Since this website wasn't up on her memorial, we will make her as the "actual first post" of this website's section. The relic we have of her is a piece of cloth which was imbued with her blood. Mother Esperanza Alhama Valera was born on September 30, 1893 in Santomera, in the south of Spain, to a very poor family. She was guided personally by Jesus and Our Lady, since her childhood. In 1914, Speranza decided to embrace the religious life and entered the cloistered convent of the Daughters of Calvary. In 1921, that Congregation joined the Claretian Missionaries, where M. Espeanza remained until the December 6th, 1930 where she left the order to found a new institution. On Christmas Eve 1930, she gave a begining to the Congregation of the Handmaids of the Merciful Love On August 15, 1951 in Rome Mother Esperanza gave life to the Congregation of the Sons of the Merciful Love with the mission to announce the love and mercy of Jesus and to help the Diocesan clergy. Mother Esperanza died on February 8, 1983, at almost 90 years of age. Her remains are buried in the crypt of the Sanctuary of the Merciful Love in Collevalenza - Italy. On April 24, 1988 the process for her beatification was opened in the Diocese of Orvieto-Todi. On April 23, 2002 the Church declared Mother Esperanza “Venerable.” On July 5, 2013 Pope Francis declared Venerable Mother Esperanza "Blessed". Prayer to Blessed Esperanza“Father of Mercy and God of all consolation,
we thank you because, through the life and the word of the Mother Esperanza of Jesus, you call us to your Merciful Love. Give us the same confidence in your paternal love and, if it is in your plans to give her the glory that you offer to whoever is faithful to your Spirit and reveals Jesus’ goodness to the world, through her intercession, grant to us the grace… (ask for the grace you wish to obtain through the intercession of the Mother Esperanza). We ask this of you, trusting in the help of Mary, Mediatrix of the Mercy we will sing eternally." (Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory Be)” Ecclesiastical Approval by Bishop Decio Lucio Grandoni, Diocese of Orvieto-Todi, February 8, 1984 Comments are closed.
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![]() "All the Saints of God are there to protect me, to sustain me and to carry me. Indeed, the communion of Saints consists not only of the great men and women who went before us and whose names we know. All of us belong to the communion of Saints, we who have been baptized in the name of the Father, and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, we who draw life from the gift of Christ’s Body and Blood, through which he transforms us and makes us like himself. Yes, the Church is alive – this is the wonderful experience of these days. "
(Pope Benedict XVI, Homily on the Mass of Inauguration to the Petrine Ministry, 24 April 2005) NOTE:This ministry does not entertain requests nor for information to obtain the relics which appear in this website. Guide For Relic ClassificationWe strive to provide English translations of the terminology used to label relics. However, there may be a need to consult the original term to avoid confusion.
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