Saint of the day: Blessed Angela Salawa

Saint of the day, Blessed Angela Salawa: Angela served Christ and the little ones of Christ with all her strength. Born in Siepraw, near Krakow, Poland, she was the eleventh daughter of Bartlomiej and Ewa Salawa. In 1897 he moved to Krakow, where his older sister Therese lived.

Angela immediately began to get together and educate the young domestic workers. During World War I, he helped prisoners of war regardless of their nationality or religion. The writings of Teresa of Avila and Giovanni della Croce were of great comfort to her. Angela did a great deal of service in caring for soldiers wounded in World War I. After 1918, her health did not allow her to carry out her usual apostolate. Turning to Christ, she wrote in her diary: "I want you to be worshiped as much as you have been destroyed." In another place, he wrote: "Lord, I live by your will. I will die when you wish; save me because you can. "

Saint of the day: Blessed Angela Salawa: at her beatification in 1991 in Krakow, Pope John Paul II said: “It is in this city that he worked, suffered and that his holiness reached maturity. Although connected to the spirituality of St. Francis, it showed an extraordinary reactivity to the action of the Holy Spirit ”(L'Osservatore Romano, volume 34, number 4, 1991).

Reflection: Humility should never be mistaken for a lack of conviction, intuition, or energy. Angela brought the Good News and material assistance to some of Christ's "least". His self-sacrifice inspired others to do the same.