This saint is the patron saint of the chronically ill. She teaches us to take advantage disease to pay for our sins, convert sinners and get a great reward in heaven. The decree from Rome to declare holy says Santa Liduvina was "a prodigy of human suffering and heroic patience."
Liduvina was born in Schiedam, Netherlands, in 1380. His father was very poor and had to trade the "keeper" or keeper of farms. Age 15 was a girl Liduvina like any other: cheerful, friendly, good and very pretty. But in that year his life changed completely. One day, after playing with his friends were going to skate and corn on the ice road splitting the spine.
The poor girl began Since then a horrific martyrdom. Continuous vomiting, headaches, intermittent fever and pains throughout the body tormented all day. Could rest at any position. The high fever, gave him an unquenchable thirst. Doctors said their condition was hopeless. Liduvina is still desperate in that bed, and when she heard her friends running and laughing, he began to mourn and ask why God had allowed such a horrible martyrdom. But one day God gave a great gift: appointed pastor of his people to a true saint, Father Pott. This virtuous priest first thing he did was remind him that "God wants more tree else pruning, to produce more fruit and the children you love most makes them suffer more. "He put the bed in front of a crucifix, asking him to occasionally look at Jesus crucified and be compared with him and thought that if Christ suffered so much, it must be that suffering leads to holiness.
now on and never returned to ask God to take away their suffering, but devoted himself to ask the Lord to give him courage and love to suffer as Jesus for the conversion of sinners and the salvation of souls.
Liduvina CristoSanta
Passion came to love their suffering so that he repeated: "If enough say a little prayer for my pain I would, not pray. "discovered that his" vocation "was to offer their sufferings for the conversion of sinners. strongly was devoted to meditate on the Passion and Death of Jesus. And henceforth their suffering is turned in a source of spiritual joy and his "weapon" and "network" to remove sinners the way to hell and bring them to heaven. He said that Holy Communion and meditation on the Passion of Our Lord were the two sources granted him the value, joy and peace.
The disease was invading his body. A sore he was tearing the skin. He lost the sight in one eye and the other was again so sensitive to light that could not bear even the reflection of the flame of a candle. I was completely paralyzed and could only move a little left arm. In the terrible cold of winter in the Netherlands was sometimes in such a state of cooling tears froze on his cheek. Left shoulder was very painful abscess formed and the most acute neuritis (or inflammation of nerves) caused him excruciating pain. It seemed as alive as a corpse was decaying. But nobody looked sad or discouraged, but rather the opposite: happy to bring suffering for Christ's sake and for the conversion of sinners. And strangely, despite his illness was so destructive, he felt around him a pleasant aroma that filled the soul desire to pray and meditate. They old newly paralyzed chronic Liduvina dreamed one night that our Lord intended: "To pay for your sins and conversion of sinners, what do you prefer, 38 years old or crippled in bed 38 hours in purgatory?". And she replied: "I prefer 38 hours in purgatory." And he felt that he was going to die and began to suffer purgatory. And it took 38 hours and 380 hours and 3.800 hours and martyrdom did not end, and finally asked an angel passing by, "Why Our Lord would not have satisfied the contract we did? He told me to come 38 hours to purgatory and I've 3.800 hours. "The angel went and found and returned with this response:" How many hours do you think you have been in Purgatory? "Then 3.800! Do you know how long you died? not even five minutes ago he died. His body is still warm and not cold. His family still do not know that you are dead. Do not been five minutes and imagine that van 3.800 ?. " On hearing this answer, Liduvina got scared and cried, my God, then I prefer estarme crippled 38 years on earth. Awoke. And indeed he was paralyzed 38 years and those who sympathized answered them: "Be careful because the Divine Justice in the afterlife is very severe. Do not offend God, because the punishment that awaits sinners in the Eternity is a terrible thing that we can not even imagine.
Jesus in the Eucharist 1421, or 12 years before his death, the civil authorities of Schiedam (the people) published a document that said: "We certify the statements of many witnesses, that during the past seven years, Liduvina has not eaten or drunk anything , and does so today. He lives only to receive Holy Communion. "
Santa Liduvina, paralyzed and suffering terribly in her sickbed, gifts received from God to announce the future to many people and to heal many sick, pray for them. At 12 years of being sick and suffering, ecstasy and began to have visions. While the body was lifeless, in the ecstasy talking to God with the Sma. Madonna and her guardian angel. Sometimes he received from God the grace to witness the suffering that Jesus suffered in His Holy Passion. Sometimes watching the suffering of souls in purgatory, and sometimes allowed him to see some of the joys that await us in heaven.
say who wrote his biography after each ecstasy stated more and more in his "calling" to save souls through suffering offered to God, and that the end of each of these visions increased the pains of his illness but also increased the love with which our Lord gave everything .
changed the holy priest who both helped by a less holy, less sympathetic, he began to say that Liduvina was a liar who invented what he said. The people rose in revolt to defend their holy and authorities to avoid problems, appointed an investigative committee composed of individuals very seriously. Investigators said she told the whole truth and that his case was extraordinary could not be explained without a supernatural intervention. And so the fame of the saint grew and spread.
the past seven months in Santa Liduvina could not sleep not even an hour because of his tremendous pain. But never ceased to raise their prayer to God, uniting their sufferings to the sufferings of Christ on the Cross.
And the April 14, 1433, Easter day shortly before three in the afternoon, went holy to eternity. A few days before beheld in a vision that in eternity you were weaving a beautiful crown of awards. But even had to suffer a little. In those days soldiers came and insulted and mistreated. She offered all God with great patience and then heard a voice saying: "With this suffering has been complete your crown. You can die in peace."
The last request he made to the doctor before he died was that his house became a hospital for the poor. And it was done. And his fame spread and many places in life after death and his miracles made it very popular. It has a large temple in Schiedam. Was honored to write the biography of writer Thomas a Kempis, author of famous book "Imitation of Christ."
Prayer
Santa Liduvina: Obtain for us from God the grace to accept with patience our sufferings as payment for our sins and to make the conversion and salvation of many wicked.
Personal Author:
Today
14 at 8 am, I had an appointment for a complicated operation and quee priori has to do with the gut "colon." Before the operation, we must make a series of preparations for the time they reach the operating room, the bowel is completely clean and you can view and work best in those 1.5 meters. Even today, at 2 in the morning, between bath and bed .... I remembered that I had to meet this obligation nbendita which is to comment on the story of one of the saints of the day. What is my surprise when I find that today, April 14, is Santa Liduvina. The name, told me not naad, or in my time of seminar or reading the Magnificat. That did not stop to read your story and know that Adeem is the PATRON OF PATIENTS WITH CHRONIC DISEASE, I was impressed, both reaching the operating room so lively that I did not care or bother me prick the fifth attempt, the good, the girl who pretended aneestesiarme ...
The results have been magnificent. But that's another story. Ees important thing that patients with chronic diseases is an example to sehguir and uplifting, I do, with our Santa Patron. Santa Liduvina!
Sources: Divine Lighting
Catholic Saints Angel Corbalán
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