Antonietta Meo
1930-1937 20th century
The trust of a child who speaks to God as to a friend, and offers even pain without drama.
Who was Antonietta Meo?
A little Roman girl nicknamed Nennolina, stricken with a bone cancer that cost her a leg, she dictated or wrote to her mother dozens of 'little letters' addressed to Jesus, to Mary, to God the Father. She died at six, offering her pain with disarming trust; her cause for beatification is open.
In their own words
Pain is like fabric: the stronger it is, the more it is worth.
Dear Jesus, I would like to become a saint, and you help me to make many little sacrifices.