Still, in His presence

 

"We should go to prayer with deep humility

and an awareness of our nothingness.

We must invoke the help of the Holy Spirit

and that of our good angel,

and then remain still in God's presence,

full of faith that He is more in us than we are in ourselves."

 

 

 

St. Jane Frances de Chantal

France ~ 1572-1641

Widow of the Baron of Chantal, mother of seven

 Founded the Order of the Visitation Sisters 

with St. Francis de Sales - 1610

Honored by the Church for the holiness of her youth,

of her married life, of her widowhood, and of her religious life

FEAST DAY - AUGUST 12

 

 

"Hold your eyes on God and leave the doing to Him.

That is all the doing you have to worry about." - St Jane de Chantal

 

 Sta Jane de Chantal, ora pro nobis!

 

 

 

Happy and Holy FEAST DAY to 

happy and holy Sr Jane de Chantal!

Visitation Sister, Mendota Heights, MN