It was May 2, 1925, when the now Blessed Teresa of the Child Jesus and Saint John of the Cross entered the Monastery of Saint Joseph in Guadalajara. Her journey was short but fruitful, for only after eleven years of religious life did she complete her offering with martyrdom, along with Blessed María Pilar of Saint Francis Borgia and Blessed María Ángeles of Saint Joseph.
In a documentary about these three martyrs, HM Television has sought to capture the testimony of life and martyrdom of these “three lilies,” to present them once again as examples of holiness, love, forgiveness, and fidelity. Their trust in God led them to exclaim, in moments of such suffering: “I fear nothing. You are with me.”
These three women are part of the glorious choir of martyrs who died for their faith during the religious persecution of the 20th century in Spain. In fact, they were the first victims of the Spanish religious persecution of 1936 to be beatified. They were three women, aged 59, 31, and 27, unarmed and completely innocent, who were murdered in broad daylight on the streets of Guadalajara. The investigation carried out after their deaths confirmed that the cause of their martyrdom—which occurred on July 24, 1936—was hatred of the faith.
The documentary features four experts:
Fr. Fernando Moral Acha, Deputy Director of the Office for the Causes of Saints of the Spanish Episcopal Conference; Fr. Jorge López Teulón, Postulator of the causes of the martyrs of the religious persecution from 1934 to 1939, for the ecclesiastical province of Toledo and the diocese of Ávila; Fr. Antonio Benéitez Domínguez, OCD, Prior of the Convent of San Benito el Real, Valladolid; and Sr. Humildad Blanco Ortega, Carmelite Sister of the Holy Family. Religious like the martyrs.
The documentary also features the testimonies of Sister Matilde de Jesús, a Discalced Carmelite from the Monastery of San José in Guadalajara, and Mr. Javier García, a relative of Blessed Teresa, both witnesses to the conversion of one of the murderers of the Carmelite Martyrs of Guadalajara.
Source: es.gaudiumpress.org
