Posted on 10/07/2009 3:53:56 PM PDT by GeneralJustice
When 87-year-old Alice Jadwigia Armstrong looked up from her hospital bed and saw the smiling face of Sister Lourdes Miranda, she was visibly buoyed by the nun’s presence. Clasping the hand of the Little Sister of the Poor, the white-haired woman seemed transported to the security of her youth.
“I like her because she reminds me of my mother,” Armstrong said with a laugh. “You can depend on her.”
Sister Lourdes, one of 17 Little Sisters who minister at St. Martin’s Home for the Aged in Catonsville, laughed warmly. The Cuba native reached out and tenderly brushed Armstrong’s cheek with the back of her hand. The nun had helped Armstrong deal with the recent death of her daughter. She continues to visit the resident regularly to help her get dressed, receive meals and complete everyday chores.
“It’s such a great privilege to take care of them,” Sister Lourdes said later. “I feel like I’m taking care of Jesus himself.”
The Little Sisters of the Poor have been caring for Maryland’s indigent elderly for 140 years – including four decades at their current location in Baltimore County. They carry on the legacy of Blessed Jeanne Jugan, a Frenchwoman who founded the international religious order in 1839 to minister to the aged.
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Whew! When I first read that I figured it was some media type talking about Obama.
I do believe she is right:
34 Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world:35 For I was an hungred, and ye gave me meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink: I was a stranger, and ye took me in:
36 Naked, and ye clothed me: I was sick, and ye visited me: I was in prison, and ye came unto me.
37 Then shall the righteous answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee an hungred, and fed thee? or thirsty, and gave thee drink?
38 When saw we thee a stranger, and took thee in? or naked, and clothed thee?
39 Or when saw we thee sick, or in prison, and came unto thee?
40 And the King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me.
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