In Her Own Words
The following three quotes are taken from “Doing the Will of God: Practicing childlike faith in the ordinary circumstances of life,” by Jane de Chantal (C.S. Lewis Institute)
Listening for His Voice
“I am Your child, all Yours; good children think only of pleasing their father. I don’t want to have any worries and I leave in Your care everything that concerns me, for You love me, my God. Father, You are my good. My soul rests and trusts in Your love and eternal providence.”
Daily Devotion
“O most holy will of God, I give You infinite thanks for the mercy with which You have surrounded me. With all my strength and love, I adore You from the depths of my soul and unite my will to Yours now and forever, especially in all that I shall do and all that You will be pleased to send me this day, consecrating to Your glory my soul, my mind, my body, all my thoughts, words and actions, and my whole being. I beg You, with all the humility of my heart, accomplish in me Your eternal designs, and do not allow me to present any obstacle to this.
“Your eyes, which can see the most intimate recesses of my heart, know the intensity of my desire to live out Your holy will, but they can also see my weakness and limitations. That is why, prostrate before Your infinite mercy, I implore You, my Savior, through the gentleness and justice of this same will of Yours, to grant me the grace of accomplishing it perfectly, so that, consumed in the fire of Your love, I may be an acceptable sacrifice which will praise and bless You forever. Amen.”
St. Jane’s Act of Abandonment
O sovereign goodness of the sovereign providence of my God, I abandon myself forever into your arms. Whether you are gentle or stern with me, lead me wheresoever it shall please you. I will not look at the paths which you shall make me take, but at you, my God, who are leading me … I resolve with your divine help to follow your orders and your desires without ever scrutinizing or considering the reason for which you do one thing rather than another. With eyes closed, I shall follow your will without seeing my own inclinations.
I am determine to leave all to God without desiring anything except what he shall encourage me to desire, to wish and to will. I offer you this desire, my God, beseeching you to bless it.
I undertake it all, leaning upon your goodness, liberality and mercy with total trust in your and distrust of myself in my extreme misery and weakness!
