God Above All: The Life of Venerable Mother Maria Felix

Meet the brilliant, fiery, and heroic Ven. Mother María Félix Torres of Spain (1907–2001), whose life is compared to St Ignatius of Loyola’s and who desired to belong to a Society of Jesus for women. Surmounting great obstacles, she founded the religious institute Company of the Saviour and Mater Salvatoris Colleges — with convents and schools in Europe, Africa, and the Americas — following the steps of the saints and missionaries of the Society of Jesus. Even as a child, María was gifted with an aptitude for learning and bore a great capacity to love. She was full of life in her close-knit family, and experienced God’s presence powerfully with her First Communion, developing from that moment a special devotion to our Lord. As she began reading spiritual books and practising devotions at boarding school, María’s life was transformed. She sought from there to live for “the greater glory of God,” even as a chemist in the world of academia. In these fascinating pages which read like a novel, you will gain: Gratitude and joy, realizing how deeply you are loved as a child of God Fortitude, in seeing how María overcame her resistance in following God’s call Serenity, in regarding the peaceful way she dealt with her sufferings and imperfections Inspiration, through María’s apostolic fervour among atheists at her university Encouragement, in how God guided María on the tortuous road of discerning her vocation Courage, in seeing how she practised the Faith clandestinely in a time of persecution Zeal, via María’s tireless desire to set others afire for the glory of God Rekindled faith, through her mysticism and devotion to the Blessed Sacrament Your passion for evangelism will soar when you read María’s accounts of bringing the knowledge and love of Christ to others during periods of political instability in Venezuela and severe religious persecution in Spain, when many faithful were martyred and convents and religious schools were looted and burned. By her witness through daily financial struggles, health issues, and times of incomprehension and trouble that deeply pierced her heart, Mother María’s example will spur you on in the pursuit of holiness. And through her heart-pounding and harrowing real-life adventures, you will see how she cherished and protected the greatest secret of all.

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