pienezza della vita e
si è capaci di irradiare luce, speranza, conforto.
Questa spiritualità passionista e della Croce sostenne
Edvige nelle fatiche della sua giornata quotidiana e nelle incomprensioni in
seno alla famiglia e fuori da questa: tutto poteva così inscrivere
nell’immagine di Cristo rifiutato, calunniato, disprezzato. Pregava e faceva
pregare il Crocifisso: volgersi alla Santa Croce – ripeteva spesso – «ti
risolve ogni amarezza». La risposta all’amore del Signore l’ha impegnata
intensamente per l’intera vita, animata dal desiderio di portare a Dio tutta
l’umanità, a cominciare dai peccatori. Al riguardo scriveva: «Vorrei morire
bruciata d’amore per te, Gesù. Se fossi un angelo, prenderei una tromba, farei
il giro dell’oceano e griderei a tutti gli esseri umani: amate Gesù, amatelo,
il buon Gesù. Ricordate che è morto in croce per salvare noi miseri peccatori»
(Positio, Documenta et Testimonia scripta integrativa, pp. 118-119).
La Beata Edvige ha condiviso la Passione di Cristo con
toni di speciale intensità, anche nel corpo, in un itinerario di conformazione
a Gesù sofferente e crocifisso. Malgrado l’abbondanza di carismi a lei concessi
da Dio, il suo tratto fu sempre modesto. I doni soprannaturali non erano per
lei motivo di vanto: si riteneva una creatura piccola, ma grandemente
beneficata dalla grazia divina. I testimoni asseriscono che di questa donna
semplice e spiritualmente fervorosa, colpiva soprattutto la sua grande umiltà.
Ha potuto avere un cuore umile e colmo di carità,
perché la preghiera di lunghe ore faceva scomparire ogni traccia di aridità e
di pigrizia spirituale. Il suo costante dialogo con il Signore, raggiunse punte
di grande intensità soprattutto nell’adorazione eucaristica. La preghiera di
Edvige era semplice ed efficace, perché sostenuta da una grande fiducia in Dio
e protetta dal silenzio e dal raccoglimento, praticati durante le sue
prolungate e quotidiane soste in chiesa. Edvige con l’orazione compiva atti di
riparazione in favore di coloro che erano nelle tenebre del peccato ed
implorava la misericordia divina su chi si ostinava a non lasciarsi raggiungere
dalla grazia. Viveva e trasmetteva con fervore la sua fede, con l’esempio e con
l’insegnamento catechistico, che iniziò ad apprendere fin da giovanissima.
Tutto nella sua vita quotidiana di casalinga offriva per la gloria di Dio e per
la Chiesa!
Umile e forte, generosa e paziente, laboriosa e fiera,
la Beata Edvige incarna le più belle virtù della donna sarda dell’epoca. Eppure
dal suo vissuto umano e cristiano, emergono dati che rendono più che mai
attuale la sua testimonianza: Edvige è un valido riferimento per le donne di
oggi, di ogni età e di ogni estrazione sociale. La sua semplice e profonda
esperienza spirituale, contrassegnata da carità senza limiti, umiltà smisurata
e preghiera incessante, è un modello ancora attuale, perché dimostra
che anche in una vita semplice e ordinaria è possibile sperimentare una solida
comunione con Dio e un apostolato caratterizzato dalla passione per l’umanità
ferita e disagiata.
La vita di Edvige insomma era intrisa di Dio, la cui
presenza traspariva nella sua piccolezza evangelica e nella sua umiltà. Il suo
chiodo fisso era il paradiso cui si augurava di arrivare sperimentando, nella
prova, il soccorso della misericordia del Signore.
Visse in modo totalitario la sua donazione al Signore,
affidandosi a Lui per raggiungere “una grande santità”, come tante volte ha
scritto nel suo diario. Le sue virtù brillarono qui in Sardegna e poi nel Lazio
e a Roma, edificando quanti l’hanno conosciuta da vicino. Ora tocca a noi
tutti, soprattutto a voi, care sorelle in Cristo, mantenere accesa questa
fiaccola, custodendo e dando impulso all’eredità spirituale di questa singolare
figura di donna, discepola del Signore.
A lei ci rivolgiamo, invocandola: Beata Edvige
Carboni, prega per noi!
[01071-IT.01] [Testo originale: Italiano]
[B0517-XX.01]
SOURCE : https://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/it/bollettino/pubblico/2019/06/15/0517/01071.html
Beata Edvige Carboni Laica
Pozzomaggiore, Sassari, 2 maggio 1880 – Roma, 17
febbraio 1952
Edvige Carboni, nata a Pozzomaggiore in provincia di
Sassari nella notte tra il 2 e il 3 maggio del 1880, era la secondogenita di
Giovanni Battista Carboni e Maria Domenica Pinna. Non ebbe un’istruzione
completa: dovette fermarsi alla quarta elementare. Desiderava farsi religiosa,
ma dovette restare accanto alla madre, molto malata. Da allora trascorse la sua
vita domestica in maniera sobria e raccolta, alternando le faccende di casa ai
momenti di preghiera. Il 14 luglio 1911 le si manifestarono sul corpo i segni
della Passione di Gesù. Edvige cercava di occultarli, ma in molti sapevano che
i suoi vestiti erano macchiati di sangue. Questo e altri fenomeni mistici che
le venivano attribuiti furono indagati nel processo canonico del 1925, cui lei
si sottopose in completa obbedienza. Si trasferì quindi a Roma col resto della
famiglia, proprio negli anni in cui stava per esplodere la seconda guerra
mondiale. Anche in quel periodo, Edvige operò silenziosamente la carità,
pregando tra l’altro per i morti di qualsiasi parte politica. Morì quasi
improvvisamente la sera del 17 febbraio 1952. È stata beatificata il 15 giugno
2019, presso l’Ippodromo Comunale «Generale Eugenio Unali» di Pozzomaggiore. La
sua memoria liturgica cade il 4 maggio, anniversario del suo Battesimo. I suoi
resti mortali, traslati nel 2015 presso il Santuario di Santa Maria Goretti a
Nettuno, riposano dal 25 maggio 2019 presso la parrocchia di San Giorgio
Martire a Pozzomaggiore.
Autore: Giorgia Piga ed Emilia Flocchini
SOURCE : http://www.santiebeati.it/dettaglio/94545
Voir aussi : https://www.edvigecarboni.it/
https://www.cath.ch/newsf/edvige-carboni-une-reference-pour-les-femmes-daujourdhui/
