Consolata Betrone

Consolata Betrone (born Pierina Betrone), mystic and nun of the Franciscan Capuchine order, was born in Saluzzo, Piedmont, Italy, on 6 April 1903, and died in the convent of Moriondo, Testona, on 18 July 1946.^[1]

During her reported religious experiences, she would listen to Jesus's Heart words and then repeat all His messages to her confessor, the missionary priest Father Lorenzo Sales. She is known for her prayer: "Jesus, Mary, I love you: Save souls". Wich is not only some words meant to be used as a jaculatory prayer. They are the basis of a brand new spiritual Way : the "Tiny Way of Love". It is a concrete way to fully and deeply live the "Little Way of Love" taught by Saint Thérèse of Lisieux (Saint Thérèse de l'Enfant Jésus et de la Sainte Face).

Jesus's Heart desires souls to love Him the Gospel's way : with all heart, thought, strength and soul. He taught Consolata the best way to love Him "actually", by repeating, with the heart, "Jesus, Mary, I love you, save souls", from wake up to sleep at night.

This prayer contains both Christ's Gospel teachings about Love : Love first the Lord with all our heart and soul, strength and mind ("Jesus, Mary, I love you"...), second, love others like ourselves (... "save souls"). "Souls" means "all souls" : from the priests and consecrated persons to the last sinners in the World, including Purgatory Souls. Then, this prayer, said all day long with the heart, means that for each "Jesus, Mary, I love you, save souls", one soul is saved.

Sister Consolata spent her whole life attempting to bring to perfection this Tiny Way of Love. She used to fight every thought, every word, every emotion, to keep unceasing her "Jesus, Mary, save souls" all day long, not to spoil one of them (because only one of them means a soul, as Jesus taught her).

After Sister Consolata's death, Father Lorenzo Sales wrote the book "Jesus Appeals to the World" based on her reported messages ^[2]

In 1995 Cardinal Giovanni Saldarini started the canonical process of beatification for Sister Consolata Betrone.^[3]

See also

• Visions of Jesus and Mary

References

1. ^ Michael Freze, 1993, Voices, Visions, and Apparitions, OSV Publishing ISBN 087973454X
2. ^ Father Lorenzo Sales, 1955 Jesus Appeals to the World: From the Writings of Sr. Consolata Betrone Alba House Publishers ISBN 0818900695
3. ^ Consolata Betrone website http://www.consolatabetrone-monasterosacrocuore.it/page/ar1_ing/una_vita_per_lamore.htm

External links

• Faith of the Saints - Consolata Betrone
• "Jesus Appeals to the World": From the Writings of Sr. Consolata Betrone

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Name	Betrone, Consolata
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Date of birth	1903
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Date of death	1946
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