May 8
Maria Teresa Demjanovich (1901–1927)
Religious
Practical advice
Choose a small obligation today and fulfill it with conscious love, without waiting for an extraordinary occasion.
Biography
An American religious from a Slovak family, María Teresa Demjanovich united in her life the Eastern Greek-Catholic tradition and the consecrated life of the Latin rite. After graduating and teaching, she joined the Sisters of Charity of Saint Elizabeth. Although she died while still a novice, her spiritual director recognized her exceptional understanding of the interior life and asked her to prepare conferences for the community; These texts would later form the book The Greater Perfection. He taught that holiness is available to everyone through grace and daily fidelity.
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