On February 15, 2018, together with the Daughters of Saint Paul and the entire Pauline Family, we shared the Eucharistic Celebration in the Sanctuary of the Queen of Apostles, praising the Lord for the life of Venerable Sr. Tecla Merlo, on the 54th anniversary of her death.
The celebration was presided by Bishop Angelo De Donatis (Vicar of His Holiness for the Diocese of Rome) which, through the sharing of the Word, enabled us to revisit that moment of the meeting with Christ that moved Sr. Tecla to follow him for her entire life, and which, also for us, is the root and source from which we draw our own personal response to the Lord today.
The invitation to holiness has been handed on to us in the gift of the novena requesting the intercession of Venerable Tecla Merlo, reminding us of her own words: “God does not give you what you ask, but what you believe”.