St Gerard Majella the Wonder Worker and Patron of Expectant Mothers is a major major Saint of the Catholic Church Though he died of tuberculosis at only 29 and though he was only a lay brother he achieved great sanctity such that his religious superiors attested that he had not only not committed any mortal sins but that they could not detect that he had ever been guilty of any sin at all A tailor by profession before he entered the Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer the Redemptorists at age 26 St Gerard became famous for his miracles cures charities ecstasies mortifications prayers purity obedience zeal for souls discernment of spirits penetration of hearts infused knowledge prophecies knowledge of distant events biloca tions and power over nature and over human hearts and even over the devil This book also describes his death funeral miracles after his death and his beatification and canon ization plus the widespread devotion to him tha