Our Lay Dominican Sister, Servant of God Luisa
Piccarreta,
Edges Closer to Beatification!
By Mrs. Carol Cline, O.P.
In celebration of Luisa’s 150th Birthday, an international
conference was held in her hometown of Corato, Italy last April. It demonstrated
how far and wide the teachings Jesus gave her for all his children in the world
have spread! Almost 1,000 people attended! The greatest representations were
from South Korea and the Philippines. Led by a Cardinal, several Bishops, and
many priests, Masses were celebrated with joy and inspiring talks were
presented during the three days of the conference. On the last day, a witness
told the participants the details of a miracle attributed to Luisa that has
been submitted to the Vatican. Interestingly, it occurred in Florida. In
addition, a second miracle which took place in Italy has just this month
been reported!
Contributing greatly to progress of
Luisa’s cause, especially I think by the Church, has been the convincing
defense and publication of the dissertation by Rev. Joseph Ianuzzi (Father Joe)
titled, The Gift of Living in the Divine Will in the Writings of Luisa
Piccarreta, An Inquiry into the Early Ecumenical Councils, and into Patristic,
Scholastic and Contemporary Theology. It was written in 2012 to complete
his doctorate in theology at the Gregorian Pontifical University of Rome and is
available for purchase on Amazon. Since then, he has traveled worldwide giving
talks and retreats on the Divine Will according to the Book of Heaven and other
volumes written by Luisa.
The Vatican has given permission for
all Luisa’s writings to again be published, now that the theological
correctness of the material has been acknowledged, and the critical
translations are underway. Moreover, a new biography of Luisa has just been
published by the Vatican and is just arriving in the U.S.!
As fellow Lay Dominicans, we should
keep our Servant of God Luisa Piccarreta in our prayers that she will soon be
raised to sainthood. I encourage you to read the biography published by the
Vatican. Currently this book is available in Italian, See: http://www.libreriaeditricevaticana.va/content/libreriaeditricevaticana/it/novita-editoriali/il-sole-della-mia-volonta-.html
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