Francis Possenti of Assisi, who became Gabriel of Our Lady of Sorrows as a Passionist, fell in love with a girl, as was normal for an 18-year-old boy. But he also fell in love with the ideal of spending all of his energies serving God and others. And this is how he remains forever remembered by history -- as a young man in love, dying while his love was still full of passion, song and poetry. He seized life and spent it with such impetuous commitment that, at the age of 24, it was entirely consumed. He had loved to death. Or to life, which is the same. The enthralling adventure of his life is ...
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