She was a loving, sacrificing woman who also knew how to be both serious and lively. During her earthly life she had received visions from the lord that spoke of his unfathomable love for the world. She lived as a sister in the society of the sacred heart only four years, and in so hidden a way that the world ought never to have heard of her, and even in her own community she should soon have been forgotten. In her diary she noted on april, 1923 that a soul of purgatory had asked her a few weeks earlier for some supplications to be liberated from punishment. Sister josefa was a spanish nun of the society of the sacred heart and lived only four years as a religious, at the convent of les feuillants in poitiers, france, where she died at the age of 33. Sister josefa menendez 4 february 1890 29 december 1923 was a catholic nun and mystic. Jesus lament over mans indifference excerpts from the way of divine love, and more on. Sister josefa menendez was a coadjutrix nun and author of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. In 1920, at 30, she entered the society of the sacred heart of jesus in poitiers. Sister josefa menendez was born on february 4, 1890 in madrid, spain. Non dimenticare, figlia mia, che tutto quello che accade rientra sempre nei disegni di dio s.
On 29th december 1923, sister josefa menendez, died at the age of thirtythree at the convent of les feuillants, poitiers. At the age of twenty she decided to enter among the religious of the sacred heart, but due to economic problems she had to remain with her family. Nata da una famiglia cristiana a madrid ha dovuto soffrire per molte prove. Or the message of the sacred heart to the world and a short biography of his messenger, and i wait for you. Per amor loro ho voluto rimanere prigioniero nel tabernacolo. Sister josefa menendezs description of hell the following material is quoted verbatim from the bookway of divine love of sister josefa menendez 18901923. The miraculous power of sister josefa menendez 18901923 is truly spectacular. So christ used the work of josefa to cultivate the soil of his church, to familiarize it with the devotion to his divine mercy through the writings of sister josefa menendez. This page is to promote the wonderful book way of divine love by sr josefa menendez, and her cause of canonization.
She was born to a christian family in madrid, where she suffered various trials. At a very young age, josefa decided to completely dedicate her heart and soul to jesus, and to give herself to him by becoming his bride. In 1920, at 29, she entered the society of the sacred heart of jesus in poitiers. On 29th december 1923, sister josefa menendez, when thirtythree years old, died a holy death at the convent of les feuillants, poitiers. Then, in 1980 christ went public in a powerful way with this special devotion, through the. On february 5, 1920 she entered the novitiate of the society of the sacred heart in poitiers, france. She was born to a christian family in madrid, where she.
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