May 25 St. Mary Magdalene de Pazzi (1566-1607)
Mystical ecstasy is the elevation of the spirit to God in such a way that the person is aware of this union with God while both internal and external senses are detached from the sensible world. Mary Magdalene de Pazzi was so generously given this special gift of God that she is called the "ecstatic saint." She was born into a noble family in Florence in 1566. The normal course would have been for Catherine de Pazzi to have married wealth and … [More]