Blessed Laura Vicuña

真福羅蘭·衛冠納

紀念日 / Memorial date

一月二十二日

January 22

Blessed Laura Vicuña

真福羅蘭·衛冠納

紀念日：

一月二十二日

Memorial Date:

January 22

真福羅蘭·衛冠納

羅蘭．衛冠納1891年4月5日生於智利的聖地牙哥。年幼時父親突然離世，她母親帶著兩個女兒，到阿根廷尋求庇護。

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1900年她入讀母佑會在猶寧開設的學校。第二年她初領聖體，一如聖多明我沙維豪一樣，她定志要全心愛天主，刻苦自己，寧死不犯罪，要人認識耶穌及爲耶穌所受的凌辱作補贖，也曾私下發願度福音勸諭生活。當她意識到自己的母親正處身於罪惡之中，她爲母親的回頭悔改，毅然願意奉獻自己的生命。

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祈達理神父(Fr. Crestanello)，第一位爲她立傳的人，這樣描述當時的羅蘭：「羅蘭心中隱藏着痛苦，一天她決定將生命獻出，甘願接受死亡，爲換取母親靈魂的得救。她懇求我降福她這熱切的盼望，但我遲疑了很久。」

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她的苦心，得到了天主的允許。1904年1月22日在猶寧因肺結核病安逝。在她生命最後一夜，她向母親吐露這秘密：「媽媽，我就要死了！不久前請求了耶穌將我的性命給他，為了得到你回頭歸向天主。媽媽，在我死前，你可以給我見到你回頭的喜樂嗎？」就在羅蘭出殯那一天，她母親領了聖事，開始新生活。羅蘭的遺體安放在阿根廷Bahia Blance 母佑會(修女)的聖堂內。

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1988年9月3日，教宗聖若望保祿二世立羅蘭．衛冠納為「真福」，並表揚她爲青年福音生活模範，忠於福音的救贖使命，甚至獻出自己的生命。

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祈禱

無限仁慈的天父，你在少年羅蘭・衛冠納身上，奇妙地綜合了意志的勇毅和心靈的純潔；求你因她的轉求，賞賜我們勇氣去克服生命的一切困惑，並向世界見證：心裡潔淨的人是有福的，因為他們要親眼看見你。因你的聖子、我們的主耶穌基督，他和你及聖神，是唯一天主，永生永王。亞孟。

Blessed Laura Vicuña

Laura was born in Santiago, Chile, in 1891. Laura’s father died suddenly when she was still just a small child. Mrs. Vicuna, with her two daughters, sought refuge in Argentina. In 1900, the Salesian Sisters welcomed Laura Vicuña into their college in Junin de los Andes. The following year, Laura received her First Communion, and like St. Dominic Savio, she took the resolution to love God with her whole heart, to mortify herself and to die rather than sin. Laura wanted to make Jesus known and make reparation for the offenses Jesus receives.

When she realized that her mother was living in a sinful situation, Laura offered her life to God for her mother’s conversion.

According to Fr. Crestanello, the first to write a biography of Laura Vicuña, “Laura suffered secretly in her heart. One day she decided to offer her life and to accept death willingly, in exchange for the salvation of her mother. She begged me to bless this ardent desire of hers. I hesitated for a long time.” Laura grew in virtue and, with the consent of her confessor, privately vowed to live the three vows professed by religious Sisters, poverty, chastity, and obedience. Worn out with sacrifice and ill health, she died in Junin de los Andes, Argentina, on January 22, 1904.

During Laura’s last night, she confided to her mother: “Mommy, I am dying! I asked this of Jesus, some time ago, and offered my life to Him for you, that you might return to God... Mommy, will you give me that joy before I die?” On the day of Laura’s funeral, her mother returned to the Sacraments and began a new life. Laura Vicuña’s remains lie in the chapel of the Salesian Sisters in Bahia Blanca, Argentina.

On September 3, 1988, St. Pope John Paul II beatified Laura Vicuña. The Pope proposed her as a model of evangelical courage, to the point of giving one’s life, for the mission of salvation.

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