Wife, Mother And Mystic - The Story of Blessed Anna Maria Taigi

"Her intellectual gifts were altogether overshadowed by an unexampled miracle. Shortly after she had entered on the way of perfection, there began to appear to her a golden globe which became as a sun of matchless light; in this all things were revealed to her.

Past and future were to her an open book. She knew with certainty the fate of the dead. Her gaze travelled to the ends of the earth and discovered there people on whom she had never set eyes, reading them to the depths of their souls. One glance sufficed; upon whatever she focused her thoughts, it was revealed to her and her understanding. She saw the whole world as we see the front of a building. It was the same with nations as with individuals; she saw the cause of their distress and the remedies that would heal them.

The miracle lasted forty-seven years... Until her death she looked into it solely for the glory of God... The poor, the great of the world, the princes of the Church came to her for advice and help... She refused neither her last crust of bread nor the most precious moments of her time, yet she would accept neither presents nor praise."

~ From the Introduction