Mariana de Paredes y Flores naci\u00f3 en Quito (Ecuador) el 31 de octubre de 1618 en el seno de una familia noble de origen espa\u00f1ol, con linaje andaluz y castellano.<\/p>\n
Prodigio de piedad, gracias a la precoz madurez de su esp\u00edritu, ya a los diez a\u00f1os hab\u00eda hecho votos de pobreza, castidad y obediencia. El ejemplo de los misioneros la cautiv\u00f3, encendi\u00f3 su alma y la llen\u00f3 de los m\u00e1s elevados anhelos, que se manifestaron en fervientes oraciones, extraordinarias contemplaciones y otros dones m\u00edsticos, combinados con tales austeridades que incluso enumerarlas provocar\u00eda profundo asombro.<\/p>\n
No vivi\u00f3 en un convento, pues la Providencia la dispuso permanecer en medio del mundo, pero aspiraba a la perfecci\u00f3n como la m\u00e1s devota religiosa. No fue solo una figura hist\u00f3rica, sino que hoy en Ecuador se la considera una hero\u00edna nacional.<\/p>\n
Tambi\u00e9n se esforz\u00f3 por evangelizar a los pueblos ind\u00edgenas. Posteriormente, ingresando en la Tercera Orden de San Francisco, se dedic\u00f3 con gran generosidad al cuidado de los pobres y a la asistencia espiritual de sus conciudadanos.<\/p>\n
En 1645, Quito fue azotada primero por un terremoto que caus\u00f3 la muerte de cerca de dos mil personas, y luego por un terrible brote de peste. Posteriormente, el padre Alonso de Rojas, su confesor, ofreci\u00f3 p\u00fablicamente su vida por la salvaci\u00f3n del pa\u00eds; pero Mariana, sentada ante el p\u00falpito, se levant\u00f3 y declar\u00f3 que tomar\u00eda su lugar, considerando que el ministerio sacerdotal era de mayor importancia. Poco despu\u00e9s, enferm\u00f3, mientras los desastres llegaban a su fin. Con tan solo veintis\u00e9is a\u00f1os, hab\u00eda entregado su vida por su amada ciudad.<\/p>\n
La noticia se extendi\u00f3 con gran rapidez, y el propio sacerdote la present\u00f3 como una hero\u00edna. Su holocausto de caridad se erigi\u00f3 como un ejemplo para toda la naci\u00f3n.<\/p>\n
Fue beatificada el 20 de noviembre de 1853 por el beato papa P\u00edo IX y canonizada por el papa P\u00edo XII el 9 de junio de 1950.<\/p>\n
Festividad:<\/strong> 26 de mayo.<\/p>\n Fuente:<\/em><\/p>\n https:\/\/www.causesanti.va\/it\/santi-e-beati\/maria-anna-di-gesu-de-paredes.html<\/a><\/p>\n Imagen de Santa Mariana de Jes\u00fas tomada de un \u00f3leo (hacia 1926) de V\u00edctor Mideros. (Wikipedia, dominio p\u00fablico universal).<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Mariana de Paredes y Flores naci\u00f3 en Quito (Ecuador) el 31 de octubre de 1618 en el seno de una familia noble de origen espa\u00f1ol, con linaje andaluz y castellano. Prodigio de piedad, gracias a la precoz madurez de su esp\u00edritu, ya a los diez a\u00f1os hab\u00eda hecho votos de pobreza, castidad y obediencia. 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