Orden de San Benito, Hialeah

MOTHER MARY LANGE The Cause of Canonization Elizabeth Clarisse Lange (aka Mother Mary Lange of the Oblate Sisters of Providence) Born circa 1784- died February 3, 1882  We do not know very much about Elizabeth Lange’s early life. Recent research points to Santiago de Cuba as her birthplace. Most likely she grew up in the French speaking area of the city. Because she was well educated we believe that she came from a family of some means and social standing. In the early1800’s young Elizabeth left Cuba to seek peace and security in the United States. Providence directed her to Baltimore, Maryland where great influxes of French-speaking Catholic refugees from the Haitian Revolution were settling. Mother Mary Lange practiced faith to an extraordinary degree. In fact, it was her deep faith which enabled her to persevere against all odds. To her black brothers and sisters she gave of herself and her material possessions until she was empty of all but Jesus, whom she shared generously wit...

Salmo 33, 2-3.4-5.6-7  R. Dios libra a los justos de sus angustias. Bendigo al Señor en todo momento, su alabanza está siempre en mi boca; mi alma se gloria en el Señor: que los humildes lo escuchen y se alegren. R. Proclamad conmigo la grandeza del Señor, ensalcemos juntos su nombre. Yo consulté al Señor, y me respondió, me libró de todas mis ansias. R. Contempladlo, y quedaréis radiantes, vuestro rostro no se avergonzará. Si el afligido invoca al Señor, él lo escucha y lo salva de sus angustias. R. “ Donde está tu tesoro allí estará tu corazón ” San Mateo 6,19-23 En aquel tiempo, dijo Jesús a sus discípulos: «No atesoréis para vosotros tesoros en la tierra, donde la polilla y la carcoma los roen, donde los ladrones abren boquetes y los roban. Atesorad tesoros en el cielo, donde no hay polilla ni carcoma que se los roen, ni ladrones que abran boquetes y roban. Porque donde está tu tesoro allí estará tu corazón. La lámpara del cuerpo es el ojo. Si tu ojo está sano, tu cuerpo entero...