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Born as Isabel to Spanish
immigrants to the New World. A beautiful girl and devoted daughter, she
was so devoted to her vow of chastity, she used pepper and lye to ruin her
complexion so she would not be attractive. Lived and meditated in a
garden, raising vegetables and making embroidered items to sell to support
her family and help the other poor. Dominican tertiary. Mystic. Visionary.
Received invisible stigmata. Suffered from assorted physical and mental
ailments. First saint born in the Americas. Founder of social work in
Peru. Great devotion to Saint Catherine of Siena.
Born: 1586 at Lima, Peru as Isabel
Died: 24 August 1617 at Lima, Peru
Canonized: 2 April 1671 by Pope Clement X
Name Meaning: rose
Patronage
against vanity, Americas, Central America, embroiderers, florists,
gardeners, India, Latin America, needle workers, New World, people
ridiculed for their piety, Peru, Philippines, diocese of Santa Rosa
California, South America, vanity, Villareal Samar Philippines, West
Indies
Representation
anchor Holy Infant; roses; Dominican tertiary holding roses; Dominican
tertiary accompanied by the Holy Infant
Readings
Lord, increase my sufferings, and with them increase Your love in my
heart.
Saint Rose of Lima
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Apart from the cross there is no other ladder by which we may get to
heaven.
Saint Rose of Lima
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Our Lord and Savior lifted up his voice and said with incomparable
majesty: "Let all men know that grace comes after tribulation. Let them
know that without the burden of afflictions it is impossible to reach the
height of grace. Let them know that the gifts of grace increase as the
struggles increase. Let men take care not to stray and be deceived. This
is the only true stairway to paradise, and without the cross they can find
no road to climb to heaven."
When I heard these words, a strong force came upon me and seemed to place
me in the middle of a street, so that I might say in a loud voice to
people of every age, sex and status: "Hear, O people; hear, O nations. I
am warning you about the commandment of Christ by using words that came
from his own lips: We cannot obtain grace unless we suffer afflictions. We
must heap trouble upon trouble to attain a deep participation in the
divine nature, the glory of the sons of God and perfect happiness of
soul."
"If only mortals would learn how great it is to possess divine grace, how
beautiful, how noble, how precious. How many riches it hides within
itself, how many joys and delights! No one would complain about his cross
or about troubles that may happen to him, if he would come to know the
scales on which they are weighed when they are distributed to men."
from the writings of Saint Rose of Lima
source:
http://www.catholic-forum.com/saints/saintr04.htm
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