Let us not strive for the rewards of heaven, valuable though they may be, but live so as to please the God of heaven. If God were not in heaven, all its beauty, riches, and sweetness would be dull rather than delightful. By faith, we know God already dwells within us. But in heaven we will see God face to face. May we so live that one day we will be in heaven praising and playing eternally before our Lord and Savior!
--St. Jane de Chantal
A "worthy wife" before her husband's death in 1601,
Jeanne-Françoise Frémyot "found her peace in the Lord."
With St. Francis de Sales, she founded the
Order of the Visitation of Holy Mary,
which was open to women of any status,
no matter their age or health or wealth.
As a Visitation nun imbued in Salesian spirituality,
Jane learned to love the Lord before all else,
and to seek always to do his will.
She is the patron saint of the forgotten,
of widows, and of parents separated from their children.
Her motto, like that of her friend and mentor
St. Francis de Sales, was "Live Jesus!"
living always aware of his presence within,
serving as conduits of his love & mercy to our world...
Image source 1: Visitación, detail from a mural at the Casa Ave Maria, Managua, Nicaragua, https://christiancentury.org/critical-essay/mary-s-joy-everyone/
Image source 2: St. Jeanne de Chantal (Jane Frances de Chantal), portrait, Monastery of the Visitation of Holy Mary, Toledo, Ohio, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jane_Francis_de_Chantal/
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