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On 29 March 1987 St. John Paul II presided at the beatification of the Discalced Carmelite Martyrs of Guadalajara: Teresa, Maria Pilar, and Maria Angeles. We’ve translated an excerpt from the Holy Father's homily.
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Blessed Elia of St. Clement was beatified on 18 March 2006 in her native Bari, Italy. She prayed: “Crucified with You, I want to love You until death; I fall asleep clasping the cross of my Jesus.”
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St. John Paul II mentioned St. Teresa of the Andes in his Ad Limina address to the Chilean bishops almost two years to the day after he signed the decree for her beatification. "It is very edifying to read [...] the testimony of her 'mad' love for Jesus Christ."
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We recall the beatification of St. Kuriakose Elias Chavara on this day in 1986. St. John Paul II called the day "extraordinary" in "raising to the glory of the altars" this Carmelite founder from India.
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St. John Paul II reminded the faithful gathered for the beatification of Teresa of the Andes that she "put the beatitudes into practice" and "incarnated in her life the most perfect example of holiness, Christ Himself."
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St. Titus Brandsma was beatified on this day in 1985; we’ve translated an excerpt from St. John Paul II’s homily on his “inspiring motive and driving force,” the “commandment of love taken to extremes.”
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As the Church observes the Memorial of St John Paul II, we recall his beatification homily for Teresa of the Andes: “God made Christian love blossom in her; the secret of her perfection, of course, is love.”
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The Carmel of Dijon celebrated a triduum of liturgies from 13 to 15 October to mark the beatification of the Martyrs of Compiègne in 1906. St Elizabeth of the Trinity wrote, “I will be able to attend them.” We explain how this was possible.
Blessed Anne of St. Bartholomew was beatified on this date in 1917. Pope Benedict XV invoked her as a "defender of the peace" in the midst of World War I
Here's an update four years after the beatification of Chiquitunga, Blessed Maria Felicia of Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament, the professed Discalced Carmelite nun from Paraguay who was beatified 23 June 2018
For Teresa of the Andes, "God is infinite joy. This is the new hymn of Christian love that rises spontaneously from the soul of this young Chilean girl."
Today we dare to introduce to the world this cloistered religious who led a "life hidden with Christ in God" because she is a witness who is bursting with the joy that is rooted and grounded in love.
The beatification of Sister Mary of Jesus Crucified, which has gathered you here in Rome from all the countries of the Near East, has surely been for all of you a great moment of joy
Today we dare to introduce to the world this cloistered nun who lived a "life hidden in Christ with God" because she is a shining witness of the joy of being rooted and grounded in love.
"To whom much has been given," Jesus says, "much will be required". Maria Teresa knew this.
In the minds of young Christian idealists like Elizabeth, the idea of martyrdom could resurface from time to time
She found the strength not to betray priests and friends of the community, facing death with integrity
She was called “Chiquitunga” by her father, and still today by the people of Paraguay
These words can be referred to her: “in the full assembly she opened her mouth” (Sir 15:5)
May this new way of life give us peace based not on terror, but on mutual trust
!["[Perfect love] will be our eternal life, and here we have to seek to come as close to it as possible. Jesus became incarnate in order to be our way."](https://scontent-iad3-2.cdninstagram.com/v/t51.29350-15/338273479_3403408046565587_3161977190221199289_n.webp?stp=dst-jpg&_nc_cat=100&ccb=1-7&_nc_sid=8ae9d6&_nc_ohc=2RFDkB20o3EAX-8WKdJ&_nc_ht=scontent-iad3-2.cdninstagram.com&edm=ANo9K5cEAAAA&oh=00_AfAMeUCAfYpdpXqrP30CynE8ybfx8G-woQSmQ_m_wKPXrA&oe=642E2A0B)
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