Wednesday – 14th Week of Ordinary Time B – Saint Veronica Giuliani
Today, we celebrate the life of Saint Veronica Giuliani, a woman who exemplified the desire to be like Christ crucified. She was born on December 27th, 1660 in Mercatello, a small village in Central Italy (Marche), into a middle class family. She was the last of seven children. It is said that when her mother Benedetta was dying she called her five daughters to her bedside and entrusted each of them to one of the five major wounds of Jesus’ crucifixion. Veronica was entrusted by her mother to the wound below Christ's heart, a sign of the deep love and devotion she would have for our Lord’s passion throughout her life.