Blessed Esperanza de Jesus
Also known as
- Giuseppa Alhama Valera
- María Esperanza Of Jesus
- María Josefa Alhama Valera
- Speranza di Gesù
Profile
Founded the Handmaids of Merciful Love in 1930. Founded the Sons of Merciful Love in 1951.
Born
- 30 September 1893 in Santomera, Murcia, Spain as Josefa Alhama Valera
- 23 April 2002 by Pope John Paul II (decree of heroic virtues)
- 31 May 2014 by Pope Francis
- beatification recognition celebrated at the Sanctuary of Merciful Love, Collevallenza, Perugia, Italy, presided by Cardinal Angelo Amato
Readings
Father of Mercy and God of all consolation, we thank you because, through the life and the word of the Mother Esperanza of Jesus, you call us to your Merciful Love. Give us the same confidence in your paternal love and, if it is in your plans to give her the glory that you offer to whoever is faithful to your Spirit and reveals Jesus’ goodness to the world, through her intercession, grant to us the grace…(ask for the grace you wish to obtain through the intercession of the Mother Esperanza). We ask this of you, trusting in the help of Mary, Mediatrix of the Mercy we will sing eternally. (Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory Be) – prayer for the intercession of Mother Esperanza, nulla obstat by Bishop Decio Lucio Grandoni, Diocese of Orvieto-Todi, 8 February 1984
MLA Citation
- “Blessed Esperanza de Jesus“. CatholicSaints.Info. 10 April 2015. Web. 22 April 2018. <>