Blessed John Licci (1400-1511) was born to a poor peasant farmer near Palermo, Sicily. His mother died in childbirth, and his father was forced to leave the infant alone at home while he worked in the fields.  One day a neighbor woman heard the baby's cries and, in compassion, brought him into her home to care for him. When she laid the child on the bed next to her paralyzed husband,...