Witness, Number 22

Blessed Antonio Rosmini died on 1st July 1855, on the feast day of the Precious Blood of JESUS. Found on his bedside cabinet was a worn-out booklet of personal prayers entitled, “Jesu Christi Passio”, containing some devotions to the Precious Blood of Jesus given to him by St. Magdalene of Canossa in the distant 1821. He had written on it, as a reminder to himself: “The Commemorations in honour of the most precious Blood of our Lord Jesus Christ are to be recited daily, so that our own blood may be offered to the heavenly Father in union with that of Jesus”.