Religious of the Work of Love – Obra de Amor

Religious of the Work of Love –  Sister María Marcelina of the Holy Spirit, O.A.                                                                                                    Obra de Amor                                                                                                              “All for Mary with absolute fidelity to the Holy Spirit”                

Foundress:  Madre María Luisa de Jesús y de Corazón Inmaculado                                                                     (Mother Maria Luisa of Jesus and the Immaculate Heart)

Place:  Cáceres, Spain

Year:  1975 A.D.

Her Charism:  This contemplative nun aims to achieve the perfection of love through an absolute and total fidelity to the Holy Spirit, speaking to each divine order she “receives” in imitation of Mary, the Handmaid of the Lord.  In this offering of her life imitating the Blessed Mother of God, she prays for priests and the conversion and salvation of souls.  Her contemplative Marian – Eucharistic spirituality revolves around the mystery of the Incarnation and the words,  “Let it be done unto me according to Your Word.”  She consecrates her sewing and embroidery of liturgical vestments as labors of her love.  And she realizes that holiness is not the sublime lights nor the extraordinary mortifications and sacrifices, but the constant fidelity to pleasing God and giving Him her best effort.