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Quote of the day, 29 May: Blessed Elia of St. Clement Fracasso

On the night before her First Communion—7 May 1911—young Teodora Fracasso had a mysterious dream that she revealed only years later: the Servant of God Thérèse of the Child Jesus, not yet canonized at the time, appeared to her and said prophetically, “You will be a nun like me.”

The next day, 8 May, Teodora received the Eucharist for the first time. She would later describe it this way:

“Enveloped in a cloud of incense that seemed to hide me from the world, I drew near for the first time to the Banquet of the Angels… I believed I was in Heaven, enjoying the embrace of the good God… I felt the delicate and tender kiss of love from Jesus touch my forehead like a lily petal… my exiled heart seemed ready to break and fly into the arms of Eternal Love… I did not know whether it was the Heart of the good Jesus beating within me, or mine, lost in Him.”

From her earliest years, God spoke to Teodora’s soul in the language of love and dream, preparing that hidden garden which would one day blossom in the silence of Carmel.

Blessed Elia of Saint Clement

From a Triduum of Prayer in honor of Blessed Elia

Note: Blessed Elia of St. Clement received her First Communion on 8 May 1911 at age 10.

Translation from the Italian text is the blogger’s own work product and may not be reproduced without permission.

Featured image: Blessed Elia of St. Clement holds her profession cross in this photo from the Carmel of St. Joseph in Bari, Italy. Image credit: Discalced Carmelites

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Who can possibly say what I felt last night? … from time to time I woke up and looked to see if the dawn was breaking, then I fell asleep and in the placid sleep I seemed to hear a harmony of heaven, a song of Angels … and my heart, purified by the most precious blood of the Nazarene, enjoyed these heavenly delights […] The little birds with their songful trills announced the dawn of a day, dear to my heart; one of those most beautiful and unforgettable days of my life … Wrapped in a cloud of incense that seemed to hide me from creation, I approached the Banquet of Angels for the first time … As soon as I received the white Host in my palpitating heart, everything disappeared … I thought I was in Heaven enjoying the embraces of the good Lord … I felt Jesus’ delicate and tender kiss of love brushing against my forehead like a lily petal … indeed I was lost like an atom in the air, or rather like a dewdrop thrown into the ocean. My exiled heart seemed to break, and to fly away into the bosom of Eternal love … so that I knew not whether it was the heart of the good Jesus that throbbed in me, or mine lost in Him.

Blessed Elia of Saint Clement

From the writings of Blessed Elia

Note: Blessed Elia of St. Clement, a Discalced Carmelite nun, received her First Communion on 8 May 1911 at age 10 after a long preparation. The night before, she dreamed of St. Thérèse of the Child Jesus who predicted: “You will be a nun like me.”

Translation from the Italian text is the blogger’s own work product and may not be reproduced without permission.

Featured image: Blessed Elia of St. Clement holds her profession cross in this photo from the Carmel of St. Joseph in Bari, Italy. Image credit: Discalced Carmelites

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