St. Maria Goretti Research Paper

There are many reasons why I elected Maria Goretti as my saint, the main reason: being due to the fact, that in here few years of living she endured many hindrances and yet she still managed to keep a concrete spirit and keep a bosom relationship with God. At only the age of 9 she had been deprived of her father to a gruesome disease, malaria. I personally can't imagine how grueling it must be to lose a parent. Not to mention, that they were struggling financially while her father was living, now even-so-more. Since the catastrophe of her father, her siblings and mother felt obligated to work in the fields; in order to provide food for the family, while she stayed home, did the household chores while watching over her younger sister. I've read many articles about St. Maria and they all share one similar aspect about her family, that although they encountered many hardships, they maintained a close relationship to God and loved him profoundly.
One day while Maria was outside sewing, her neighbor came up behind her, snatched her, hauled her into a room and strived to sexually abuse her, not going down without a fight, she aimed to stop him and said to him, "No! It is a sin! God does not want it. You'll go to hell"!. St. Maria preferring to die rather than submit to such a thing, made him infuriated, causing him to spiral out of control and resulted in him stabbing her numerous times, then cowardly running away. Later on the day, her family returned and immediately took her to the nearest hospital, there they began surgery; although, her wounds were too severe, and there wasn't much they were able to do. The next day she forgave him for what he had done, and wished to see him in heaven with her one day. On that day she died while looking at a picture of the Blessed Mother, while holding a cross to her