Marthe Robin

Marthe Robin ( born March 13, 1902 in Châteauneuf -de- Galaure, Drôme département in France, † February 6, 1981 ibid ) was a French mystic. The documents her beatification process are since 1998 the Holy See.

Life

She was born in Les Moilles, in the municipality of Châteauneuf -de- Galaure, the sixth child of Joseph Robin and Amélie- Célestine Chosson. There are indications that a farm worker of a neighboring farm, the biological father of Marthe. The parents ran a small farm, were Catholics, but did not practice the faith. In November 1903 Marthe ill with typhoid fever. She survived, but was often sick since then. She attended elementary school, but was missing because of illness during the audit. She then worked in the agriculture of the parents.

From Marthe you know that the first Communion has greatly influenced her life as an adolescent on 15 August 1912. You once told later: "I think the Lord must then have taken possession of me. "

In the summer of 1918, she suffered from headache and fever, on December 1, her condition worsened, she fell for four days in a coma and could bear no light in the following months and was partially paralyzed. In July 1919, she lost a few months his eyesight. From 1921 to change phases short-term improvements with new outbreaks of the disease from one another. It is suspected that she was suffering from encephalitis von Economo. The locals kept Marthe Robin for a hysterical and largely avoided contact with her. In October 1927, she suffered from bleeding of the digestive tract and fell three weeks in a kind of coma. As of May 1928, she could not stand up because her legs were paralyzed. On February 2, 1929, came to a complete paralysis of all limbs ( quadriplegia ), which was accompanied by severe pain. From 1930 she could no longer swallow and out of communion not take more food. In addition, they could hardly sleep. In 1940 she became blind.

On October 15, 1925 she dedicated their lives to God and suffering. On 3 December 1928, the Capuchin Father Marie -Bernard Spagnol ( 1883-1943 ) had a meeting with Marthe, over whose content is not known during a parish mission. She later said: " It is only in heaven know what happened. " From that day, she saw a show in their disease, no longer complained of her pain and always tried to be cheerful. On 24 or 25 February 1930 she entered the Third Order of St.. Francis a. As of October 1930, she was stigmatized and experienced regularly from Thursday to Friday, the sufferings of Christ so intense that blood ran from her forehead and exited from her eyes.

At her suggestion a Christian school for girls was opened on October 12, 1934, one secondary school and a home economics school followed later. On 10 February 1936 she expressed the wish that a " Foyer de Charité " ( German as: "House of Charity" ) to be built. This " lobby " should be a community of priests and lay people who give through their lives of prayer and work in the world bear witness to the light, the charity and the love of God and hold the retreat. The first retreat for women began on 7 September of the same year in the school building. Later, mixed retreats for men and women were held. On May 17, 1948 own building for the " Foyer de Charité " was built in Châteauneuf -de- Galaure.

When Marthe Robin's Requiem on 12 February 1981 concelebrated four bishops and over 200 priests. There were about 7,000 people in attendance. Annually since 2000, about 40,000 people visit the room in which Marthe had spent most of her life. On 26 March 1991 her cause for beatification was opened in the diocese of Valence ..

Importance

Numerous " Foyers de Charité " were first built in France and later around the world, such as in Switzerland ( 1969 in Bex ) and in Germany ( 1972 Gunzenbach, community Moembris ). In 2002, there were over 70 branches, in 2011 the world 75 was launched in 2006 with the construction of a foyer in Austria, located in the pilgrimage Sonntagberg today in Lower Austria.

Your reflections and prayers that she initially wrote himself and later dictated, are very well known, especially in the French Catholic Church. The philosopher Jean Guitton wrote in 1985 Portrait de Marthe Robin. It was visited in the course of their lives of tens of thousands of pilgrims who appreciated her advice, and also has strong influence made ​​to the emergence of new spiritual communities, such as the Community of St. John or the Emmanuel Community. The postulator of the beatification process is a priest of the Emmanuel Community.