St Teresa of the Andes was a Carmelite nun who died on this date (April 12) at the age of 19 in the country of Chile in South America. She is the first saint canonized from that country. Pope John Paul II named her as a patron saint of the youth. At her canonization in 1993, Pope John Paul II spoke about her joyful youthful enthusiasm and the great example of faith she gives to the youth of our modern era. We pray for our St Jude youth and ask for her prayers for us. She wrote in a letter: "A soul united to Jesus and identified with him can do everything. It seems to me that this can be reached only by prayer.” She also wrote: “I am God’s. He created me and is my beginning and my end.” She died of typhus during Holy Week. More than 100,000 pilgrims visit her shrine each year. We lift up our youth to the prayers and intercessions of St Teresa of the Andes.
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