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Nennolina
Antonietta Meo

Her Life
Antoinetta (nicknamed Nennolina), a young girl in love with Jesus and Mary,
lived in Rome during the 1930’s. Born on December 15, 1930, she was baptized on
the Feast of the Holy Innocents. Her parish church was "Holy Cross in Jerusalem"
and her grade school was taught by nuns devoted to the Sacred Heart. She was a
model not only of tender affection but also great courage and compassion. She
suffered terribly but patiently with cancer from the age of five, lost a leg by
amputation, and passed away before her seventh birthday. Her cause for
beatification being pursued in Rome.

Her Works
She began to express her inspirations with little ‘love letters’ to Jesus when only 5 and a half years old, at first
dictating to her mother and later putting pen to paper herself. She authored many letters over a period of a few
months, sometimes several in one day. They are beautiful and inspirational in their warm and affectionate
expression of the love of an innocent and pure child’s heart.

15/09/1936 Letter No. 1

Dear Jesus, today I’m going walking and I’m going to my nuns and I will tell them that I want to
make First Communion at Christmas...
Jesus, come soon into my heart, that I will hold you very very tight and I will kiss you!
Oh Jesus, I want you to remain always in my heart.
A greeting and a kiss from your

Antoinetta

18/09/1936 Letter No. 2

Loving Jesus I give you my heart. Jesus give me souls!...Jesus You are good...Jesus welcome your
child. Kiss her loving Jesus.

18/09/1936 Letter No. 3

Madonnina You are good.
Descend upon us and bless us.
Take my heart and bring it to Jesus.
Oh Madonnina, You are the star of our heart.
Antoinetta

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18/09/1936 Letter No. 4

Oh Jesus You are good!...Oh loving Jesus!...Your child sends you a kiss. To You oh loving Jesus!
Nennolina

21/09/1936 Letter No. 5

Dear Jesus, my love for you is all. Jesus save your child from any danger. Give me souls...I give
you my heart. Madonnina a greeting to You I send You. Oh Madonnina Madonnina You are
good. In life there is need: 1st Be good; 2nd Obey; 3rd Become a saint to go in paradise.
Antonietta

22/09/1936 Letter No. 6

Oh child Jesus! I wish you so well!...Today I really made bit of a fuss but forgive me...I do not
want to do it again. Kisses from your
Antonietta

22/09/1936 Letter No. 7

Oh Jesus you are good.
Oh loving Jesus
your child
sends you a kiss
to You oh loving Jesus.

23/09/1936 Letter No. 8

Dear child Jesus
Child Jesus do me these two graces, the first to
make me become good; the second to make me walk well.
Oh child Jesus help my parents, protect them, protect my dear sister. Oh child Jesus help all the
good and bad.
Oh child Jesus!...I kiss you and can’t wait to receive you in my heart -- I am waiting for you for
so long!...Jesus come soon into my heart. Child Jesus bless all!...Save them...
Child Jesus give me souls.
Child Jesus I thank you for this grace that you did for me that the Mother General is happy that
I make first Communion.
Child Jesus!...Bless the Mother General and all the sisters...and all the sisters in this world...bless
the priests...
Child Jesus bless the poor missionaries. Bless the poor pagan children...child Jesus bless all the
world.
Thanks and kisses from your
Antonietta

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26/09/1936 Letter No. 9

Dear child Jesus You are Holy. You are good help me do me this favor give me back my leg give
me souls loving Jesus don’t leave again from my heart be always with me Dear child Jesus You
are holy!...You are good!...Help me do me this favor give me back my leg if you want. If you
don’t want, Fiat voluntas tua. Jesus give me souls...loving Jesus...don’t leave again from my heart
stay always with me.

27/09/1936 Letter No. 10

Dear child Mary help me protect me pray for me to Jesus that He make me become good Holy
Madonnina O Mary You are Holy.

28/09/1936 Letter No. 11

To mom, Mom sweet love be on the rose mom you are love.
Mom a greeting to you
mom O sweet love
a greeting to you heart
mom the flower kisses you
light you are o sweet love
mom you keep your children well
that greet you so much
mom you are good
O how good you are
O mom sweet love
the rose just kisses you.

28/09/1936 Letter No. 12

Dear Daddy
So many best wishes from your Nennolina. O loving Daddy I kiss you and your child greets
your heart Daddy you are good and wish your Nennolina very well who will pray always for
you and will tell Jesus to give you health and make you go to Paradise but first that He give you
still many years of life these are the best wishes from your Nennolina.

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28/09/1936 Letter No. 13

Dad
Dad o sweet love
a greeting to you a kiss to the heart
I kiss you all o sweet love
you are the dad of your children
you are good you are love
o dad the rose that you take in hand
that is most fragrant.

28/09/1936 Letter No. 14

to Margherita
Margherita you are good come with me
O dear dear sister a kiss to your heart
A greeting to your soul.

28/09/1936 Letter No. 15

To the Madonnina
Madonnina you are good
descend upon us and bless us
take my heart take it to Jesus
Oh! Madonnina you are the star of our heart.

28/09/1936 Letter No. 16

To Jesus
Loving Jesus I give you my heart
Jesus give me souls!...
Jesus you are good!...
Jesus welcome your child
kiss her o loving Jesus.

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03/10/1936 Letter No. 17

Dear child Jesus
Oh child Jesus forgive me if I said my prayers badly, You are so good!
Bless me and bless also my dad my mom my dear sister bless also my grandparents uncles and
aunts and also Caterina.
Child Jesus protect my dad my mom and my dear sister and give them good health child Jesus
make me sleep well. Child Jesus forgive me all the sins that I have done child Jesus give good
health to all and bless the priests the little pagans and make yourself known by all those evil
ones who do not wish you well. Child Jesus I greet you and I kiss you with all my heart...Child
Jesus give me souls!...
Good night Jesus, good night Madonnina.
So many kisses from your
Antoinetta

03/10/1936 Letter No. 18

Dear Jesus
I ask your pardon for all the sins that I have done today. Dear child Jesus I wish you very well
and today I have done everything possible to make you happy Oh child Jesus bless all the world
the priests the little pagans, bless my parents. Many kisses from you Antonietta.

04/10/1936 Letter No. 19

Dear Madonnina
You who are so good help us protect us save us...
You too Jesus!
Madonnina help me to be good to make a good and holy Communion. Madonnina bless us, save
my dad save my Mom, save all the good and bad...help my dad protect all the world.
Madonnina protect my dear sister whom I wish very well. Dear Madonnina pray to Jesus that
he make me become good, bless all the nuns the priests the missionaries and the little pagans
many kisses from your Antonietta.

04/10/1936 Letter No. 20

Dear St.Therese I wish you so well and so pray to your Jesus that He make me good...many
kisses from Your Antonietta

04/10/1936 Letter No. 21

Dear Jesus, I wish you so well, Oh Jesus!...You Who are so good help me and forgive me the
sins that I have done many kisses from your
Antonietta

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05/10/1936 Letter No. 22

Dear Jesus!...Every day is dedicated to You and to your Mommy I always come to find you in
Church and greet You, your Mommy and the good Saints.
Oh dear Jesus!...Give me souls, make them become good!...
Make many souls become good!...
Oh child Jesus! You Who are so good forgive also me and all children!...And also make
yourself known by pagan children.
Loving child Jesus I want to be always good so that You make souls become good, but make
many become good.
O child Jesus I have been waiting for you for so long in my heart!...I can’t wait for it to be
Christmas. It is true that Christmas is the most beautiful day!...It is beautiful because I want to
receive you into my heart...
Many kisses and greetings from your Antoinetta for You and for Your Mommy.

08/10/1936 Letter No. 23

Dear Child Jesus,
I want to repent from what I did.
Child Jesus, You who are so good forgive me and I promise I will not be bad with Margherita.
Oh Child Jesus You who are so good forgive everyone. Child Jesus You who are so good forgive
my Mom too, Child Jesus You who are so good forgive my Dad, and forgive also my dear sister
whom I wish well so much. Jesus I can’t wait to receive you. Child Jesus many kisses from
Your Antonietta who wishes you well so much.
Child Jesus come with me to school, I go very gladly, bless my teacher, who wishes the children
well so much kisses from your
Antonietta

09/10/1936 Letter No. 24

Dear Child Jesus
Today I want to be very good at school and not ever disobey the teacher. Dear Child Jesus I
wish you very well and I want you to be always close because I wish you very well. Dear Child
Jesus come to school with me and
bless everyone, bless my teacher who wishes well to the children so much.
Child Jesus make Christmas come soon, because I am waiting for you and want to receive you.
Greetings and caresses from your child
Antonietta +

09/10/1936 Letter No. 25

Dear Child Mary
Help me protect me pray for me to Jesus to make me become good.
Holy Madonnina!...
Oh Mary!...You are holy.
Jesus You are Holy!...You are good loving Jesus do not leave from my heart any more remain
always with me.

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09/10/1936 Letter No. 26

Dear Jesus
I wish you well so much Oh Jesus! You who are so good help me and forgive me all my sins
that I did many kisses from your
Antonietta

09/10/1936 Letter No. 27

Dear Child Jesus,
I wish you very well Child Jesus help me protect me.
O Child Jesus give me some souls come inside my heart since I am waiting for you soon. O
Child Jesus save my soul O loving Child Jesus O Child Jesus I kiss you O Child Jesus make the
Mother General give consent that my teacher prepare me to make first Holy Communion. Child
Jesus help my parents Child Jesus help your dear sister, Child Jesus help everyone protect us
save us from any danger.
A kiss from your Antoinetta who so wants you.

12/10/1936 Letter No. 28

Dear Child Jesus
I thank you that yesterday you made me go to Mass and I was very good in Church, because the
Church is Your house.
Oh Child Jesus...I wish you very well and that you be always near to me especially tomorrow
since school begins, I go to school gladly because one learns so many good things about You
and of your Saints. Oh Child Jesus give me some souls since I wish you very well, and I wish
that everyone would wish you very well.
Jesus come soon since it is so long that my heart is waiting for you.
Kisses from your
Antoinetta

15/10/1936 Letter No. 29

Child Jesus Dear
I hope that soon I will be able to begin to learn catechism at school but then again already I
know a good bit. We hope that for Christmas I know it all well, to receive you worthily in my
heart. Dear Child Jesus I wish you very well, bless everyone especially my parents and
grandparents and my dear sister whom I wish very very well.
Dear Child Jesus I will be so good to do many fioretti to offer them to you when I will make
First Communion.
Greetings and kisses from you Nennolina
good night Jesus good night Madonnina.
Jesus I entrust to you my grandparents.

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15/10/1936 Letter No. 30

Dear Madonnina,
I wish you so well, You who are so good!...You who are the Mommy of the world!...Of all
people good and bad, help me to be good and not to throw ugly fits. Pray to Jesus that he bless
all the world, and also my parents and my dear sister that I wish very, but very well, but more I
wish Jesus well and You.
Madonnina dear I want to be so good, so that man who does not wish Jesus well might convert,
and pray to Jesus that he give me some souls.
Madonnina dear help me to make so many fioretti to offer to Jesus when I will make First
Communion.
I greet you o Madonnina and I send you a kiss.
Your affectionate daughter
Antoinetta

15/10/1936 Letter No. 31

Dear Madonnina,
I wish you so well!...You who are so good!
You who are the mamma of the world!...of all people, good and bad, help me to repair the sins
of the people especially for those who are very bad.
Jesus Eucharist I greet you and your Antoinetta kisses You.
Good night Jesus! Good night Madonnina!

16/10/1936 Letter No. 32

Dear Child Jesus, I want to love you so, and I know that you are so good and there is no one as
good as you. Tomorrow morning if I can I will go to Mass to come and find you.
Dear Child Jesus make it so that I can walk well, and forgive everyone forgive the good and the
bad. Forgive my parents and my sister whom I wish so well, but more than everyone I wish you
well.
Oh Child Jesus! I wish you so well and I can’t wait to receive you, it’s true that I did do any
fioretti today, but tomorrow I will do many, also for today. You know dear child Jesus that I
like school so much!...I would go also at night!...I like it because the say things about you but
may it be true that they teach also catechism, to prepare me for First Communion!
Many greetings and kisses from your dear
Antonietta

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16/10/1936 Letter No. 33

Dear Jesus Eucharest
I wish you so well!...But a lot!...Not only because you are the father of all the world, but also
because you are the King of al the world, I want to be always your little lamp which burns
night and day before and near You in the Sacrament of the altar.
Jesus I would like these three graces:
The first, make me holy and this is the most important thing.
The second, give me souls.
The third, make me walk well, truly this isn’t very important. I don’t say that you should give
me back the leg, I gave you that!
Jesus Eucharist I like the teacher Sister Noemi a lot and therefore I wish her very well, help her
to do all the things necessary, that You want her to have done.
Dear Jesus Eucharist!...I wish you very well so I can’t wait for Christmas to be near. Make it so
that my heart could make you so much light when you come into my poor heart.
Dear Jesus, I will make many sacrifices for You, to offer them to you when I make First Holy
Communion.
Dear Jesus Eucharist!...I want very much to suffer for you to repair also the sins of men
specially for those who are very bad.
Jesus Eucharist I greet you and I kiss you, you Antonietta. Good night Jesus good night
Madonnina.

17/10/1936 Letter No. 34

Dear Child Jesus,
I wish you very well so help my teacher who is called Sister Bertolina because she is very good.
Dear child Jesus help me and I hope that Christmas is coming very soon to receive you in my
heart. Dear child Jesus help my parents and my sister whom I wish very well but more well I
wish you.
Dear Child Jesus today I got the medal because I have been good, you know child Jesus that I
like school a lot, many greetings and kisses from your
Antonietta

18/10/1936 Letter No. 35

Dear Child Jesus I wish you so much well truly yesterday I was a little bad but I promise to not
do it any more, also because I want to prepare myself for First Communion.
Dear Child Jesus, I wish you very well, today I was at Mass very willingly, Dear Child Jesus
protect me save me from all the dangers of the world and also this city. Dear Jesus yesterday I
got the medal, help my parents my sister help also the missions, I will pray so much for the
missions!...to have all the missionaries return all safe and gain many souls also the bad ones.
Jesus bless all the priests. Dear Jesus make Christmas come soon to receive you in my heart.
Greetings from your dear Antonietta and also kisses.

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19/10/1936 Letter No. 36

Dear Child Jesus
I hope that I can receive you very soon in Holy Communion. Help my teacher Sister Bartolina
and make me very good and so that one day I could come with You in paradise.
Dear Child Jesus you know that I have my day sick...Make him heal...help also my mom.
Dear Child help all the priest and also all the Sisters.
Dear Jesus give me souls and make me heal also me to be able to return to school.
Kisses and greetings from your
Antonietta

19/10/1936 Letter No. 37

Dear Jesus
I wish you so well, Thanks for making my father get well and also help my mom and protect
also Sister Bertolina and also my sister and also all priests and all the sisters. I hope that
Christmas can

22/10/1936 Letter No. 38

Dear Child Jesus,
I wish you very well and for this I hope that soon I can receive you in First Holy Communion.
Dear Jesus I wish that this heart, when you come, were all full of fioretti but also of light to
receive you well in Holy Communion.
Dear Jesus this morning I came into church and I was very happy because I came to find you
and also because I wanted to hear so many beautiful words from the priest who spoke about
you.
Dear Jesus I want many souls, to please You.
Yesterday evening I did not write You but this evening I will write you a beautiful long letter to
tell you so many beautiful things and they really please You.
Dear Jesus protect me my mom my dad and dear sister whom I wish so well. Dear Jesus protect
the priests. the missionaries and make the poor pagans know You.
Forgive dear Jesus me who have been a little bad and also my dear sister and I promise You that
tomorrow I will be much more good.
Dear Child Jesus make me become good so that one day I can be with you in Paradise.
Save me from all dangers and what a beautiful day will be the day of Christmas and I hope that
it will come soon to receive you soon. Dear Jesus tell your mommy to help me to be good to
receive you worthily into my heart. Greetings and kisses from your dear Antonietta.

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