Consolata Betrone
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Consolata Betrone mystic and nun of the Franciscan
Capuchine
order, was born in Saluzzo, Piedmont, Italy
, on 6 April 1903, and died in the convent of Moriondo, Testona, on 18 July 1946.
During her reported religious experiences, she would listen to Jesus's Heart words and then repeat all His messages to her confessor, the missionary priest Father Lorenzo Sales
. She is known for her prayer: "Jesus, Mary, I love you: Save souls". Wich is not only some words meant to be used as a jaculatory prayer. They are the basis of a brand new spiritual Way : the "Tiny Way of Love".
It is a concrete way to fully and deeply live the "Little Way of Love" taught by Saint Thérèse of Lisieux (Saint Thérèse de l'Enfant Jésus et de la Sainte Face).
Jesus's Heart desires souls to love Him the Gospel's way : with all heart, thought, strength and soul.
He taught Consolata the best way to love Him "actually", by repeating, with the heart, "Jesus, Mary, I love you, save souls", from wake up to sleep at night.
This prayer contains both Christ's Gospel teachings about Love : Love first the Lord with all our heart and soul, strength and mind ("Jesus, Mary, I love you"...), second, love others like ourselves (... "save souls").
"Souls" means "all souls" : from the priests and consecrated persons to the last sinners in the World, including Purgatory Souls.
Then, this prayer, said all day long with the heart, means that for each "Jesus, Mary, I love you, save souls", one soul is saved.
Sister Consolata spent her whole life attempting to bring to perfection this Tiny Way of Love. She used to fight every thought, every word, every emotion, to keep unceasing her "Jesus, Mary, save souls" all day long, not to spoil one of them (because only one of them means a soul, as Jesus taught her).
After Sister Consolata's death, Father Lorenzo Sales wrote the book "Jesus Appeals to the World" based on her reported messages
In 1995 Cardinal Giovanni Saldarini
started the canonical process of beatification for Sister Consolata Betrone.
Franciscan
Most Franciscans are members of Roman Catholic religious orders founded by Saint Francis of Assisi. Besides Roman Catholic communities, there are also Old Catholic, Anglican, Lutheran, ecumenical and Non-denominational Franciscan communities....
Capuchine
Order of Friars Minor Capuchin
The Order of Friars Minor Capuchin is an Order of friars in the Catholic Church, among the chief offshoots of the Franciscans. The worldwide head of the Order, called the Minister General, is currently Father Mauro Jöhri.-Origins :...
order, was born in Saluzzo, Piedmont, Italy
Italy
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, on 6 April 1903, and died in the convent of Moriondo, Testona, on 18 July 1946.
During her reported religious experiences, she would listen to Jesus's Heart words and then repeat all His messages to her confessor, the missionary priest Father Lorenzo Sales
Lorenzo Sales
Father Lorenzo Sales was a Roman Catholic priest, author and a missionary, born in Italy. As a missionary he worked in Africa as a chaplain and also as a priest in Kenya....
. She is known for her prayer: "Jesus, Mary, I love you: Save souls". Wich is not only some words meant to be used as a jaculatory prayer. They are the basis of a brand new spiritual Way : the "Tiny Way of Love".
It is a concrete way to fully and deeply live the "Little Way of Love" taught by Saint Thérèse of Lisieux (Saint Thérèse de l'Enfant Jésus et de la Sainte Face).
Jesus's Heart desires souls to love Him the Gospel's way : with all heart, thought, strength and soul.
He taught Consolata the best way to love Him "actually", by repeating, with the heart, "Jesus, Mary, I love you, save souls", from wake up to sleep at night.
This prayer contains both Christ's Gospel teachings about Love : Love first the Lord with all our heart and soul, strength and mind ("Jesus, Mary, I love you"...), second, love others like ourselves (... "save souls").
"Souls" means "all souls" : from the priests and consecrated persons to the last sinners in the World, including Purgatory Souls.
Then, this prayer, said all day long with the heart, means that for each "Jesus, Mary, I love you, save souls", one soul is saved.
Sister Consolata spent her whole life attempting to bring to perfection this Tiny Way of Love. She used to fight every thought, every word, every emotion, to keep unceasing her "Jesus, Mary, save souls" all day long, not to spoil one of them (because only one of them means a soul, as Jesus taught her).
After Sister Consolata's death, Father Lorenzo Sales wrote the book "Jesus Appeals to the World" based on her reported messages
In 1995 Cardinal Giovanni Saldarini
Giovanni Saldarini
Giovanni Saldarini was an Italian Cardinal and Archbishop Emeritus of Turin.-Early life:Saldarini was born in Cantù in the Italian province of Como, in Lombardy. He was educated at St Peter Martyr Seminary in Venegono and the Theological Faculty, Milan...
started the canonical process of beatification for Sister Consolata Betrone.