Consolata Betrone

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Consolata Betrone (born Pierina Betrone), mystic and nun of the Franciscan Capuchine order, was born in Saluzzo, Piedmont, Italy, on 6 April 1903, and died in the convent of Moriondo, Testona, on 18 July 1946.^[1]

In her reported religious experiences, she would listen to Jesus and then repeat all her messages to her confessor, the missionary priest Father Lorenzo Sales. She is known for her prayer: "Jesus, Mary, I love you: Save souls". After Sister Consolata's death, Father Lorenzo Sales wrote the book "Jesus Appeals to the World" based on her reported messages ^[2]

For Frithjof Schuon, the message of Consolata Betrone is a central one for our epoch, since it links the way of spiritual childlikeness of Saint Therese of Lisieux with the invocatory path (see in this respect "Ye Shall know the Truth: Christianity and the Perennial Philosophy", by Mateus Soares de Azevedo, USA, 2005, p. 267-8).

Her perpetual prayer/invocation was: "Jesus-Mary, I love thee, save souls". She was one of the great contemplatives of the twentieth century, together with Padre Pio the stigmatist, sheikh Ahmad al-Alawi, the Hindu sage Shri Ramana Maharshi, and the Sioux medicine man Black Elk (see "Frithjof Schuon et les grandes figures spirituelles du XXe. siècle", by Mateus Soares de Azevedo).

In 1995 Cardinal Giovanni Saldarini started the canonical process of beatification for Sister Consolata Betrone.^[3]

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• Faith of the Saints - Consolata Betrone

• "Jesus Appeals to the World": From the Writings of Sr. Consolata Betrone