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St. Frances Xavier Cabrini was a remarkable religious sister who worked tirelessly for poor American immigrants. She started schools, hospitals and orphanages wherever she went, a true pioneer in the United States.
Yet, she did not rely on her own strength to perform such wonderful deeds, but on the strength she found in the Sacred Heart and in her times of prayer before the Eucharist.
St. John Paul II commented on this aspect of her life in a Message to the Missionaries of the Sacred Heart in 2000.
In particular, she had a deep devotion to the Sacred Heart.
He expanded on this part of her spirituality in another letter in 2002.
St. John Paul II ended his first letter with a simple statement to the religious order Mother Cabrini founded, reminding them of where they should find their strength.
If you want to do great things for God, do not rely on your own strength, but on the strength of God.
