mercredi 29 novembre 2023

Bienheureuse MARIA MADDALENA dell'INCARNAZIONE (CATERINA SORDINI), religieuse tertiaire franciscaine et fondatrice de l'Institut de l'Adoration Perpétuelle du Très Saint Sacrement

 

Portrait of the Blessed Maria Maddalena dell'Incarnazione, foundress of the Perpetual Adoratrices of the Most Saint Sacrament, circa 1820


Bienheureuse Marie-Madeleine de l'Incarnation

Fondatrice de l'institut de l'Adoration Perpétuelle du Très Saint Sacrement (+ 1824)

Religieuse, fondatrice de l'institut de l'Adoration Perpétuelle du Très Saint Sacrement qui compte à ce jour plus de 90 monastères à travers le monde, María Magdalena de la Encarnación (1770-1824) a été béatifiée, le 3 mai 2008, en la basilique Saint-Jean-de-Latran à Rome - Homélie (en espagnol) du Card. José Saraiva Martins lors de la béatification de Mère Marie-Madeleine de l'Incarnation.

Biographie en espagnol - site du Vatican

SOURCE : https://nominis.cef.fr/contenus/saint/12464/Bienheureuse-Marie-Madeleine-de-l-Incarnation.html

Bienheureuse Marie-Madeleine de l' Incarnation

Catherine Sordini naquit à Porto Santo Stefano, le 17 avril 1770. A seize ans, elle était promise à un heureux mariage ; mais elle déclina la proposition et entra chez les Tertiaires Franciscaines à Ischia di Castro, près de Viterbe, où elle reçut l'habit religieux en 1799.

Elle avait comme père spirituel Don Baldeschi qui l'inspira dans la fondation d'un futur institut religieux dédié à l'adoration perpétuelle. Entre temps, elle fut élue, à seulement 32 ans, comme abbesse des Tertiaires Franciscaines. Elle se dédia alors à retrouver la règle originelle et à renflouer les comptes...Elle fut aussi favorisée de dons et de faveurs mystiques extraordinaires. Sa réputation d'abbesse dynamique se répandit dans la région ; mais elle n'abandonnait pas son idée de fondatrice. Avec l' accord de l' évêque du lieu, elle quitta ses Soeurs et s'installa, avec la bénédiction du Pape Pie VII, à Rome dans un ancien couvent de Carmélites pour ouvrir la première maison des Soeurs de l'Adoration Perpétuelle du Très Saint Sacrement.

Pendant l'occupation française de Rome, les Congrégations contemplatives furent dispersées et Mère Marie-Madeleine de l'Incarnation dut prendre le chemin de l' exil à Florence. Elle y fit la connaissance de jeunes femmes qui furent le noyau des nouvelles Adoratrices, lorsqu'elle put revenir à Rome dans une nouvelle maison, en 1814.

En 1818, Pie VII approuva définitivement la Règle de l'Institut, dédié à l' exposition solennelle du Saint Sacrement et à son adoration continue.

La Mère fondatrice mourut  en odeur de sainteté, le 29 novembre 1824, accompagnée de phénomènes mystiques, Elle fut inhumée en l'église Sainte-Anne du Quirinal avec la permission du Pape qui à l'époque demeurait au Palais du Quirinal*. En 1839, sa dépouille fut transférée en l' église Sainte-Marie-Madeleine du Monte Cavallo, nouveau siège des Adoratrices.

Aujourd'hui les Adoratrices sont présentes en Amérique, en Afrique et dans plusieurs pays européens. En Italie, elles sont regroupées en une douzaine de maisons.

Marie-Madeleine de l' Incarnation vient d' être béatifiée, le 3 mai 2008, en la basilique Saint-Jean-de-Latran.

* Aujourd'hui palais du président de la république italienne.

SOURCE : http://ut-pupillam-oculi.over-blog.com/article-25261806.html

29 novembre 2008

Mère Marie-Madeleine de l'Incarnation Sordini

Née le 16 avril 1770, entrée dans la Vie, le 29 novembre 1824, fondatrice de l'Ordre de l'Adoration Perpétuelle.

Prière pour obtenir la béatification de Mère Marie-Madeleine de l'Incarnation

Trinité Sainte! Père, Fils et Saint-Esprit! Nous Vous remercions pour toutes les grâces, que Vous avez accordées à Votre Servante Marie-Madeleine de l'Incarnation. Accordez-nous aussi votre miséricorde, ô Dieu par l'intercession de votre servante ainsi que l'aide spirituelle et temporelle dans toutes nos préoccupations, en particulier la grâce, (...) et de toujours vivre et mourir dans votre amour et enfin que nous devenions, à son exemple, de vrais adorateurs du Très Saint Sacrement. Par les mérites de Jésus-Christ et de sa très sainte, Mère douloureuse écoutez nos demandes et qui glorifiez Votre humble servante, si cela est pour votre plus grande gloire honneur et à contribue au bien et à la sanctification des âmes.

Notre Père ... Je Vous salue Marie... Gloire au Père ...

Béni soit Jésus dans le Très saint sacrement de l'autel!

Tous ceux qui, ayant invoqué la mère de Marie-Madeleine de l'Incarnation, obtiendraient des grâces particulières, sont priés de le faire savoir au monastère de l'Adoration Perpétuelle à Innsbruck (Autriche).

Avec la permission de pression religieux. Kinderfreundanstalt Innsbruck

SOURCE : http://imagessaintes.canalblog.com/archives/2008/05/06/9080883.html

Benoît XVI encourage la formation de groupes d’adorateurs du Saint-Sacrement

Béatification de Mère Marie-Madeleine de l’Incarnation Sordini

MAI 07, 2008 00:00ZENIT STAFFEGLISES LOCALES

ROME, Mercredi 7 mai 2008 (ZENIT.org) – Benoît XVI souhaite la constitution de groupes d’adorateurs du Saint-Sacrement.

Le pape a souligné le charisme de la bienheureuse Marie-Madeleine Sordini, béatifiée dimanche dernier, 3 mai, en la basilique Saint-Jean de Latran. Mère Marie-Madeleine de l’Incarnation Sordini est née le 16 avril 1770, et elle est « entrée dans la Vie » le 29 novembre 1824.

« Je salue les pèlerins de langue italienne, à la fin de l’audience du mercredi. En particulier, j’adresse une pensée cordiale au pèlerinage promu par les Adoratrices perpétuelles du très saint sacrement, à l’occasion de la béatification de Marie Madeleine de l’Incarnation, et je les encourage à promouvoir toujours plus l’amour de l’Eucharistie afin que surgissent, à côté de tout monastère de l’Ordre, des groupes « d’adorateurs ». C’est ainsi que se réalisera l’aspiration de votre bienheureuse fondatrice qui aimait répéter : « Que Jésus soit connu de tous, aimé, adoré, et remercié à tout moment dans le très saint et très divin sacrement ».

Le postulateur de la cause de béatification, le P. Ernesto Piacentini, a déclaré à Radio Vatican : « Le charisme de la nouvelle bienheureuse a été de donner de l’importance dans sa vie et dans la vie des autres, à l’adoration perpétuelle de Jésus Sacrement. Depuis son enfance, elle sentait cet attachement, cette attention et ce transport pour Jésus. Il faut dire que ce charisme de mettre en relief l’adoration perpétuelle de Jésus Eucharistie est un charisme fondamental aussi dans l’Eglise parce que si l’Eglise catholique a une caractéristique fondamentale c’est bien la présence en Corps, Sang, Âme et divinité, de Jésus dans l’Eucharistie. Toutes les dévotions peuvent être importantes dans l’histoire de l’Eglise, mais aucune n’est aussi importante que celle de l’Adoration perpétuelle ».

Anita S. Bourdin

SOURCE : https://fr.zenit.org/2008/05/07/benoit-xvi-encourage-la-formation-de-groupes-d-adorateurs-du-saint-sacrement/

Targa commemorativa all'ingresso della casa natale della Santa in Via del Molo a Porto Santo Stefano.


Bl. Mary Magdalene of the Incarnation (1770-1824)

Foundress, Perpetual Adorers of the Blessed Sacrament

Caterina Sordini was born on 16 April 1770 at Grosseto, Italy, the fourth of nine children born into a deeply Catholic family. When she was 17 her father arranged for her to marry a maritime merchant. At first she was against it, but later complied with her father's wishes. The young man gave her a casket of jewels and, having adorned herself, turned to admire her reflection in the mirror but saw the image of the Crucified Christ who asked: "Do you want to leave me for another?".

She took the question seriously and in February 1788 visited the Franciscan Tertiary Monastery in Ischia di Castro. Caterina entered then and there, thus shocking her father who had thought it was merely a visit. She was clothed six months later, taking the name of Sr Mary Magdalene of the Incarnation.

On 19 February 1789, she fell into ecstasy and saw a vision of "Jesus seated on a throne of grace in the Blessed Sacrament, surrounded by virgins adoring him" and heard him telling her: "I have chosen you to establish the work of perpetual adorers who, day and night, will offer me their humble adoration...". Thus, she was called to become a foundress and to spend her life adoring Jesus in the Eucharist. In that turbulent period for the Church she set an example to all.

She was elected Abbess on 20 April 1802. The period of her governance was accompanied by extraordinary phenomena and an increasingly fervent spiritual life, and the abbey thrived. With the consent of her spiritual director and the local Bishop she drafted the rules of the new Institute and set out for Rome on 31 May 1807.

On 8 July that year, she and a few Sisters moved into Sts Joachim and Anne convent, near the Trevi Fountain. Under the French occupation it was confiscated and the Napoleonic laws suppressed her Order. She was exiled to Tuscany.

There she formed a new group of Adorers. On 19 March 1814, when they could return to Rome they settled at Sant'Anna al Quirinale. On 13 February 1818, Pope Pius VII approved the Institute dedicated to perpetual, solemn, public exposition of the Most Blessed Sacrament.

Mother Mary Magdalene died in Rome on 29 April 1824. She was buried at Sant'Anna al Quirinale and in 1839 her remains were translated to the Church of Santa Maria Maddalena, the new generalate of the Perpetual Adorers in Rome. Pope John Paul II decreed her heroic virtues in 2001 and in 2007, Benedict XVI recognized a miracle attributed to her intercession.

SOURCE : https://www.vatican.va/news_services/liturgy/saints/2008/ns_lit_doc_20080503_magdalena-encarnacion_en.html

3 May 2008

Bl. Caterina Sordini (1770-1824)

Foundress, Perpetual Adorers of the Blessed Sacrament

Caterina Sordini was born on 16 April 1770 at Grosseto, Italy, the fourth of nine children born into a deeply Catholic family. When she was 17 her father arranged for her to marry a maritime merchant. At first she was against it. but later complied with her father's wishes. The young man gave her a casket of jewels and, having adorned herself, turned to admire her reflection in the mirror but saw the image of the Crucified Christ who asked: "Do you want to leave me for another?".

She took the question seriously and in February 1788 visited the Franciscan Tertiary Monastery in Ischia di Castro. Caterina entered then and there. thus shocking her father who had thought it was merely a visit. She was clothed six months later, taking the name of Sr. Mary Magdalene of the Incarnation.

Heavenly inspiration for an Order

On 19 February 1789, she fell into ecstasy and saw a vision of "Jesus seated on a throne of grace in the Blessed Sacrament, surrounded by virgins adoring him" and heard him telling her: "I have chosen you to establish the work of perpetual adorers who, day and night, will offer me their humble adoration...". Thus, she was called to become a foundress and to spend her life adoring Jesus in the Eucharist. In that turbulent period for the Church she set an example to all.

She was elected Abbess on 20 April 1802. The period of her governance was accompanied by extraordinary phenomena and an increasingly fervent spiritual life, and the abbey thrived. With the consent of her spiritual director and the local Bishop she drafted the rules of the new Institute and set out for Rome on 31 May 1807.

The Perpetual Adorers in Rome

On 8 July that year. she and a few Sisters moved into Sts Joachim and Anne convent, near the Trevi Fountain. Under the French occupation it was confiscated and the Napoleonic laws suppressed her Order. She was exiled to Tuscany.

There she formed a new group of Adorers. On 19 March 1814, when they could return to Rome they settled at Sant'Anna al Quirinale. On 13 February 1818, Pope Pius VII approved the Institute dedicated to perpetual. solemn, public exposition of the Most Blessed Sacrament.

Mother Mary Magdalene died in Rome on 29 April 1824. She was buried at Sant'Anna al Quirinale and in 1839 her remains were translated to the Church of Santa Maria Maddalena, the new generalate of the Perpetual Adorers in Rome. Pope John Paul II decreed her heroic virtues in 2001 and in 2007, Benedict XVI recognized a miracle attributed to her intercession.

SOURCE : https://www.ewtn.com/catholicism/library/biographies-of-new-blesseds--2008-5257

Bl. Mary Magdalene Sordini

1770 - 1824

Blessed Mary Magdalene was born as Catherine mutes in (it: Caterina) on 16 April 1770 in Porto Santo Stefano, now in the municipality of Monte Argentario in the province of Grosseto in Tuscany in central Italy. Her parents were Lorenzo and Teresa Sordini Moizzo and she was the fourth of nine children, five of whom grew up. She was baptized the day after the village church, and were named Caterina Francesca Maria Antonia. Her godparents were Bartolomeo and Maria Anna Giovine Schiano. She had a curious and self-conscious nature and was very independent and often rude. Her family was quite wealthy and Catherine grew up in an atmosphere of comfort and prosperity. Yet she was always aware of their parents' deep spirituality. The model that devotion to the sacrament of the altar in her family was and compassionate work that was practiced there, had a lasting influence on Catherine.

Her father was a deeply religious man, holding the Holy Eucharist particularly high. He spent a lot of money and time to ensure that the sacrament could be out for worship. Catherine longed for these special days and found joy in to take its place in the worship of Our Lord.  At this time there was a change in her life. e impulsive child matured into an obedient, diligent, patient and thoughtful youth. In the Lord's presence was Catherine prepared for her vocation.  Her prayer life intensified, she often went to Mass and exercised voluntary penance and "spectral contents of the flesh", and she spent many hours in front of the Lord in worship. During this period she had many mystical experiences.

When Catherine was sixteen years old, her father betrothed her to a suitable young man from Sorrento, Alfonso Capece, who was an expert in maritime trade.But plans for her upcoming wedding, coal thrown when one day she looked in the mirror wearing the jewelry her fiancé had sent her and had a vision of the crucified Christ who said, "You give me up for a carnal creature?".

On the recommendation of his confessor and his father's permission took seventeen year old Catherine's Monastery in Ss Philip and James in Ischia di Castro in the province of Viterbo, which belonged to the Franciscan third order. They were originally devoted to the education of young girls, but in 1795 they went over to the purely contemplative life. After eight months as a postulant, she received on the 26th October 1788 the Franciscan order habit and the name of Maria Magdalena of the Incarnation (Maria Maddalena dell'Incarnazione). Even as a novice she distinguished themselves by their humility, obedience, patience, kindness and gentleness, and her love for God was so great that the tears she could pronounce the name of Jesus.

On 19 February 1789, a year after she entered the convent and while she was still a novice, she was responsible for the work in the refectory and ran and cleared the dining room. She became more and more absorbed in thoughts of the tabernacle in the chapel, which stood on the other side of the wall of the refectory. Suddenly the wall vanished before her eyes and she saw the Sacred Host surrounded by ethereal glory and angels in white robes, carrying a red scapular. Another time when she was sitting with his superior and was engaged in a difficult craft, she was suddenly surrounded by a tremendous light and fell into a miraculous delight. There the Lord gave her the task of founding an order of perpetual adoration so that the sacrament of the altar to be worshiped night and day.

On 28 October 1789, she made her vows.  But after this purified and tested the Lord's servant for many external conditions and internal struggles. Finally, she was almost overwhelmed and fell down in front of a crucifix and begged for help. Then she heard the voice of the Lord's heart assured her that he was with her, and he promised to send her someone who would lead her on the right path and help her with the founding of the order.

This person turned out to be the most pious priest Don Giovanni Antonio Baldeschi in Ischia. But it would take ten years before she met him and only after long hesitation he agreed to be her soul out, once the Holy Father Claudius la Colombière (1641-1982) had helped St. Margaret Mary Alacoque (1647 - 90) with the spread of devotion to and worship of the Sacred Heart.

The chapter on the 20th April 1802 was sr. Mary Magdalene, all conjectures against elected superior of the monastery in Ischia di Castro, 32 years old. At that time, the monastery of material in a sorry state.  Buildings threatened to collapse and sisters' outfits were worn and tattered.  The warehouse of food was not sufficient for more than a week's consumption and in case was a single small coin. The new superior lost, however, not discouraged, but turned with trustful prayer to the divine providence, and exhorted her sisters to do the same.  God rewarded her confidence to such an extent that by the end of her tenure was the convent to everyone's amazement in the best condition. On 21 November 1803 the monastery was visited by Charles Emmanuel of Savoy VI, King of Sardinia, who spoke about two hours with the abbess.

At this time turned sr. Mary Magdalene in the Lord's command back to his confessor and soul leads Don Giovanni Baldeschi to talk to him about the plans to found an order. But he told her how impossible this was, since she had no funds on hand. But she replied that it was not she, but the Lord himself who wanted to raise funds, so he did not have to be concerned. When writing his father remarked that the new foundation needed a rule and that he did not know of any similar order of rule, she replied that if it was God's will, he would advise her to write such a rule.

Amazed by her confidence in God and full of appreciation of her piety and virtue, he no longer dared to resist, so he explained everything to his bishop, Msgr Flor Into Pierleone of Acquapendente. After careful investigation and full of joy of the initiative commanded the bishop sr.  Maria Magdalena write an order rule. He even promised to do everything he could, and when the rule was finished, he therefore went to Rome to misplace the case to the Pope. In 1807 Pope Pius VII (1800-1823) gave their permission and blessing for the founding of the first house in Rome.

After everything was arranged in the monastery of Ischia di Castro, went Mary Magdalene on 31 May 1807 with his substitute, sr. Marianna and another young nun, followed by Bishop Pierleone and his confessor, through Viterbo to Rome, where the nuns were still living in an Augustinian monastery Santa Lucia in Selce. But already the 8th July 1807, they could move into their new home, the small monastery of Sant'Anna all Quattro Fontane, who had been a Carmelite convent.After the necessary repairs and improvements of the dilapidated buildings and seedy church was ready, the nuns began under the leadership of Mother Mary Magdalene's eternal adoration of the Sacrament, first privately and behind closed doors at night.

In the middle of September 1807 the sisters had permission from Pope Pius VII from the third Sunday in September (the feast of Mary's pain) to keep the public and solemn worship according to their regulations on all Sundays and feast days as far as their funds managed.  But yet they had not received preliminary approval of the rule and the statutes of its ordenshus from the General Vicariate of Rome despite gjentanne requests.All sorts of difficulties and concerns were raised, and even the Pope's otherwise benevolent Vicar General, Cardinal Somaglia, seemed to share this concern. Again and again, they were also granted Mother Mary Magdalene, but each time she replied, full of confidence: "Our heavenly protectress and mother Maria will also learn to solve these difficulties in its own time. And it happened then too.

Rule and the statutes of the new order of the house was after a rigorous examination approved by the ecclesiastical authorities, and the Cardinal Vicar Somaglia had already had them lying some time in his office for signature, but without signing them. On the feast of Mary's Purification [now Lord's Presentation] on 2 February 1808 he was to go to Capella Papale in the Quirinale Palace, but an invisible force was holding him back at the door of his room, and despite repeated attempts he was unable to leave the room. When he came to think that perhaps his lack of signature on the order of the rule was the reason for this inexplicable event.

When he signed without hesitation rule and the statutes of the Monastery of the eternal worship, and thus he could soon leave the room. That same day he personally brought the gun to rule the monastery Sant'Anna, and he allowed from this day the public and solemn grace and adoration of the Sacrament of the altar under ordensregelens regulations, while he told Mary Magdalene what had happened that morning.

The same day, the 2nd February 1808, Rome was occupied by the French General Miollis with 12,000 men. They possessed Montecavallo kanonmunningene and directed against the Pope's residence, and from then on, the pope was a prisoner in his own house. The French immediately began to implement its policy of hostility church, and Pope Pius VII and the Cardinals were expelled or taken away as prisoners. Now also in Rome, the monasteries closed and dissolved.  Only a single monastery was spared and overlooked by the enemy: the recently founded monastery of the eternal worship.  In the midst of this storm and without interruption continued where the eternal worship of Jesus in the Sacrament.  But this oasis of peace and uninterrupted prayer would be destroyed.

Mother Mary Magdalene had because of alms, who came from far and near to the foundation of the monastery, corresponded with those of highest rank in society. This circumstance led to a Roman family that was hostile to the new monastery, the community reviewed the French bykommandanten. He undertook a thorough house searches in the monastery, where it was found eventually in grunnleggersken a stack letters from the displaced King Charles Emmanuel VI of Sardinia, from the Spanish ambassador Marquis del Campo to Lisbon and other high-ranking people who had sent alms to the foundation of Abbey and recommended themselves and future tribulations of the community pious intercession. They also found a strange prophecy grunnleggersken had written in Ischia di Castro about current events that are now all had happened as she had said, and these writings were now regarded as highly compromised.

The abbey was dissolved and the nuns were brought back to their individual homes. Their confessor was thrown into a dark cell in Castel Sant'Angelo, while their superior in 1811 was sent into exile, first to Porto Santo Stefano, and then to Florence. There, she was taken into custody by police, and little was missing that she was there sentenced to death. It seemed now as if the new monastery forever worship in Rome was passed into history. But when Emperor Napoleon I (1804-1814: March to June 1815, d. 1821) was overthrown on May 6 April 1814, was the Church and the peoples of Europe freed from the oppressive slavery.

Already on 19 March 1814 Mother Mary Magdalene went back to the monastery of Sant'Anna in Rome with some young graduates from Florence, and the others scattered sisters also gathered again in Rome. On 24 May 1814 did Pope Pius VII returned to Rome in triumph after five years of exile, and the first monastery he recovered, was the monastery of Sant'Anna perpetual adoration of the Blessed Sacrament. On 13 July 1814 was their church reopened and the solemn worship could be reopened, much to the delight of a cheering crowd that flocked to. After this, the worship of the sacrament in this place never interrupted, either day or night, although the number of nuns in the beginning was so small that the majority of them were sick of this the-clock service.

Now it was again the community together, but Mother Mary Magdalene had to immediately complete another difficult task, namely to equip the monastery.  With real confidence in God's providence, she went away at this task, and Our Lord rewarded this time her full confidence. Ecclesiastical and secular, high and low gave alms and gifts in order to show their love for Jesus in the Sacrament. So it was not long before klostergrunnleggelsens substantive future was also assured.

 The only thing now missing, was the papal approval of order rule. It was eventually released after long and thorough investigation on 22 uly 1818 in the bull In Supremo militantis same day delivered the joyful grunnleggersken.  Five months earlier the Pope had given it ordenssuperioren he himself had appointed Msgr Menochio Bartolomeo, Bishop of Augustinian and Porfirio, the mission to clothe grunnleggersken and her sisters the track suit, which was prescribed in the rule. This happened behind closed doors on the third Sunday in September 1817, the feast of Our Painful Mother (Mater Dolorosa), the order's special protector and mother. Those who received the suit, the mother was Mary Magdalene, sr. Marianna, sr. Marianna, sr. Maria Giuseppa og sr. Giuseppe and Maria sr. Serafina, a former Dominican grunnleggersken who met in Florence. The same bishop also presided at Menochio ikledningen the first ten postulant, this time in a ceremony open to the public on 4 oktober samme år. October the same year. On 12 May 1818 took Mother Mary Magdalene and the other three sisters eternal promises.

On 25 March 1823 death of Bishop Menochio, and the young community got a new superior, Cardinal Annibale della Genga.In the beginning, he showed little sympathetic to the new department, and when Pope Pius VII died on May 20 August 1823 and Cardinal Della Genga was elected the new pope with the name of Leo XII (1823-1929), the sisters feared the worst. MBut Mother Mary Magdalene exhorted them to have confidence in divine providence, and she assured them that the new pope would protect them. It happened then, too, and he appeared very generous towards them and sent every now and then presents to the monastery. Also Popes Gregory XVI (1831-1846) and Blessed Pius IX (1846-78) equipped with the order of many privileges and indulgences.

Through all temptations, persecutions and schisms that this order, "Sisters of the perpetual adoration of the Blessed Sacrament" (Adoratrici Perpetua del Santissimo Sacramento), experienced in their first year, remained the Lord grunnleggersken close and assured her of his grace and love and its wish that she had to remain steadfast. But she survived the formal approval of the rule with only six years. In 1824 she predicted that she would die in the autumn, and she sent word of this to his eleven years younger brother Giovanni. He went in haste to Rome, but when he saw that she was in good health, he took not her words seriously. But at eleven o'clock on the evening of 29  November 1824 death of Mother Mary Magdalene of the Incarnation in Rome, surrounded by his daughters, 54 years and 7 months old. With permission from Pope Leo XII, she became the 30th November buried at the altar of Maria SS. della Speranza i klosterkirken Sant'Anna alle Quattro Fontane ved Quirinalet, della Speranza in the monastery church of Sant'Anna all Quattro Fontane at the Quirinale Palace, where the Pope had his residence.

 After her death, followed by many miraculous answers to prayer at her grave, and the authentic acts attesting to these are held in order's archives in Rome. In 1839, her mortal remains moved to the church of Santa Maria Maddalena a Monte Cavallo, who was the new seat of Adoratrici Perpetua in Rome. Later, the order's headquarters after many difficulties, moved to Via Casaletto 268, which forty years ago, built a new monastery and where grunnleggerskens mortal remains were moved in 1968. On 28 January 2004, they moved to an altar dedicated to her.

On 24 April 2001, her "heroic virtues" recognized by Pope John Paul II (1978-2005) and she got the title Venerabilis ("Renowned"). On 17 December 2007 signed Pope Benedict XVI canonization decree from the Congregation which approved a miracle for her intercession.  She was beatified on Saturday, 3 May 2008 in Rome.  As usual during this pontificate ceremony was not led by the pope himself, but by his personal envoy, in this case, Cardinal Jose Saraiva Martins CMF, prefect of the Congregation in the Vatican canonization.  Koncelebrant were Cardinal Camillo Ruini , papal vicar of the Diocese of Rome, around 300 of the order's sisters were present.  Her memorial day is the day of death 29 April.

SOURCE : https://stevenwood.com/reflections/franciscan/0429-26.htm

PERPETUAL ADORATION OF THE BLESSED SACRAMENT, NUNS OF THE

(AP, Official Catholic Directory #3190); a cloistered community of nuns with papal approbation, dedicated to an apostolate of contemplative prayer, primarily through the perpetual adoration of the Blessed Sacrament. The order was founded at Rome, Italy, on July 8, 1807, by Mother Mary Magdalene of the Incarnation (Catalina Sordini Movizzo, 1770–1824), a Franciscan sister from the convent on the island of Ischia in the bay of Naples. The nuns, who take solemn vows, are engaged in constant prayer, including the Divine Office, before the exposed Blessed Sacrament. In the U.S. they are located in El Paso, Texas (1925), and San Francisco, Calif. (1928). Worldwide, the congregation has houses in Spain, Mexico, Chile and Africa.

[J. H. McNeely]

New Catholic Encyclopedia

SOURCE : https://www.encyclopedia.com/religion/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/perpetual-adoration-blessed-sacrament-nuns

Beata Maria Maddalena dell'Incarnazione (Caterina Sordini) Fondatrice

29 novembre Porto Santo Stefano, Grosseto, 17 aprile 1770 - Roma, 29 novembre 1824

Nasce a Porto Santo Stefano, nel Grossetano, il 17 aprile 1779. A sedici anni Caterina Sordini, promessa in sposa ad un marittimo di Sorrento, si oppone al matrimonio ed entra nelle Terziarie Francescane di Ischia di Castro, nel Viterbese e riceve l'abito religioso il 26 ottobre 1799. Cambia il nome in Maria Maddalena dell'Incarnazione e nel Capitolo del 20 aprile 1802 viene eletta badessa a soli 32 anni. Si dedica al riordino economico della Casa e ad una restaurazione della vita regolare delle Terziarie. L'8 luglio 1807 lascia Isola di Castro e le Terziarie e con l'incoraggiamento di Pio VII inaugura a Roma la prima Casa delle Adoratrici perpetue del Santissimo Sacramento. Durante l'occupazione napoleonica di Roma, la congregazione viene sciolta e Maria Maddalena mandata in esilio in Toscana. Qui incontra alcune giovani che tornano con lei a Roma nel marzo del 1814. E proprio a Roma muore il 29 novembre 1824. È stata beatificata il 3 maggio scorso in San Giovanni Laterano a Roma. (Avvenire)

Bella, giovane, ricca: un buon partito per molti. E lei nel 1787, poco più che sedicenne, dice di sì ad un facoltoso padrone di bastimenti, che le promette una vita serena e avventurosa. Prima di partire per un viaggio a Costantinopoli le fa anche dono di un cofanetto di gioielli, quasi una promessa di matrimonio, e la ragazza è ben contenta di farne sfoggio ad una messa domenicale. Peccato che in chiesa, prima che da altri, venga notata da papà, che senza tanti complimenti la rispedisce a casa con l’ordine di togliersi di dosso tutto quel ben di Dio. Il papà, ricco commerciante che sa fare buon uso delle sue ricchezze e che è specialista in beneficenza, l’ha allevata ad una fede salda, senza bigottismi e senza smancerie, e lei, da irrequieta e turbolenta bambina, con il passare degli anni è diventata riflessiva, devota e pia, anche se con una punta di civetteria, propria dell’età. Arrivata a casa e, specchiandosi per vedersi un’ultima volta con tutti i gioielli di cui è agghindata, invece della sua vede riflessa l’immagine del Cristo nello strazio della passione. E’ una vista che la folgora e che le fa capire, meglio ancora dei rimbrotti di papà, tutta la vanità e l’inutilità della ricchezza, del lusso, dei miraggi che il mondo le sta offrendo. Conseguenza logica di quella “visione” è posare i gioielli, rompere il fidanzamento e, pochi mesi dopo, entrare nel Monastero delle Terziarie Francescane di Ischia di Castro. Sembra un “colpo di testa”, perché in monastero vi entra con un balzo, il giorno in cui papà lì l’accompagna per una visita che, lui crede, dovrebbe essere di piacere. Invece papà deve tornare a casa da solo, perché la figlia è passata al di là della grata, lasciandolo di stucco. Con il nuovo nome di suor Maria Maddalena dell’Incarnazione, per 19 anni è una religiosa modello e, ad appena 32 anni, badessa di un monastero che vive in povertà estrema e che lei riesce a far rifiorire. Il fatto è che comincia anche a far miracoli, come quello del pugno di farina, moltiplicatasi al punto da poter preparare pane per l’intera comunità e per più di 20 giorni. Mentre cresce la fama della sua santità, lei sempre più chiaramente sente che diversi sono i disegni di Dio su di lei. L’amore per l’Eucaristia, che le hanno instillato in famiglia e che è cresciuto negli anni, la sta orientando a fondare una nuova congregazione che abbia come carisma specifico l’adorazione eucaristica in forma perpetua, come un lungo ininterrotto sostare davanti a Gesù anche a nome di tutta l’ umanità. Questa volta, prima di concretizzarsi, l’idea di suor Maria Maddalena ha una gestazione lunga, durante la quale lei si preoccupa di raccogliere autorevoli consensi, “in primis” quello di papa Pio VII e, ovviamente quello del suo illuminato direttore spirituale, che riesce a trovare anche i benefattori necessari per la nuova istituzione. E con queste indispensabili “firme” di Dio su quella che lei è convinta essere la sua vera vocazione, il 31 maggio 1807 varca la soglia di una chiesa, posta praticamente all’ombra del Quirinale, dove a quel tempo abitava il Papa. Comincia così l’adorazione perpetua dell’Eucaristia di un paio di suore, che presto crescono di numero e che oggi sono presenti in 90 monasteri diffusi in Europa, America e Africa. Non solo: in questa turnazione davanti all’Eucaristia solennemente esposta per tutto il giorno suor Maria Maddalena vuole coinvolti anche i laici, che si moltiplicano dando continuità a questa perenne lode a Gesù Eucaristia. I tempi sono politicamente torbidi, perquisiscono a più riprese il monastero, addirittura la esiliano come soggetto pericoloso e disperdono le sue suore, ma tutto viene arginato dalla sua fede e dal suo amore illimitato a Gesù Eucaristia. Fino al 29 novembre 1824, quando la sua adorazione da perpetua diventa eterna, nella festa senza fine del paradiso. Suor Maria Maddalena dell’Incarnazione (Caterina Sordini) è stata beatificata a Roma lo scorso 3 maggio.

Autore: Gianpiero Pettiti

Caterina Sordini nacque a Porto Santo Stefano (Grosseto) il 17 aprile 1770; a 16 anni sembra che fosse stata promessa in sposa ad un marittimo di Sorrento, Alfonso Capece, ma lei declinò la scelta e dando seguito al suo desiderio, entrò fra le Terziarie Francescane di Ischia di Castro (Viterbo), ricevendo l’abito religioso il 26 ottobre 1799.

Ebbe come guida e padre spirituale don Giovanni Baldeschi e come spesso accade, da questo profondo legame spirituale, Caterina ricavò l’ideale di fondare un nuovo Istituto religioso dedito all’adorazione perpetua dell’Eucaristia, centro e culmine di ogni vita cristiana.

Nel frattempo nel Capitolo del 20 aprile 1802 delle Terziarie Francescane, fu eletta badessa a soli 32 anni; aveva cambiato il nome in Maria Maddalena dell’Incarnazione, si dedicò ad un deciso riordinamento economico della casa e ad una restaurazione della vita regolare delle Terziarie.

Il periodo del suo governo fu accompagnato da una serie di fenomeni straordinari e da un crescente fervore di vita spirituale, per cui in tutta la zona si diffuse la fama della giovane badessa, la quale comunque non aveva mai abbandonato l’ideale delle suore adoratici.

Con l’accordo del padre Baldeschi e del vescovo di Acquapendente, mons. Pierleone, iniziò la stesura delle regole del nuovo Istituto. L’8 luglio 1807, lasciò Isola di Castro e le Terziarie Francescane e con l’incoraggiamento di Pio VII, inaugurò a Roma la prima casa delle “Adoratrici Perpetue del SS. Sacramento” in un ex convento carmelitano alle Quattro Fontane.

Durante l’occupazione francese di Roma, la Congregazione fu sciolta forzatamente in base alle leggi napoleoniche e Madre Maria Maddalena dell’Incarnazione, fu mandata in esilio, prima a Porto Santo Stefano e poi a Firenze.

Ma in Toscana ebbe l’opportunità di conoscere alcune giovani, che costituirono il gruppo iniziale delle nuove Adoratrici, quando queste poterono ritornare a Roma in S. Anna al Quirinale, il 19 marzo 1814.

Quattro anno dopo, il 13 febbraio 1818, il papa Pio VII approvò definitivamente l’Istituto, che ormai era dedito alla solenne e pubblica esposizione del SS. Sacramento, con la continua adorazione.

La Madre Fondatrice, morì a Roma il 29 novembre 1824, lasciando una fama di santità e di fenomeni straordinari che l’avevano accompagnata in vita. Fu sepolta in S. Anna al Quirinale, con il permesso del papa, che allora aveva la sua residenza nel palazzo del Quirinale, ma nel 1839 le sue spoglie furono traslate nella chiesa di S. Maria Maddalena a Monte Cavallo, nuova sede di Roma delle Adoratrici Perpetue e contemporaneamente furono avviati i processi canonici per la sua beatificazione, che ad oggi sono in fase avanzata.

La presenza delle suore è attualmente in Europa, America, Africa; solo in Italia dopo Napoli e Roma che furono le prime, sono presenti in dodici case (anno 2001).

Papa Giovanni Paolo II l'ha dichiarata "Venerabile" in data 24 aprile 2001. Benedetto XVI il 17 dicembre 2007 ha riconosciuto un miracolo attribuito alla sua intercessione.

Il 3 Maggio 2008 è avvenuta la celebrazione della beatificazione a Roma presso la Basilica di San Giovanni in Laterano.

Autore: Antonio Borrelli

Caterina Sordini nasce a Porto Santo Stefano (Grosseto), nel 1770. È una bambina fortunata, bellissima e ricchissima. Quando ha sedici anni un proprietario di navi la chiede in sposa offrendole una vita agiata e avventurosa, fatta di viaggi in luoghi lontani e di ogni lusso. Un giorno le dona gioielli costosissimi che la bella Caterina, vanitosa, sfoggia durante una Messa domenicale. Il padre, facoltoso commerciante, ma anche molto religioso e sobrio, abituato a fare beneficenza, non amante di chi ostenta le proprie ricchezze, ordina alla figlia di andare a togliersi di dosso quei gioielli così appariscenti. Caterina obbedisce al padre, ma prima di riporre quei preziosi che tanto le piacciono, desidera ammirarli specchiandosi. Quale stupore quando invece del proprio volto la ragazza vede l’immagine di Gesù sofferente. Non c’è altro da capire. Caterina si toglie quei gioielli e riflette sulla sua vanità inutile.

Non si sposa più e decide di entrare in convento, tra le Terziarie Francescane, a Ischia di Castro (Viterbo) lasciando di stucco la famiglia. Diventa suor Maria Maddalena dell’Incarnazione e, dopo qualche anno, viene nominata badessa. Grazie alle sue capacità il convento rifiorisce. In questo periodo si narra di alcuni miracoli compiuti dalla suora come quella volta in cui moltiplica la farina, tanto da non fare mancare il pane alle consorelle per quasi un mese.

Nel 1807 Madre Maria Maddalena si reca a Roma dove, nell’ex Convento carmelitano alle “Quattro Fontane”, fonda l’Istituto dell’Adorazione Perpetua dell’Eucaristia, affinché non venga mai a mancare, 24 ore su 24, la preghiera e la contemplazione rivolte all’ostia benedetta, che racchiude il corpo di Gesù. In seguito all’invasione di Napoleone Bonaparte, Maria Maddalena viene esiliata in Toscana. Dopo la caduta di Napoleone, la suora torna a Roma. Vicino al Quirinale (dove a quei tempi dimorava il papa), nella Chiesa di Sant’Anna insedia la Casa Madre della sua congregazione che si propagherà, fino ai giorni nostri, dall’Italia in tutto il mondo: Europa, Africa, America. Madre Maria Maddalena dell’Incarnazione muore a Roma nel 1824 dove il suo corpo riposa, presso la chiesa del Monastero delle Adoratrici.

Autore: Mariella Lentini

SOURCE : https://www.santiebeati.it/dettaglio/91249/

María Magdalena de la Encarnación (1770-1824)

Nació en Porto Santo Stefano (Italia) el 16 de abril de 1770, en el seno de una familia fervientemente católica. Fue bautizada al día siguiente con los nombres de Catalina María Francisca Antonia.

Creció en un ambiente impregnado de religiosidad ejemplar. Su padre, Lorenzo Sordini, promovió que en la iglesia parroquial se expusiera a la veneración pública, en circunstancias especiales, con espíritu de amor y reparación, el Santísimo Sacramento, como por ejemplo el jueves de carnaval. Así, desde su adolescencia, Catalina pasaba horas en adoración junto a Jesús sacramentado.

A los 17 años recibió una propuesta de matrimonio de parte de Alfonso, joven de posición acomodada que le regaló preciosas joyas. En una ocasión, adornada con ellas, al mirarse en un espejo se le apareció el rostro doloroso de Jesús crucificado que la invitaba a entregarse totalmente a él y le decía: "Catalina, ¿me abandonas por un amor humano?". En febrero de 1788 ingresó en el monasterio de las Terciarias Franciscanas de Ischia di Castro. Al vestir el hábito religioso tomó el nombre de sor María Magdalena de la Encarnación.

El 19 de febrero de 1789, jueves de carnaval, en el refectorio vio a "Jesús como en un trono de gracia en el Santísimo Sacramento, rodeado de vírgenes que lo adoraban" y oyó una voz que le decía: "Te he elegido para instituir la obra de las Adoratrices Perpetuas, que día y noche me ofrecerán su humilde adoración para reparar las ofensas y las ingratitudes de la humanidad e impetrar gracias y ayudas de mi divina misericordia". Aquel día se convirtió para ella en el "día de la luz".

El 20 de abril de 1802 fue elegida abadesa, cargo que ocupó hasta 1807, cuando, siguiendo la voluntad de Dios que deseaba un nuevo instituto —y escritas las Constituciones—, se trasladó a Roma, con algunas hermanas y la bendición de Pío VII, para fundar el primer monasterio de las Adoratrices Perpetuas del Santísimo Sacramento, en el convento de San Joaquín y Santa Ana, en Quattro Fontane. La fundación tuvo lugar el 8 de julio de 1807. Por iniciativa suya la iglesia se abrió a la adoración de los fieles laicos.

Gracias a su unión con Dios cada vez más íntima, a su gran espíritu de fe y a su intensa oración en tiempos muy difíciles, por la invasión de los franceses después de la Revolución, logró realizar muchas obras, en beneficio del monasterio y también de muchas personas que recurrían a ella.

La madre María Magdalena profetizó al Papa Pío VII la deportación a Francia: "Pero no tenga miedo; nadie le podrá perjudicar y volverá glorioso a Roma". También llegó la cruz para las Adoratrices, en forma de supresión del instituto; y ella fue exiliada a Florencia.

Caído el régimen napoleónico, en el año 1814 la madre volvió a Roma con algunas jóvenes florentinas y el 18 de septiembre de 1817 vistió el nuevo hábito religioso, que había visto en visión el "día de la luz": sayo blanco y escapulario rojo, símbolos del candor virginal y del amor a Jesús crucificado y eucarístico.

El 10 de marzo de 1818 la Santa Sede reconoció oficialmente la congregación, que la madre María Magdalena puso bajo el patrocinio de la Virgen de los Dolores.

Murió el 29 de noviembre de 1824 en Roma, donde reposan sus restos.

El instituto cuenta hoy con más de noventa monasterios esparcidos por todo el mundo.

SOURCE : https://www.vatican.va/news_services/liturgy/saints/2008/ns_lit_doc_20080503_magdalena-encarnacion_sp.html

MISA DE BEATIFICACIÓN

HOMILÍA DEL CARDENAL JOSÉ SARAIVA MARTINS

Basílica de San Juan de Letrán, Roma

Sábado 3 de mayo de 2008


Queridos hermanos y hermanas:

Como los primeros discípulos, también nosotros elevamos nuestra mirada al cielo para contemplar la gloria de Jesús, Maestro y Señor, y exultar.

En efecto, en Cristo que asciende a los cielos está nuestra misma humanidad, la que asumió en la Encarnación, y es elevada al máximo esplendor de su dignidad.

Por eso, nuestra esperanza es una certeza, fundada en las tranquilizadoras palabras que pronunció el Maestro durante la última Cena: "Padre, quiero que los que tú me has dado estén también conmigo donde yo esté" (Jn 17, 24).

Así pues, los cristianos son los que siguen a Jesús.

Si se analiza de forma superficial e inmadura, esta expresión indica simplemente un modo de pensar y de actuar: los cristianos son los que en su conducta de vida se inspiran en las palabras y en el ejemplo de Cristo.

Pero, en un nivel más profundo, en el nivel que han experimentado tantos creyentes y han testimoniado los santos con su vida, la pertenencia a Cristo, el "seguimiento de Cristo", implica mucho más: no se trata sólo de una relación entre el discípulo y el maestro, una relación hecha de escucha, obediencia e imitación. No. Se trata de un "injerto". Hemos sido injertados en Cristo como los sarmientos en la vid; le pertenecemos de tal manera que somos los miembros de su cuerpo, como nos ha recordado la segunda lectura, tomada de la carta a los Efesios. Con su Ascensión Jesús da fundamento seguro y definitivo a la esperanza a la que estamos llamados, al tesoro de gloria que nos ha prometido y que es la herencia de los santos y elegidos de Dios, como nos ha dicho san Pablo en esa misma carta.

Sin embargo, para los Apóstoles, esta espera, esta certeza de estar un día con Cristo para siempre, no debe ser motivo de desinterés o de inercia. Al contrario, la Ascensión marca el inicio de la misión. Termina el camino terreno de Jesús y comienza el camino de la Iglesia en la historia del mundo. La Ascensión inaugura el tiempo de la Iglesia, y da inicio al tiempo de la maduración de la fe de los discípulos: en definitiva, no se trata de instaurar una doctrina nueva, sino de instaurar el seguimiento de Cristo.

La Ascensión es la gloriosa exaltación de Cristo, vencedor del mal y de la muerte.

Es un misterio que, en primer lugar, se refiere a Jesús mismo. En efecto, en este acontecimiento él, como Rey de reyes y Señor de señores (cf. Ap 17, 14), entra definitivamente en su reino, se sienta en su trono a la derecha del Padre y recibe de él todo poder.

El apóstol san Pablo proclama que el poder de Cristo está por encima de todo, no sólo de la actual realidad del universo, sino para siempre: "Bajo sus pies sometió todas la cosas" (Ef 1, 22).

Por eso, él mismo dice a sus discípulos: "Me ha sido dado todo poder en el cielo y en la tierra. Id, pues..." (Mt 28, 18-19). La pequeña palabra "pues" es importantísima, porque indica claramente que de esta fuerza de salvación brota el valor y el significado de la presencia de los cristianos en el mundo.

Ahora la mirada vuelve a dirigirse a la tierra, porque en la tierra deberá desarrollarse y realizarse el proyecto de la redención: "Galileos, ¿qué hacéis ahí mirando al cielo?" (Hch 1, 11), nos repiten los ángeles de la Ascensión, como hemos escuchado en la primera lectura.

Esta es nuestra misión, queridos hermanos: hemos sido enviados por el Señor al mundo para transformarlo, para insertar en las realidades terrenas los gérmenes de su reino.

En este proyecto de transformación del mundo no estamos solos. En realidad, Jesús no nos abandona, sino que permanece con nosotros.

Ha resonado una vez más, en medio de esta asamblea, la extraordinaria promesa de Jesús, su palabra más dulce y consoladora: "No os dejo huérfanos" (cf. Jn 14, 18), "He aquí que yo estoy con vosotros todos los días hasta el fin del mundo" (Mt 28, 20).

Jesús sigue estando realmente presente en medio de nosotros como el Maestro que anuncia y explica las Escrituras, el Siervo que se inclina para lavar nuestros pies, el Médico que se compadece de nuestra fragilidad humana, el Pobre que nos pide respeto y atención.

Pero el grado máximo de intensidad de su presencia entre nosotros se realiza en el sacramento de la Eucaristía, en su doble aspecto de celebración y permanencia, porque en él no sólo se encuentra la presencia real del Señor, sino también su presencia "substancial": la substancia misma del pan y del vino, la fibra íntima de su ser, se convierte en Jesús.

Es el anuncio más conmovedor de un Amor que se da como alimento y de una transformación del mundo que puede realizarse verdaderamente.

La nueva beata, María Magdalena de la Encarnación, creyó firmemente en las palabras de Jesús, compartió plenamente su mandato y se dejó implicar en el espléndido proyecto de salvación que el Señor Jesús inauguró en la historia.

Esta mujer, que hoy ha sido elevada al honor de los altares, nos vuelve a presentar su testimonio de fe en la presencia del Hijo de Dios en la vida de la Iglesia, centrada en la Eucaristía.
Fascinada por el misterio eucarístico, la madre María Magdalena le consagró toda su vida transfigurándola en un acto de adoración.

Su gran misión, recibida del Señor mismo, consistió en proponerse a sí misma, al instituto de las Religiosas de la Adoración Perpetua del Santísimo Sacramento, por ella fundado, y a la Iglesia entera, la experiencia de una adoración "perpetua": del mismo modo que Jesús permanece en el sacramento también después de terminar el momento celebrativo, así es necesario que nosotros permanezcamos con él. Por tanto, se trata de una adoración que no ha de faltar nunca en la Iglesia, que ha de nacer y prolongarse en el tiempo, para que la Hostia santa reine en el mundo, para que triunfe públicamente y sea memoria perenne del amor de Dios a los hombres, un fuego capaz de incendiar todos los rincones de la tierra.

Así se comprenden bien las palabras de la madre Sordini: "Jesús, quisiera que todo el mundo te amara, incluso a costa de mi vida".

La madre María Magdalena nos enseña que del corazón de Jesús eucarístico brota misteriosamente una vida nueva capaz de renovar al pueblo cristiano.

La beatificación de hoy atrae nuestra atención hacia la gracia extraordinaria, que nos ha sido concedida, de estar en la presencia del Señor. En la carta apostólica Novo millennio ineunte, Juan Pablo II escribió: "nuestras comunidades cristianas tienen que llegar a ser auténticas "escuelas" de oración (...), una oración intensa, pero que no aparta del compromiso en la historia: abriendo el corazón al amor de Dios, lo abre también al amor de los hermanos, y capacita para construir la historia según el designio de Dios" (n. 33).

La historia fascinante de la madre María Magdalena de la Encarnación nos ayudará a evitar el lado débil del apostolado, especialmente en este momento histórico particular, para no perder nunca la convicción de la importancia fundamental e insustituible de la oración; y, sobre todo, a reconocer a la Eucaristía su papel de fons et culmen —fuente y cumbre— en nuestra vida de fe (cf. Lumen gentium, 11). La beata madre Sordini concebía sus monasterios como centros de irradiación espiritual para la humanidad entera. En efecto, la adoración del Pan eucarístico partido debe impulsar al cristiano, a su vez, a "partir" su persona y a revolucionar su estilo de vida para entregarse a sus hermanos.

Así pues, la beata Sordini, alma profundamente contemplativa, como por lo demás todos los santos, no buscó una fuga ni una evasión de la realidad presente, sino un estímulo, dirigido a nosotros, a esforzarnos al máximo por comportarnos como creyentes, siempre y en todas partes, por actuar solícitamente como cristianos auténticos en el seno de nuestra sociedad, por realizar en nuestro interior y en el mundo el reino de Dios, que es reino de paz, de justicia, de santidad y de amor.

SOURCE : https://www.vatican.va/roman_curia/congregations/csaints/documents/rc_con_csaints_doc_20080503_beatif-magdalena_sp.html

Voir aussi : https://www.parrocchieportosantostefano.it/Attivita_Pastorali/Ricordi/2014/2_Leccio/Beata.html

https://www.iltirreno.it/grosseto/cronaca/2010/09/16/news/la-vita-della-suora-di-porto-santo-stefano-diventa-un-film-interpretato-dagli-argentarini-1.2064369

https://www.causesanti.va/it/santi-e-beati/maria-maddalena-dell-incarnazione.html

https://www.perpetualadorationsisters.org/about-us