Libretto della Celebrazione - Vaticano

continuous union with Jesus Christ. Her mortifications were very
severe. She carried constantly on her body the signs of the Lord’s
crucifixion. She had a firm faith and admirable hope. The doctors
were amazed that she could have lived so long with so little food.
Her body remained supple for a long time and from it came a
pleasant scent, and in front of it many graces were granted. The city
of Lima acclaimed her as a saint, as did the people of Guayaquil and
Nobol. The Dominican Sisters of Patrocinio guarded the memory of
her virtues and her tomb with great veneration until her body,
practically incorrupt, was transferred to Guayaquil in 1955. The
documents of the diocesan process of canonization were handed
over to the Congregation for the Causes of Saints in 1964. Pope John
Paul II beatified her on 25 th October 1992. On 22 nd August 1998 they
dedicated a shrine in her honour in Nobol, where her incorrupt body
is at present. Devotion to the “Niña Narcisa” shows the spontaneous
identification of ordinary people with this woman from the Ecuadorian
coast. The example of her life, pure and pious, of work and
apostolate, sends out a very topical message.
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