A lthough she was a model in everything – writes a sister who had been a novice together with Maria Teresa González-Quevedo – I believe that the predominant note of her life was her devotion to Our Lady. She loved Her passionately, talked about Her at every recreation, found in Her the solution for all difficulties, the remedy for all ills, but above all, her path to holiness.
Even in her relationship with the Divine Son, she wanted Him through His Mother, according to this segment copied […] from her notebook: “Never see Jesus without seeing the Blessed Virgin by His side; do not seek Jesus except through the Virgin; do not invoke Jesus except together with the Virgin.”
It was noticeable that, as this idea became more deeply rooted in her soul, she obtained her desired ideal. Many witnesses of her life, testifying separately, recognize that Maria Teresa really had something in her facial expression, in her bearing, in her conversation – in short, in her whole person – which was reminiscent of the Blessed Virgin and brought Her to mind. I relate some of the numerous testimonies that confirm this:
“She had a great love for the Blessed Virgin, whom she imitated as a result; and this imitation was so effective that she fulfilled the wish expressed in the ejaculation that she used to pray: ‘My Mother, may whoever looks at me see you.’ And in fact, whenever we saw her we felt that our Blessed Mother would have behaved in the same way.”
LÓPEZ DE URALDE Y ELORZA,
María Luisa, CACh. “Teresita”. 6ª. ed.
Madrid: Vedruna, 1978, pp. 176-177.
