A very happy feast
of Blessed Maria Romero Meneses to you people of good will, desiring to go out
to the peripheries of the world like Maria to touch the hearts of the poor and
the downtrodden. Sr. Maria Romero is
a successful daughter of Mary Help of Christians because she incarnates in an
original and concrete way the dream of Don Bosco and Mary Mazzarello through
her continuous work for the poor and the needy. She is a woman of our times,
born in Nicaragua in a well-to-do family and spent her life as a daughter of
Mary Help of Christians in Costa Rica amidst the poorest.
Captivated by God,
she dedicated herself to Him whole-heartedly, serving Him in the poorest, with
a sense of responsibility and honesty. Her artistic nature, expressed itself
above all in the music, the piano and the violin. She was also equally adept at
accounts and constructions. Unforeseen events and obstacles put her courage to
the test. A woman of the beatitudes, Sr. Maria made herself poor and one with
the poor. She trained a group of youngsters to be ‘little missionaries’ to
carry forward the mission of evangelization.
Praised be the Lord
for our dear Sr. Maria
the little mystic called
‘nica-tica’
cheerful yet reserved, from
Granada of Nicaragua
where the little ‘nica’ was
born
and contemplative – active
woman of Costa Rica
from where ‘tica’ did great
things.
Praised be the Lord
for our Sr. Maria
because for her you were
the SUN who illumined the night
persistently seeking you in
HOLINESS
in humility, pleasing you;
discovering new ways of fraternity
in carrying out little and
great works
praising you with ‘ home
–made’ PSALMS
and whispering secret words
of love.
