BENEATH THE SURFACE- ANOTHER HOLY YOUNG WOMAN

The youth of today need more  and more examples of goodness and a deep love of Christ and of neighbor.   The next young woman being considered for sainthood lived what looked to be  a normal teenager's life, yet beneath the surface was a hidden life in Christ.

SERVANT of GOD CLARITA SEGURA born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on May 15, 1978, was the youngest and only girl in a family with six children.  As a child she was independent and docile, with a strong and obedient temperament, generous and detached from her things. She lived in today's world without isolating herself, but without becoming contaminated with its pleasures.

Her plan was to study, marry, have children and form a Catholic family. After God and her family, there were her many friends whom she loved. She was a natural leader among her peers, yet she always tried not to be judgmental but to have respect for everyone.

She was very funny, with a healthy joy. She had a great love for everyone and a solid interior life that made her attractive to all who knew her,  seeing her as a young woman with  moral principles.

Her relationship with God was totally personal.

Once she said to Him: "The only thing I would need is to be able to hug You and thank You for everything You do for me"

She also had a special devotion to the Virgin Mother expressed in her active participation in the pilgrimages to Luján and San Nicolás. 

Two months before her 17th birthday, she was stricken with a virus that went to the heart. Her illness lasted only 15 days, and although very painful, she never complained.

" Although she lived for a short time it was as if she had lived a very long time . " She wrote: " I think Diosito that I can not complain about anything absolutely since I have so much more than I should ...".

"She lived her faith with great intensity and inwardly ...]She trusted in God, she prayed daily, a custom she acquired as a child. I remember that when I was very small, she asked me every night to pray in her bed before falling asleep. " Juan Segura, her brother

“Everything she planned, all her dreams, were impregnated by God. One of the things I saw in her was that she was very clear about what was most important in her life and what was her ideal. And in her approach to people, what she most wanted was to bring them closer to God.” Cecilia Legerén, Coordinator of Catechesis at Los Robles School .