{"id":31855,"date":"2012-11-10T19:08:09","date_gmt":"2012-11-10T23:08:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/?p=31855"},"modified":"2015-02-09T21:51:45","modified_gmt":"2015-02-10T01:51:45","slug":"blessed-maria-luisa-prosperi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/2012\/11\/blessed-maria-luisa-prosperi\/","title":{"rendered":"Blessed Maria Luisa Prosperi"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/Maria-Luisa-Prosperi.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-31858 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/Maria-Luisa-Prosperi-198x300.jpg\" alt=\"Maria Luisa Prosperi\" width=\"198\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/Maria-Luisa-Prosperi-198x300.jpg 198w, https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/Maria-Luisa-Prosperi-678x1024.jpg 678w, https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/Maria-Luisa-Prosperi.jpg 720w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 198px) 100vw, 198px\" \/><\/a>Today, the Church beatified the Venerable Servant of God\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.labarbabietola.it\/news.asp?id2=5081446\"><b>Maria Luisa<\/b><\/a>\u00a0(nee Gertrude Prosperi; 1799-1847), a former Abbess of the Benedictine Abbey in Trevi in what is now known as the Diocese of Spoleto-Norcia (Italy). Her name is now added to the long list of Benedictine saints and blesseds.<\/p>\n<p>Cardinal Angelo Amato, SDB, Prefect of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints pronounced the papal decree of beatification. His homily may be <a href=\"http:\/\/paolaserra97.blogspot.com\/2014\/09\/una-donna-eroica-nella-testimonianza.html\"><strong>read in Italian here<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>What can we learn from Maria Luisa Prosperi?<\/p>\n<p>Our new blessed was devoted to the Most Blessed Sacrament, the contemplation of the cross with a profound and exemplary love for the infinite mercy of God and the Sacred Heart of Jesus. It is Benedict XVI who tells us to recognize in Abbess Maria Luisa a singular love for the Lord&#8217;s Passion. Maria Luisa was known as a &#8220;woman in love with God.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Blessed Maria Luisa&#8217;s\u00a0liturgical memorial will be 12 September.<\/p>\n<p>Blessed Maria Luisa was born on 15 August 1779 and died on 12 September 1847. She became a Benedictine nun of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.monasterosantalucia.it\"><strong>Monastery of Saint Lucy<\/strong><\/a> in 1820 in a monastery founded in 1844.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today, the Church beatified the Venerable Servant of God\u00a0Maria Luisa\u00a0(nee Gertrude Prosperi; 1799-1847), a former Abbess of the Benedictine Abbey in Trevi in what is now known as the Diocese of Spoleto-Norcia (Italy). Her name is now added to the long list of Benedictine saints and blesseds. Cardinal Angelo Amato, SDB, Prefect of the Congregation &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/2012\/11\/blessed-maria-luisa-prosperi\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Blessed Maria Luisa Prosperi<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[1727,32031],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31855"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=31855"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31855\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":31996,"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31855\/revisions\/31996"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31855"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31855"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31855"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}