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BL. GUADALUPE ORTIZ DE LANDÁZURI, RESEARCHER - 18 MAY

 

ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN MAY

Saints celebrated on the 18th of May

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BLESSED GUADALUPE ORTIZ DE LANDÁZURI, RESEARCHER 

On May 18, 2019, the chemist and researcher Guadalupe Ortiz de Landázuri (1916-1975) was beatified in Madrid. In a letter read during the ceremony, Pope Francis called her an example of the "holiness of 'normality.'"

HOLINESS OF 'NORMALITY'

Blessed Guadalupe, born in Madrid on December 12, 1916, endeavoured to bring this conviction to the people around her: union with God, through divine grace, is within everyone’s reach in the circumstances of ordinary life.

THE FIRST WOMAN IN OPUS DEI TO BE BEATIFIED

She is the first woman in Opus Dei to be beatified. She helped to introduce Opus Dei to Mexico. As a young woman she discerned a vocation to apostolic celibacy and to Opus Dei and dedicated her life to bringing others to Christ through her work and ordinary life. 

SPIRITUAL SINCERITY AND SIMPLICITY

Her letters to Saint Josemaria Escrivá show profound spiritual sincerity and simplicity. She heroically offered up debilitating illnesses and died on July 16, 1975.

PRAYER:

Grant, we beseech you, almighty God, that the venerable feast of the blessed Guadalupe may increase our devotion and promote our salvation. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, God, for ever and ever. Amen.

Further reading:

https://opusdei.org/en/article/18-may-blessed-guadalupe-ortiz-de-landazuri/



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