In The Face Of Darkness

In 1927, during the murderous anti-Catholic reign of Mexican president Plutarco Elias Calles, Mother Luisita and two members of her Carmelite community cast off their religious habits, donned secular clothes, trembling all the while, started out on a perilous flight from the brutal, atheistic government intent on killing them.

Neither their forced exile nor those death squads broke these brave nuns, suddenly thrust into the barren American Southwest. For in addition to the meager possessions they carried with them, they bore deep within their hearts a confident love of Jesus as well as a devotion to that principle by which Mother Luisita had directed their steps: “Adelante! Onward! God will Provide!

Strangers in a strange land they were now but not for long!

Mother Luisitas beautiful, prayerful presence soon won these nuns friends and patrons in America, where she and her companions continued their mission. In the decades since then, Mother Luisitas communities have brought comfort and hope to countless sick and suffering, lost and downtrodden souls who have discovered the liberating truth in Mother Luisitas words: For greater things you were born!

In these pages, youll read the moving story of Mother Luisitas heroic adventures and learn her secrets of holiness. Its a story that will renew your confidence in the loving protection of God, strengthen your spirit, and as Mother Luisitas secrets of holiness did for her and her spirit, and shield you from temptation and deliver you from evil.