06/16/2026
The world threw away St. Germaine, but God loved her as His own. She was born to a farming family, but her arm was deformed, and her mother died. When her father remarried, they banished her from the house, leaving her outside to tend sheep. God, though, revealed Himself to her, and she would abandon her sheep to attend Mass each day. She never lost a sheep!
She would earn a reputation among the poor as generous with what food she had, and among children as someone to learn from. She died too young and too neglected, but God preserved her body from decay.
Today on her feast day, we pray for all young victims of neglect and abuse. May we love them as God loved St. Germaine.
