A nun on television – El Colombiano

I remember in the 90s, several times zapping I was with a somewhat elderly nun who spoke from a studio. Despite my faith, I thought beforehand that it would be very boring to hear “sermons” of a religious in the midst of television offer

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Once, in January 1999 decided stay watching Mother Angelica and discovered that it was an educational and very entertaining program that combined very simple, wise words about faith and seasoned with his characteristic sense of humor.

last Sunday Easter, the life of Mother Angelica went out and born to eternal life. He was 92.

In the program stared at me this time, this religious shared some of her sisters in her community had cancer. Instead of sadness he looked much peace in his heart. He said with certainty that we were all called to go to heaven, but that this depended on each and if not we succeeded, our empty space would remain there forever. “You can go to heaven hating anyone. Forgive now, “he once said. So I started to get hooked with their programs and to investigate who was this religious.

She founded in 1981 the channel Eternal World Television Network, EWTN. It started in the garage of his convent with 20 employees and no money. Donations came unexpectedly. He was always convinced that if the Spirit had inspired, resources appear. Today EWTN transmits its programming 24 hours in 144 countries and has about 400 employees.

Her name was Rita Rizzo. He suffered the divorce of his parents when he was six. His childhood and adolescence were marked by poverty and instability. And amid these conditions he discovered the call to be religious. At 21 he joined the community of Poor Clares of Perpetual Adoration in Cleveland, Ohio, where he took the name of Mother Angelica.

After an accident in the convent where she lived, Mother Angelica ran the risk of not being able to walk again and decided promise to God that if cured, founded a monastery in the southern United States, known as the “Bible belt” zone, where Catholics represent only two percent . And in 1961 he founded the Monastery of Our Lady of the Angels in Irondale, Alabama. Eight years later he dabbled in radio for WBRC chain. He also founded the community of the Franciscan Missionaries of the Eternal Word.

Mother Angelica suffered a stroke in 2001 that left her bedridden for 15 years.

You killed a big one. A nun who worked, even from his deathbed to his compatriots and thousands of people around the world were closer to God.

He has taught us that faith is a treasure that is shared and It needs not be relegated only to the private sphere. From the walls of her convent full of faith carried messages to thousands of homes around the world. Today life is what once said in one of his programs: “I guess it should be dying: be ready and be able to look back to the struggles of life and know that God was your constant companion.”