St. Gianna Molla A Modern Day Hero of Divine Love

St. Gianna Beretta Molla: A Modern Day Hero of Divine Love is a brilliant book, timely, relative, pertinent, and very helpful in light of the contemporary war being waged on traditional values such as faith, family, marriage, life, truth, morality, and religion. This woman was a doctor, wife and mother, yet her most fundamental title is that given to each human being at baptism, a child of God. Her fidelity and loyalty to the Almighty would not allow her to compromise one iota on innocent life nor would it allow her to succumb to the false and transitory values of the secular world. She sacrificed not only convenience, but even her own life, the supreme sacrifice anyone can make. This book not only gives a concise biography of the saintly woman but also shows the relevance of having such people in human history. People like St. Gianna are able to make courageous and difficult decisions because of divine grace and divine mercy. The spiritual reservoir available to her is available to everyone and anyone. Hence, her sanctity need not be so rare and unique as long as all of us are willing to follow her example of total trust in divine providence and complete fidelity to the Will of God. Best of all, this book gives facts and it gives hope. Hope in prayerful meditation on the life of St. Gianna the implications for the reader to be and to do better as a devout believer.