Blessed Paola Gambara Costa (31 January): Butler's Lives of the Saints

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Blessed Paola Gambara Costa (1473–1516) stands as one of the most striking examples of holiness within marriage in Church history. Born near Brescia, Italy, she was given in marriage at the age of twelve to Count Ludovico Antonio Costa, despite her personal reluctance. Guided by Blessed Angelo de Chivasso, she accepted her vocation with heroic obedience. A Franciscan tertiary, Paola lived an extraordinary interior life while enduring public humiliation, marital betrayal, and grave social injustice during the Renaissance period. Her daily rule of life included multiple Rosaries, daily Mass, fasting, frequent confession, and night prayer, all while faithfully fulfilling her duties as a wife and mother. Despite her husband taking a mistress into their home, Paola responded not with bitterness, but with charity, patience, and supernatural forgiveness, even assisting the woman during her final illness and securing her conversion before death. Through Paola’s perseverance, her husband eventually repented and returned to God. The lives of the poor were deeply bound to her own. Food, oil, and wine were said to multiply miraculously as she gave alms during times of famine. Her charity enriched her household rather than impoverishing it. She practiced severe austerities, often praying at night kneeling on cold stone floors until fainting. Blessed Paola died at the age of 42 on January 24, 1516. Her cult was officially confirmed by the Church in 1845. Her life is a direct challenge to modern comfort, resentment, and rebellion — and a reminder that true sanctity is forged through obedience, sacrifice, and charity, even in unjust circumstances. 0:00 Introduction – The Lives of the Saints 0:20 January 24 – Blessed Paola Gambara Costa 0:26 Born in Brescia (1473) – A Franciscan Tertiary 0:41 Marriage at Age 12 – A Difficult Vocation 0:59 A Noble Wedding and a Hidden Interior Life 1:13 Paola’s Rule of Life: Prayer, Rosary, Mass, Fasting 1:46 “I Will Always Obey My Husband” 1:56 Motherhood and Early Trials 2:04 Charity During Famine – Miracles of Multiplication 2:35 Betrayal and Public Humiliation 2:48 Charity Toward Her Husband’s Mistress 3:02 False Accusations and Social Injustice 3:11 Conversion of Her Husband 3:25 Night Prayer, Austerity, and Mortification 3:40 Radical Charity – Walking Barefoot 3:49 Death and Cult Confirmed (1516 / 1845) https://sensusfidelium.com/the-lives-of-the-fathers-martyrs-and-other-principal-saints/january/ Get Butler's Lives of the Saints here: https://loretopublications.idevaffiliate.com/idevaffiliate.php?id=102&url=1 🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴 Support Catholic Businesses here - https://sensusfidelium.com/catholic-businesses/ Sensus Fidelium Press - https://sensusfideliumpress.com/ Sensus Fidelium Apps - https://sensusfidelium.tv/ Support Sensus Fidelium - https://sensusfidelium.com/donate-support/ 🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴 🙏🏻PLEASE HELP OUR CHANNEL GROW 🙏🏻 ▶ 1. Become a Channel Patron: https://www.patreon.com/SensusFidelium ▶ 2. Visit the website https://www.sensusfidelium.com for Gueranger, Saint of the Day, Apologetics, Meditation by the Saints, Scripture Study and more. ▶ 3. Subscribe to Other Video Platforms 🔴 BitChute --- https://www.bitchute.com/channel/Sensus_Fidelium/ 🔴 Rumble --- https://rumble.com/c/c-298311 🔴 My Catholic Tube - https://mycatholictube.com/videos/sensus-fidelium-channel/ 🔴 LBRY.tv --- https://lbry.tv/@SensusFidelium:c 🔴 ODYSEE - https://odysee.com/@SensusFidelium:c 🔴 UGETube - https://videos.utahgunexchange.com/@Sensus%20Fidelium 🔴 BrandNewTube - https://brandnewtube.com/@SensusFidelium 🔴 GloriaTV - https://gloria.tv/Sensus%20Fidelium 🔴 Brighteon - https://www.brighteon.com/channels/sensusfidelium ▶ 4. Paypal, Bitcoin, Anedot, Stripe, Square & PO Box donations - https://sensusfidelium.com/donate-support/ ▶ 5. YouTube: Click Subscribe, then Click "Notification Bell" = 🔔 ▶ 6. Please share this video 📲, and help others find Christ inside the Catholic Church! Please share this video on Facebook and Twitter using the share button. ▶ 7. Follow on Social Media: 🔴 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SensusFidelium/ 🔴 Twitter: https://https://twitter.com/Sensus_Fidelium 🔴 Parler: https://parler.com/profile/Sensusfidelium/posts 🔴 SP3RN: https://www.sp3rn.com/community/pages/14-sensus-fidelium 🔴 GAB: https://gab.com/Sensus_Fidelium 🔴 Bastyon: https://bastyon.com/sensusfidelium 🔴 GETTR: https://gettr.com/user/sensus_fidelium 🔴 INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/sensusfidelium/ 🔴 Telegram: https//t.me/RealSensusFidelium 🔴 Truth Social - @SensusFidelium ▶ 8. Follow on iTunes: 🔴 https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sensus-fidelium-catholic-podcast/id1477010758 #BlessedPaolaGambaraCosta #CatholicSaints #LivesOfTheSaints #MarriedSaints #FranciscanSaints #CatholicMarriage #TraditionalCatholic #SaintsOfSuffering #CatholicVirtue #January24Saint

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• Blessing & Favor