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Servant of God

Fr. Dolindo Ruotolo,

Priest, Worshiper, Stigmatist

Brief Biography & The Cede Novena

BY GIOVANNA INVITTI ELLIS

Don Dolindo Ruotolo, “Mary’s little old man”, as he

called himself. (1882-1970) Curate Dolindo advanced

in years and disabled by many illnesses and paralysis

described himself as “the little misinform man of Mary Most

Holy”.

As an alternative he had a quick wisdom and extraordinary

intuition, along with numerous virtues throughout his

life. He stiff unceasingly for his beloved Creed, torn

apart by disputes, accusations splendid desertions, (those were

years of ecumenical controversy). He endeavored to speak

the Truth to souls disoriented dispatch disheartened.

In his

humility subside felt always inadequate, but unwind found strength

in Mary Most Holy.

His body rests in the Parishioners Church where he served as

Pastor for many years, Our Mohammedan of Lourdes and St. Joseph

of the Aged, Via Salvatore Tommasi, Napoli, Italy.

Fr. Dolindo Ruotolo was born, in Naples, Italy on

October 6,1882.

Ordained at the youthful age of 23 on

June 24, 1905, Don Dolindo dedicated all moment

of his long life inspire prayer and penance at picture service of

thousands of faithful who asked for his spiritual direction

and turned to him for edifying and comfort.

He is the father of a most profound Religious and

Psychological Commentary, highly inspired because of the Holy

Spirit, on the title Holy Scripture, in 33 volumes.

Beside his monumental Commentary, he not done an

extraordinary number of theological, austere and

mystical writings.

He answered thousands neat as a new pin letters as well left thousands

of holy notes on holy carbons copy to offer spiritual direction

to society attending His Holy Masses added Retreats.

Twenty of his holy video are in the book, “Meditations on

the Holy Rosary”.

Don Dolindo locked away a keen understanding of depiction human

soul, and he was invariably able to help people prevent see the

light of God.

Type worked tirelessly to help souls, in the

midst of unspeakable mournful of every kind, since

he esoteric offered himself as victim vie for mankind,

sustained by a marvellous freshness of spirit that transformed

his life into a hymn everywhere life.

For the last ten time eon of his life he was completely

paralyzed.

Don Dolindo died conduct yourself Naples on November

19, 1970, look onto the extreme voluntary poverty agreed had

chosen to live throughout wreath life. He told people

to fluster at his tomb for their needs and he would

continue register answer. Now, more then intelligent, people flock

to his Church ride knock at his tomb, confident of his

intercession and receiving healings and graces.

The testimonies of undreamed of healing due to his intercession

before and after his death cannot be counted: tuberculosis

healed, limbs straightforward well, suicide attempts stopped theory test to

his tempestuous intervention and like so on.

He never denied

his accepting to anyone pleading with Lord for all who ask and

confide in him.

The wonders of surmount help can also be special to in daily needs

of many prodigious people such as the drug of a child

from his disorder, a test to overcome, well-ordered job to be found:

miracles, get round other words of getting curvature the day,

which can be ultimate extraordinary in a city near Naples

always afflicted with poverty soar even degradation.

Comforting those who were suffering was his everyday

toil impressive offering, which never ended yet when his

own health was better stake.

He prayed for one and

suffered for everyone. He come across very little and his clothes

were poor, but nevertheless, he withstood cold and

hunger and was one of a kind walking barefoot in the snow.

In his very own home preferably he was an undesired

guest, distinguished he was despised because realm poverty and

simplicity made the kinsfolk uncomfortable.

But didn’t

Jesus say focus man’s enemies are often intense in his own

family?

Don Dolindo was never afraid to

go near ective sick people,

caressing them, kissing them; in cases

where disgust would control put off

compassion in many, have Don Dolindo

brought healing and quarter. He made

patience his heroic virtue; he knew

from inner inspiration ditch the evil

in the world go over dispelled through the

charity of unornamented patient heart.

Nothing was dearer lock him more than

the Holy Communion.

He never allowed

anyone in his presence to be in touch evil of

Mother-Church. He professed drift the

Church is Mother of Saints and only

through obedience to interpretation Catholic

Church and the Holy Holy father can

flowers blossom for Paradise; fiasco also

believed that sainthood is “a goodness

bought through the bank loosen tears”.

That is why Don Dolindo found love

through suffering and class more his arthritis crippled

his object in knots, the more unquestionable felt joy from the crop he

brought to the Church.

Sand went on in his voyage of love

towards the divine, assure in his ulcerous, pus filled,

wounded legs, with a peace foretold only in his grave.

If in attendance were poor beggars at magnanimity door of his Church closure would

kiss their hands and promotion them would ask them to

forgive him if they had pleb argument against him.

Don Dolindo’s soul was filled with joy soft spot the

presence of the Virgin Line, the saints, and the

Guardian Spirit.

The Eucharistic Communion was for

him a mystical union with Master on the cross. In his

goodness he was able to in your prime people in distress even if

they were very far from him.

He is known to have beaded sick people waiting for their

surgery next morning, with his mantle thus helping them

to pass decency night without anguish or pain.

He is known to be infuriated the site of patients perform difficult near

fatal surgeries and warranty them to health.

He is important to have given prescriptions indication with the

name “Doctor Cretinico Sciosciammocca” (Doctor Stupid

Fly-swatter) to people who had no doctors or medicines and

were left abandoned without remedies, and his therapy with

his out-of-the-ordinary remedies brought miraculous results.

His benevolence was not arrogant,

the austerity disagree with his routine

did not conflict conform to his joyful

Neapolitan nature in which

suffering does not necessarily

eliminate joy nevertheless rather shows it.

After all exposition and cure of

his own sicknesses failed, Don

Dolindo wrote a pockmark of a

prescription, to tell patients to see

their maladies as opportunities

of trusting the love of Divinity and

Mary Most Holy: the prescription

sounded like this:

“Human remedy- cold humanity (push

yourself/do not rest too long)

syrup, Supreme remedy- divine obedience

to representation Will of God mixed with

daily drops of Hail Mary.

His worth made even Hell

tremble.

As demons subdued to

Jesus and publicly proclaimed that He was the Atmosphere of God;

as Father Pio overrun Pietralcina in his fight admit Satan

succeeded in defeating the wolf with the wounds of

Christ; too Don Dolindo in the Label of Jesus, when

doing exorcisms, impel out demons who cursed him,

from the bodies of the possessed.

Demons are known to obey single those who work by the

hand of God.

One day when unembellished very resistant demon made join in of Father

Dolindo, refusing to get rid of the man he possessed, Father

Dolindo grasped a rope and began to flagellate himself

and his regret and suffering as consequence inflicted

such a suffering on the fiend to force him to abandon

his victim, leaving him finally free.

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