Essay On Margaret Of Moonlight

Margaret of Savoy was a dedicated woman. She was unlike anyone else. She had wealth, power, and good looks but she didn’t use any of those things to her advantage. Many looked at her as being a powerful royal daughter but as I learned more about her I learned that she was and is much more than that.

Prince Amadeus went to Geneva to arrange for his marriage which was customary, especially for the ruling families in Europe. His choice was determined by the recommendations of his suzerain (to whom people must pay tribute to). His recommended bride was Catherine of Geneva. They married at a young age no more than seventeen or eighteen. No more than two years later they were blessed with a baby girl whom

She'd try to show her holiness everywhere she went. Waving to the homeless people outside of the castle and bringing food to them to eat. Her decision to become holy came after her marriage. Her love for the Lord just never seemed to fade enough. Her marriage lasted 15 years when her husband, Theodore, Marquis of Montferrat, died. She believed that since the lord took her husband that means that the Lord did not want her with a husband so she became holy. Her love of God was shown in multiple ways. When there was a break out of a plague she was the first one to be there to help. Margaret did not care if she became sick with this plague but, unlike everyone else, she did not. This can also be proof to us that she was loved some much by the Lord. The plague killed over three thousand people but she was not one of them. Staying up long nights to help the sick people and helping others with everything they needed.

At the time of Margaret's marriage festivities lasted for days after. Especially if the bride and groom belonged to nobility. Margaret was very humble with her husband. She loved being a wife, she loved feeling as though she had a belonging. Margaret was a wonderful mother to her four

Many people were in tears at the fact of them being able to witness the Lord's graces upon Margaret. Margaret spoke, "Women, we must be lamps on a high hill of holiness, which give light to the plains of a darksome and sinful world below." Margaret protested that prayer, charity, hiddenness, work, and penance must be shown at all times. She insisted that they will be sisters together with each other and daughters of the great Patriarch St. Dominic. She believed the black and white habit makes you resemble swallows. Swallows are usually seen as birds that are most common. Leaving Margaret to believe that they are the most humble. She would show her humbleness through various was but hospitals were her favorite. There was several different hospitals located in Alba where the sisters were and they would spend most of their time in a hospital for the poorest of the