Saint Teresa of Jesus of the Andes 
Religious (
1920 Anno Domini A.D.) Feast: 12 April
"It is impossible to describe what took place between my soul & Jesus . I asked him a thousand times if he would take me, & I experienced his dear voice for the first time." Beautiful, vivacious Juanita Fernandez Solar was born in Chile in 1900 A.D. She conceived an early love 
for God, & yearned for her first Holy Communion 
https://teresadelosandes.org/1english/saint-icone.php
But she was only 7, & at the time, this meant that her desire was not fulfilled until she was 10. In a moving account of her First Communion day, she recalled how she began by asking forgiveness from each member of her family, including the servants, for any pain she had caused by bad behavior. Her heart expanded with love as she received the Eucharist . She concluded, "That very happy day…will be the unique day of my life…Since that first embrace 
…"
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" Jesus 
did not let me go but took me for himself." At age 18, she entered the Carmelites, taking the name Teresa of Jesus. Full of ardor, she began what a biographer calls "an apostolate of letter writing." 
"When Jesus is loved, everything is joy!" she wrote, encouraging her family & friends to find the happiness of God's friendship. She died at age 19, & is Chile 's first saint. Her epitaph reads: 
"El Amor es Más Fuerte" ("Love is stronger")
God of joy, through the intercession of Saint Teresa of Jesus of the Andes , may each of us experience the lasting embrace of Jesus in the Eucharist 
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