15 Days of Prayer with Saint Jeanne Jugan is a great book that uses imaginary conversations on the life and spirituality of St. Jeanne Jugan. She is the foundress of the Little Sisters of the Poor. As one who gave herself entirely to God and the aged poor as detailed in 15 Days of Prayer with Saint Jeanne Jugan, Jeanne Jugan is a friend and patron of the elderly and also calls us to live the Beatitudes, trusting that God will provide. She challenges young people to refuse God nothing in following his call, so her reach is not just the aged. Have you heard of the Little Sisters of the Poor?
Summary of 15 Days of Prayer with Saint Jeanne Jugan
15 Days of Prayer with Saint Jeanne Jugan is essentially a prayer regimen, though putting the steps here is worthwhile. Sister Jeanne Jugan did not leave many writings, so the author of 15 Days of Prayer with Saint Jeanne Jugan, Father Michel Lofton, fills in the blanks with 15 imaginary steps. Those steps are these:
God wants me for Himself
The Poor Are Our Lord
You Must Always be Cheerful
Poverty is my Treasure
To Depend on God for Everything
Only the Little are Pleasing to God
Ring in God’s Name, and God will Bless Us
Jesus is waiting for you in the Chapel
We must Always Say: Blessed be God
Do Everything through Love
It was God who did Everything
We Were Grafted into the Cross
See how Jesus, Mary, and Joseph loved one another
The Hail Mary Will Take Us to Heaven
Jeanne Jugan spent her last years in forced retirement among the novices and young Sisters at the community motherhouse, instilling generations with her spirit of humility and charity. At the time of her death, there were already 2,400 Little Sisters serving the elderly in nine countries. Today, over 2,700 Little Sisters continue the charism and work of St. Jeanne Jugan in thirty-two countries around the world. Spiritual journeys are best experienced with a guide. Now you can receive guidance from some of the seminal spiritual figures of all time.
The Little Sisters of the Poor
The Little Sisters of the Poor is a Roman Catholic religious institute for women. It was founded by the Catholic saint, Jeanne Jugan, who wrote 15 Days of Prayer with Saint Jeanne Jugan and was canonized by Pope Benedict XVI in 2009. Having felt the need to care for the many impoverished elderly who lined the streets of French towns and cities, Jugan established the congregation to care for the elderly in 1839.
The Congregation of the Little Sisters of the Poor was founded in Cancale in Brittany in 1839. In 1847, a house was established in Tours, and communities of sisters began to spread across France. In 1851, the work expanded to England. Today, the motherhouse is in Saint-Pern, France. Today, the Little Sisters of the Poor serve over 13,000 of the elderly poor in 31 countries around the world, continuing their original purpose of caring for the elderly. As of January 1, 2014, they had 234 houses and 2,372 members.
Conclusion
15 Days of Prayer with Saint Jeanne Jugan is a good prayer and meditation series. The book may seem like it will appeal only to Catholics, but we all need to meditate, so this book may appeal to everyone. It is short at only 145 pages and pocket-sized. 15 Days of Prayer with Saint Jeanne Jugan is part of a series that contains 24 volumes. There are plenty of opportunities to go on a guided spiritual journey and improve your meditation skills.
