“My last breath will be love.”
Today daughters of the Venerable Mother Carmela Prestigiacomo, commemorating her birth into heaven, which took place 68 years ago. Her fruitful and long life has been marked by love, an ardent love for the Sacred Heart of the Incarnate Word, who later revealed, in her love for her sisters and to all those she met, especially in childhood and the youth.
Love has become the breath of her soul to the end, and it was just as well: in fact, having been ill for some young sisters Asian epidemic, offered her life to God for their healing, her sincere and profound prayer , it was answered. She became seriously ill and on the evening of December 14, 1948 was leaving then to the haven, leaving a trail of light and love for all humanity.
The tomb of the Venerable Mother Carmela which is located in the Chapel of the General Curia in Rome