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Honor of
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St. Teresa Margaret of the Sacred Heart O.C.D. |
Saint Teresa Margaret of the Sacred Heart was born into a large devout family in Arezzo Italy in 1747. From the earliest days of her childhood, Anna Maria[1] was filled with a deep love of God questioning the adults around her as to “Who is God”? Already she was dissatisfied with answers given her. Only the contemplative life of a Carmelite nun could begin to quench her thirst to know and give her self completely to God. Her entire life was driven by the desire to “return love for love”. She entered the Carmelite convent in Florence at the age of seventeen, advanced rapidly in holiness and died an extraordinary death at twenty-two. Her spiritual director reflecting on her death remarked “she could not have lived very much longer so great was the strength of the love of God in her”.
The cornerstone
of St. Teresa Margaret’s spirituality was to remain hidden, to appear just
like everyone else in spite of her heroic virtue.
To our loss, she has remained very much hidden even after her death.
Fr. Gabriel of St. Mary Magdalen commented “This
is an odd fact, for we do not hesitate to rank her among the primary figures who
represent the glory of Carmel
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among Teresa of Jesus, John of the Cross, and Thérèse of the Child Jesus.”
Though
St. Teresa Margaret led a life of exquisite holiness and purity, it was also a
life that is wholly imitable. In
her were combined Martha and Mary as she served her community as infirmarian
while reaching the heights of contemplation.
No one will come to know St. Teresa Margaret without their own spirit
being renewed and reinvigorated.
[1]St.
Teresa Margaret's name in the world was Anna Maria Redi. There was a nun in her
convent named Mother Anna Maria who is mentioned several times in this web site
who should not be confused with our saint.
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