I Killed Maria Goretti

“I know I am not worthy of her help, yet she is to me in my darkness of sin what the bright and shining star is to the mariner, for her pardon gives me hope.” - Alessandro Serenelli

Did you Maria Goretti’s murderer attended her canonization? True story. Here you’ll uncover the details of Alessandro’s early life, the dark things that would shape his mind and the choices he made to abuse and kill an innocent girl. That same girl, in the likeness of Christ, would forgive her attacker and by her intercession, Serenelli would be converted. Also discussed here are topics like: How unchecked passions and sins of the mind can often lead to sins of the flesh, Reminders that the light of God’s Grace is ever-present especially in the darkest of moments, Heroic forgiveness, even from Maria’s family, for his crime, The power of God’s infinite mercy and how the intercession of Saint can help you attain salvation.

Author: Pietro de Donato, Softcover, 177 pages.