The next young woman being considered for canonization could become the patron saint of young people with eye disorders.
SERVANT OF GOD REBECA ROCAMORA NADAL was born in 1975 in Granja Rocamora, a tiny village south of the Spanish province of Alicante
At age 10, a pituitary tumor gave her an insidious form of diabetes, causing ocular paralysis. The ordeal of radiotherapy did not alter her sunny disposition, but rather she gave courage to other children in the hospital. She developed a great love of Our Lady and gratitude for her suffering even when the therapy weakened her body.
At age 16 she become a catechist, preparing children for their first Communion with much joy and enthusiasm. As a true lover of Jesus, she succeeded in infecting the little ones with her same love.
Rebeca grew to like sports, crafts, books and adventure films, music, dancing, as any young woman of her age, yet she delighted in making others happy.
In 1995 she was diagnosed with a tumor on the optic nerve, which was to prove fatal. She became bed-ridden yet still managed to transmit peace and serenity to anyone who approached her, even more than before. For this reason, whoever visited her left consoled. “Faith in the Holy Cross is my strength", she would say. The cross united her more and more to God and to the desire to accept His Will. Daily Mass was celebrated in her room. She dies at the age of 20.
Today she is still remembered in her region of Spain