Venerables
Teresa di Gesù Bambino di Praga
Biography
Teresa Mira García was born in Algueña, Alicante – Spain on September 26, 1895. Daughter of José and Teresa, she was the second of nine children.
To receive Jesus in her First Communion she established a relationship of friendship and brotherhood that she had always cultivated with simplicity and joy. A good viaticum for her courageous and determined choice to follow Christ in the consecrated life. She chose to enter the Teresian Carmelite Missionary Sisters.
She deeply embodied the charism of the congregation that emanated from the mystery of the Church and consecrated herself to God for the service of others.
The evangelizing dimension lived in a climate of ecclesial experience, as a daughter of Blessed Francesco Palau, her mission was a generous dedication to the members of the Mystical Body of Christ and to make them sharers in her own communion of life.
Teresa lived entirely as a missionary in the Teresian Carmel from 1915 until her death on February 26, 1941.
On December 17, 1996, the decree on her heroic virtues was promulgated.
Procedure
1. The canonical norms concerning the procedure to be followed in the Causes of Saints are stated in the Apostolic Constitution Divinus Perfectionis Magister promulgated by John Paul II on 25 January 1983 (AAS LXXV, 1983, 349-355).
2. To initiate a Cause it is necessary that at least five years pass after the death of the candidate. This is to allow for greater balance and objectivity in the evaluation of the case and to allow the emotions of the moment to decant. There must be a clear conviction among people about his/her sanctity (fama sanctitas) and about the efficacy of his/her intercession with the Lord (fama signorum).
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