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Anecdotes of the Saints: Saint Jeanne de Chantal: Patience & Understanding with others

Anecdotes of the Saints: Saint Jeanne de Chantal: Patience & Understanding with others

Saint Jeanne de Chantal [St. Jane Frances de Chantal]

“One way Jane shared her blessings was by giving bread and soup personally to the poor who came to her door. Often people who had just received food from her would pretend to leave, go around the house and get back in line for more. When asked why she let these people get away with this, Jane said, “What if God turned me away when I came back to him again and again with the same request?”

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And with oneself:

“Should you fall even fifty times a day, never on any account should that surprise or worry you. Instead, ever so gently set your heart back in the right direction and practice the opposite virtue, all the time speaking words of love and trust to our Lord after you have committed a thousand faults, as much as if you had committed only one. Once we have humbled ourselves for the faults God allows us to become aware of in ourselves, we must forget them and go forward.”

Source:
iBreviary

St. Jane Frances de Chantal, pray for us.