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    María del Refugio Aguilar: Apostle of the Eucharist for the New Millennium
    María del Refugio Aguilar: Apostle of the Eucharist for the New Millennium
    María del Refugio Aguilar: Apostle of the Eucharist for the New Millennium
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    María del Refugio Aguilar: Apostle of the Eucharist for the New Millennium

    By Mercedarian Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament

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    Maria del Refugio, who in her youth had shown a normal enjoyment of the amusements and comforts of the world, had staked everything on her husband's promising future, so that when he died, her whole world fell down around her. She returned to her parents' home where she spent the days and months shut away in her room. In March 1891 she suffered further sorrow when her son fell ill and eventually died.

    Now five years later, in the spiritual retreat, she experiences a profound renewal deep inside her. It is now that she realizes that man was created to worship and serve God. She accepts her lot, expresses her gratitude to God for her life and resolves to take regular communion, to form the habit of conversing with the Lord and examining her conscience daily, to avoid quarrels within the family, to be circumspect in her dealings with the opposite sex, to have no affections for fashions or public entertainments, to purify her emotions and reject reckless love affairs, to occupy her time to good purpose, avoiding pursuits such as the reading of novels, to pray for her neighbors as well as for the dead, and to say the rosary. It is obvious that we are not speaking here of the conversion of an atheist, but of a believer who had, like many, languished in a state of unawareness, carrying out her religious activities purely out of habit.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherTreeFrogClick, Inc.
    Release dateNov 16, 2015
    María del Refugio Aguilar: Apostle of the Eucharist for the New Millennium

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      María del Refugio Aguilar - Mercedarian Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament

      Only July 16, 2015 Pope Francis authorized the Congregation for the Causes of Saints to promulgate a decree announcing the heroic virtue of our Foundress, Maria del Refugio.

      What this means is that Pope Francis has given the Congregation permission to declare our Mother Foundress Venerable. Prior to this, she was recognized as a Servant of God, which is the first stage in the canonization process. Being a Servant of God simply means that someone has been officially considered for the process of canonization. Upon the official pronouncement (which we will keep you aware of) we can address her as Venerable Maria del Refugio. The next two steps after this are beatification and then ending with canonization.

      Maria del Refugio Aguilar de Cancino

      Foundress of the Mercedarian Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament

      Contents

      The call to holiness 2

      Transformed by the Eucharist 3

      Housewife and mother 5

      Foundress 6

      Christ, font of all knowledge 7

      The Mexican Revolution 8

      The strengthening of the Institute 10

      Under the patronage of Our Lady of Mercy 11

      Religious persecution 12

      Spreading the love of the Blessed Sacrament 13

      A children’s project 15

      Prayer 18

      Free Discernment Poster 18

      1. The call to holiness

      St. Ignatius Loyola's Spiritual Exercises are without doubt the method of spiritual improvement which has exerted the most influence on the modern history of Christianity. Based on reflections on the meaning of life, they have for more than four hundred and fifty years inspired millions of people to devote themselves to work in the service of God for the spiritual benefit of their fellow men.

      In March 1896, Father Jose' Sanchez Primo, superior of the Friars Minor in San Miguel de Allende in Mexico, organized for the first time

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