Blessed Conchita, a faithful echo of the Sorrowful Mother

In his homily for the beatification of Maria Concepcion Cabrera de Armida, the Prefect of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints portrays the new blessed as wife, mother, widow–and an inspirer of religious institutes and apostolic initiatives like no other.

Maria Concepcion Cabrera de Armida knew to choose God with an absolute love, and put Him at the center of her life, while caring for her family and her home. How was the new blessed able to do all that was required of her? Cardinal Angelo Becciu said she succeeded because “she did not follow her own inspirations, however holy, but conformed to God’s plan for her.” …

Cardinal Becciu recalled her concern for the poor, her care for the material and spiritual needs of the sick and dying, and her constant commitment to assisting the poor and needy. Her heart was open to all those she encountered…

But all this was possible only by accepting and offering up her own suffering, Cardinal Becciu said. He concluded his homily by speaking about how Blessed Conchita was able to understand “the science of the Cross.” As an echo of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of Sorrows, she “was aware that every sorrow, great or small, had already been experienced by Jesus on the Cross; and in Him she was able to find strength and meaning.”

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