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   The Interior Life, Meditation (4)   
      
   Do not place much confidence in weak and mortal man, helpful and   
   friendly though he be; and do not grieve too much if he sometimes   
   opposes and contradicts you. Those who are with us today may be   
   against us tomorrow, and vice versa, for men change with the wind.   
   Place all your trust in God; let Him be your fear and your love. He   
   will answer for you; He will do what is best for you.   
   --Imitation of Christ, Book 2, Ch. 1   
      
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   11 January – Blessed Ana Maria Janer Anglarill   
      
    (1800-1885)   
    Religious and Founder of the Sisters of the Holy Family of Urgell, of   
   which order she is the Patron, Nurse, Teacher, apostle of the poor,   
   the sick and the needy. Born on 18 December 1800 in Cervera, Lleida,   
   Spain and died on 11 January 1885 in Talarn, Lleida, Spain. She   
   dedicated her life to the service of God through aiding the poor and   
   downtrodden across Spain in hospitals and educational facilities.   
      
   Anna Maria Janer Anglarill was born on 18 December 1800 in Spain to   
   Josep Janer i Pallés and Magina Anglarill i Olivé. She studied at the   
   Real Colegio de Educandras. She decided to devote herself to the   
   service of God at the age of sixteen and so joined the Sisters of   
   Charity on 25 January 1819. In May 1819 she made her vows.   
      
   Sr Ana worked as a nurse at the Castelltort Hospital. She also served   
   as the Director of the House of Charity – after her 1849 appointment –   
   and in that position helped to care for both the old and children who   
   were orphaned.   
      
   In 1833 the outbreak of the First Carlist War made the hospital take   
   in wounded soldiers. Janer became a well-known figure in the hospital   
   due to providing consolation to the patients and staff alike, when the   
   hospital had to work to cater to greater numbers of wounded patients.   
   The war wounded referred to her as “Mother” due to her tender care and   
   devotion.   
      
   Ana also worked as a teacher and commissioned a hospital dedicated to   
   the treatment of the poor.   
      
   In 1836 nuns were expelled from Spain and so she went to France to   
   Toulouse where she worked at a hospital for a brief period of time.   
   She was called to co-ordinate hospitals in Solsona at the behest of   
   Charles V. In 1844 she returned to her original hospital.   
      
   She founded the Sisters of the Holy Family of Urgell on 29 June 1859   
   which would spread to Andorra and Mexico amongst other places.   
      
   She died in 1885 at the age of 84. Cardinal Angelo Amato presided over   
   the Beatification on behalf of the Pontiff, Pope Benedict XVI on 8   
   October 2011.   
      
   By Anastpaul Jan 2020   
      
      
   Saint Quote:   
   "There is no end to human prudence! It manifests itself in a thousand,   
   thousand ways. And we certainly know that most of our evils come only   
   from this false prudence."   
   --St. Francis de Sales   
      
   Bible Quote:   
   Let your manners be without covetousness, contented with such things   
   as you have. For he hath said: I will not leave thee: neither will I   
   forsake thee.  [Hebrews 13:5] DRB   
      
      
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   Eternal Father   
      
   Eternal Father, I desire to rest in Thy Heart this night. I make the   
   intention of offering to Thee every beat of my heart, joining to them as many   
   acts of love and desire. I pray that even while I sleep, I will bring back   
   to Thee souls that offend Thee. I ask forgiveness for the whole world,   
   especially for those who know Thee and yet sin. I offer to Thee my every   
   breath and heartbeat as a prayer of reparation.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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