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Many of us know the basic story of eleven-year old St. Maria Goretti, who was stabbed fourteen times by Alessandro Serenelli in 1902. But do we know the trials and tabulations her attacker underwent on his path towards redemption? What of the heroic forgiveness made by her mother, Assumpta? The wisdom of St. Benedict further deepens our consideration of these events: we must ascend 'Jacob's Letter' by degrees of humility to reach Heaven. The first degree of humility is always to have the Fear of God before one's eyes. And we must hasten to cut off all the desires of the flesh. Finally, this story of virtue and salvation is a tale of two fathers which is an instructive lesson for all men.

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