A Holy Little Girl and her First Communion Prayer

Ave Maria Meditations

“Dear Jesus, today I’m going out and I’m going to my nuns to tell them I want to make my First Communion…Jesus, come soon into my heart and I’ll hug you very tight and kiss you. O Jesus, I want you to stay for ever in my heart” …  

“Dear Jesus, I love you so much, I want to tell you again I love you so much. I give you my heart. Our dear Lady, you are so good, take my heart and carry it to Jesus” …

“My good Jesus, give me souls, give me a lot of them, I ask you willingly, I ask you so that you make them become good and so that they can come to you in Paradise” …

“Dear Jesus Eucharist, I am so very, very happy that you have come into my heart. Never leave my heart, stay for ever and ever with me. Jesus, I love you so, I want to let myself go in your arms and do what you will with me … 0 loving Jesus, give me souls, give me a great many!. .. ”

“Today I was a bit naughty but you, good Jesus, take your child in your arms …but help me, because without your grace I can do nothing…help me with your grace, help me, for without your grace I can do nothing…I beg you, good Jesus, keep for me always grace of soul” … 

“Dear crucified Jesus, I love you and am so fond of you! I want to be with you on Calvary. Dear Jesus, tell God the Father that I love him, too. Dear Jesus, give me your strength for I need it to bear this pain that I offer for sinners.”

“Dear Jesus, tell the Holy Spirit to enlighten me with love and to fill me with his seven gifts. Dear Jesus, tell our Lady that I love her and want to be near her. Dear Jesus I want to tell you again how much I love you.”

Antonietta Meo (+1937), affectionately known as Nennolina, was six and a half years old when she died in Rome, Italy. Her reputation for sanctity spread immediately. Her cause for canonization is underway.