{"id":788,"date":"2016-04-26T22:01:41","date_gmt":"2016-04-27T04:01:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost:8888\/amormisericordioso\/?page_id=788"},"modified":"2020-12-16T15:14:41","modified_gmt":"2020-12-16T21:14:41","slug":"the-sons-and-the-sanctuary","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/www.amormisericordioso.org\/en\/blessed-esperanza-of-jesus\/the-sons-and-the-sanctuary\/","title":{"rendered":"The Sons and the Sanctuary"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Sons and the Sanctuary<\/h1>
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On 24 February 1951, she writes again,\u00a0\u201cThe Good Jesus has told me \u2026 that the moment has come to realize the foundation of the Congregation of the Sons of his Merciful Love, and the first one of them will be\u00a0Alfred di Penta<\/b><\/i>.\u201d After the initial shock, Alfred joyfully accepts the Lord\u2019s plans. At his age, he had to go study in the Seminary of Viterbo; although this was not easy for him, a few years later, he celebrated his First Mass in the Sanctuary of Collevalenza.<\/p>\n

On 15 August 1951<\/b>, in the chapel of the Sisters in Rome,\u00a0the first Sons of Merciful Love made their first vows<\/b>. Then, three days later, on 18 August, they and a few Sisters settled in Collevalenza, a small village in the Italian region of Umbria.<\/p>\n

The baggage was always the same:\u00a0great faith, enormous joy and the firm determination to follow the Lord\u2019s indications, if necessary, up to the end of the world<\/b>. How many times did she ask the Lord, \u201cWhy did you bring me here?\u201d Today, the answer is clear.<\/p>\n

This village had less than a thousand inhabitants, most of who lived in farmhouses. It was well known in the region for its little forest of oak trees, the\u00a0\u201cRoccolo,\u201d<\/b>\u00a0where hunters used to fill their sacks with birds they caught in their nets. That is where Jesus gave her the first explanation,\u00a0\u201cEsperanza, we are going to transform this \u2018roccolo\u2019 into a place to capture souls. They will come here in flocks, as numerous as these birds. Here, they must come to know me better.\u201d<\/i><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/p><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>

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