A tribute to Blessed Alexandrina - a living miracle of the Eucharist.





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New book: “L'AMOR CHE MUOVE IL SOLE E L'ALTRE STELLE"

- The love that moves the sun and the other stars.

Few people have immersed themselves so deeply into the life and writings of Blessed Alexandrina as Eugénie Signorile; she has tried to express her huge fascination for the Beata in a succession of books that she has written.
The last, issued a few days ago, has a very original title: "L'Amor che Muove il Sole e l'altre Stelle", "The Love that moves the Sun and other Stars." The sentence is the last verse of Dante's Divine Comedy .
Let's look at the full verse:

A l'alta fantasia qui mancò possa;
ma già volgeva il mio disio e 'l velle,
sì come rota ch'igualmente è mossa,
l'amor che move il sole e l'altre stelle.

That is, literally:

To the high fantasy here failed the forces,
But already moved my wish and sails,
Like a wheel that is moved,
The love that moves the sun and other stars.

 


The cover illustration of "L'Amor che Muove il Sole e l'altere Stelle", is by Brenda Hunter.

 

The author once wrote that she had an obsession with love. She was sure that she wanted to fill the pages of the book with this theme. Love is in the headings of its four parts:

I. How Jesus loves;
II. How Alexandrina loves;