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SUMMARY:Saint Angela of Foligno
DESCRIPTION:Saint Angela of Foligno\nSaint of the Day for January 8\n(1248 – January 4\, 1309)\nClick to hear audio clip ► \nSaint Angela of Foligno’s story\nSome saints show marks of holiness very early. Not Angela! Born of a leading family in Foligno\, Italy\, she became immersed in the quest for wealth and social position. As a wife and mother\, she continued this life of distraction. \nAround the age of 40\, she recognized the emptiness of her life and sought God’s help in the Sacrament of Penance. Her Franciscan confessor helped Angela to seek God’s pardon for her previous life and to dedicate herself to prayer and the works of charity. \nShortly after her conversion\, her husband and children died. Selling most of her possessions\, she entered the Secular Franciscan Order. She was alternately absorbed by meditating on the crucified Christ and by serving the poor of Foligno as a nurse and beggar for their needs. Other women joined her in a religious community. \nAt her confessor’s advice\, Angela wrote her Book of Visions and Instructions. In it she recalls some of the temptations she suffered after her conversion; she also expresses her thanks to God for the Incarnation of Jesus. This book and her life earned for Angela the title “Teacher of Theologians.” She was beatified in 1693\, and canonized in 2013. \n\nReflection\nPeople who live in the United States today can understand Saint Angela’s temptation to increase her sense of self-worth by accumulating money\, fame or power. Striving to possess more and more\, she became more and more self-centered. When she realized she was priceless because she was created and loved by God\, she became very penitential and very charitable to the poor. What had seemed foolish early in her life now became very important. The path of self-emptying she followed is the path all holy men and women must follow. \n\nThe Liturgical Feast of Saint Angela of Foligno is January 7.
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