Izindlela: wazonda amaKhristu, wabona uMadonna, waba ngumpristi
U-Alfonso Maria Ratisbonne, owazalelwa eStrasbourg ngo-1812, indodana yebhange elingumJuda, udokotela wezomthetho, wezenkolo yamaJuda, wayezonda amaKristu. Ngakolunye uhlangothi, umfowabo uTeodoro, wayesengumpristi wamaKatolika eneminyaka engama-24. NgoJanuwari 20, 1842, isimangaliso esikhulu sokuguqukela kwakhe kubuKatolika senzeka. URatisbonne wafuna umuntu owayefuna ukuvuma izono futhi walandisa, cishe eceleni kwakhe, waya kuFata Filippo de Villefort: "Ngenkathi ngihamba ngesonto leSant'Andrea delle Fratte eRoma, ngilinde umngani wami uBaron Theodore, ngezwa sengiphazamiseka, ngakho-ke konke kwaba mnyama ngaphandle kwengxenye eyodwa yesonto yesonto, kwakubonakala sengathi konke ukukhanya kugcwele ngaphakathi. Ngaphakamisa amehlo ami ngibheke kuphalamende lekhandlela ngokukhanya okungaka futhi ngabona e-altare, kumi imile futhi ibabazekayo, embozwe ukukhanya okukhazimulayo, okuhle nokugcwele isihawu, Umama omuhle kaNkulunkulu, iNtombi enguMariya, osindondo imbobo. Ngawa ngamadolo ami futhi angikwazanga ukuphakamisela amehlo ami ebuhleni bawo obukhulu. Ngabe sengikuqonda ukonakala kwesono sombuso engangikuso, ubuhle benkolo yobuKristu, ngamagama engangikuqonda konke ngasikhathi sinye ».
NgoJanuwari 31, u-Alfonso wathola isakramente lokubhabhadiswa esontweni lamaSant'Andrea, ngehora lesishiyagalolunye ekuseni, evela ezandleni zikaKhadinali Patrizi. URatisbonne wangena kwi-Society of Jesus futhi wahlala lapho iminyaka engaba yishumi nanye, kusukela ngo-1842 kuya ku-1852, waba ngumpristi ngoSepthemba 23, 1848. Ekugcineni, ngokuvunyelwa okuphezulu kwePius IX, wedlulela eBandleni Lezenkolo Lwethu LaseSion, elasungulwa ukuguqulwa kwamaJuda. Wasungula isihlalo saleli Bandla ePalestine.
Ushone ngoMeyi 6, 1884 eseJerusalema, eneminyaka engama-70, iminyaka engamashumi amane nambili emva kovuku, wahlasela uMariya (amphinde wambona ngaleso sikhathi). “Ngizokutshela imfihlo yami. Ngitshela yonke into kwiNtombi eNgcwele, konke okungangihlukumeza, kungizwise ubuhlungu futhi kungikhathaze; emva kwalokho ngamvumela ukuba akwenze ». Lawa ngamagama asishiyela u-Alfonso Ratisbonne.