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Oil Dedicated to St Margaret of Castello
The oil is dedicated to St Margaret of Castello the patron for the disabled and blind and known for her deep faith and holiness.
Her Known History
Margaret of Castello was born in the fourteenth century in Metola, Italy to noble parents who wanted a son. When the news was brought to the new mother that her newborn daughter was a blind, hunchbacked dwarf, both parents were horrified. Little Margaret was kept in a secluded section of the family castle in the hopes that her existence would be kept secret.
When Margaret was sixteen years old, her parents heard of a shrine in Citta di Castello, Italy, where many sick people were cured. They made a pilgrimage to the shrine so that she could pray for healing. However, Margaret, open to the will of God, was not healed that day, or the next. So her parents callously abandoned her in the streets of the town and left for home never to see her again. At the mercy of the passersby, Margaret had to beg her food and eventually sought shelter with some Dominican nuns.
Margaret lived a life of hope and faith, practicing heroic charity. Though little was shown her in return. She came from a home where she was deprived. Not because her parents had no wealth, but because they valued their material wealth and status more than their spiritual treasures.
Deprived of all human companionship, Margaret learned to embrace her Lord in solitude. Instead of becoming bitter, she forgave her parents for their ill treatment of her and treated others as well as she could. Her cheerfulness stemmed from her conviction that God loves each person infinitely. For He has made each person in His own image and likeness.
St Margaret’s Death
Margaret died on April 13, 1320 at the age of 33. More than 200 miracles have been credited to her intercession since her death. She was beatified in 1609.
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