Maria Luisa Mesina

Maria Luisa Mesina

Maria Luisa Mesina is a missionary with the Verbum Dei Missionary Fraternity.  She holds a Bachelor of Sacred Theology from the Verbum Dei Institute in Madrid, and a Licentiate in Dogmatic Theology from the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome. For more than 40 years, she has served in Spain, Italy, Mexico and the Philippines. Her missionary life is rooted in prayer, the ministry of the Word and testimony of life. She has led retreats, offered spiritual accompaniment, given conferences and provided formations for missionaries and lay, and lectured in theology.

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Verbum Dei Missionary Sr. Luisa Mesina, second from left, with the people of Guiuan, Eastern Samar, in the Philippines, after the devastation of the super typhoon of November 2013. (Courtesy of Luisa Mesina)

The typhoon took everything, but God with us in the Eucharist sustained us

Serving people who lost everything to a typhoon in 2013, I learned that Christ never abandons us. His self-giving sustains us through every situation we face. We are never alone. He strengthens us and accompanies us.