30 August – St. Jeanne Jugan
Foundress of the Little Sisters of the Poor
Born on 25 October 1792 in Brittany, France, Jeanne Jugan grew up in poverty and worked as a domestic servant. At the age of 47, she took in an elderly, blind, and paralyzed woman, giving the woman her own bed. This act of charity marked the beginning of her lifelong mission to serve the abandoned elderly. She founded the Little Sisters of the Poor, an order dedicated to caring for the aged poor with dignity and love. Despite later being sidelined within her own congregation, she accepted this humiliation with profound humility. She died on 29 August 1879. Canonized by Pope Benedict XVI in 2009.
“We must always say: Blessed be God. Thank You, my God.”
A humble servant who saw Christ in the poorest of the elderly — teaching us that true greatness lies in self-forgetting charity and joyful acceptance of the cross.
Lord Jesus, through the intercession of St. Jeanne Jugan, grant us a heart for the elderly and abandoned, the grace of humility, and the joy of serving You in the least of our brothers and sisters.
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Foundress of the Little Sisters of the Poor
Born on 25 October 1792 in Brittany, France, Jeanne Jugan grew up in poverty and worked as a domestic servant. At the age of 47, she took in an elderly, blind, and paralyzed woman, giving the woman her own bed. This act of charity marked the beginning of her lifelong mission to serve the abandoned elderly. She founded the Little Sisters of the Poor, an order dedicated to caring for the aged poor with dignity and love. Despite later being sidelined within her own congregation, she accepted this humiliation with profound humility. She died on 29 August 1879. Canonized by Pope Benedict XVI in 2009.
“We must always say: Blessed be God. Thank You, my God.”
A humble servant who saw Christ in the poorest of the elderly — teaching us that true greatness lies in self-forgetting charity and joyful acceptance of the cross.
Lord Jesus, through the intercession of St. Jeanne Jugan, grant us a heart for the elderly and abandoned, the grace of humility, and the joy of serving You in the least of our brothers and sisters.
#Avi #StJeanneJugan #LittleSistersOfThePoor #Foundress #FrenchSaint #ServantOfTheElderly
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✝️🕯 Maybe a little breather, to welcome to Avi's Royal organisation? Match your sentiment with the orthodoxy of the day, and chance your fate. MAY THE HOLY CROSS BLESS YOU IN YOUR ECONOMIC ENDEAVOUR AND ILLUMINATE YOUR PATH TO SAFE GLORY! Join Avi's Square Community and remain blessed. Connect with the best of Binance USD, Binance Coin, BNSOL AND WBETH, while you dig out your USDC, and other favorite stablecoins!
