Juanita Fernandez Solar was born in Santiago, Chile, on July 13, 1900, and died on April 12, 1919, in the Carmel of the Andes. She was canonized by Pope Saint John Paul II in 1993, who proposed her as a model for youth.
From her writings: Jesus alone is beautiful; He is my only joy. I call for Him, I cry after Him, I search for Him within my heart. I long for Jesus to grind me interiorly so that I may become a pure host where He can find His rest. I want to be athirst with love so that others may possess this love. I would die to creatures and to myself so that He may live in me. Is there anything good, beautiful or true that we can think of that would not be found in Jesus? Wisdom, from which nothing would be secret. Power, for which nothing would be impossible. Justice, which made Him take on flesh in order to make satisfaction for sin. Providence, which always watches over and sustains us. Mercy, which never ceases to pardon. Goodness, which forgets the offences of His creatures. Love, which unites all the tenderness of a mother, of a brother, of a spouse and which, drawing Him out of the abyss of His greatness, binds Him closely to His creatures. Beauty which enraptures . . . what can you think of that would not be found in this Man-God? Are you perhaps afraid that the abyss of the greatness of God and that of your nothingness cannot be united? There is love in Him. His passionate love made Him take on flesh in order that by seeing a Man-God we would not be afraid to draw near Him. This passionate love made Him become bread in order to assimilate our nothingness and make it disappear into His infinite being. This passionate love made Him give His life by dying on the Cross. Are you perhaps afraid to draw near Him? Look at Him, surrounded by little children. He caresses them, He presses them to His heart. Look at Him in the midst of His faithful flock, bearing the faithless lamb on His shoulders. Look at Him at the tomb of Lazarus. And listen to what He says to Magdelene: "Much has been forgiven her because she has loved much." What do you discover in these flashes from the Gospel but a heart that is good, gentle, tender and compassionate: in other words, the heart of a God? He is my unending wealth, my bliss, my heaven. Comments are closed.
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