Abandon Your Life to God's Guidance with this Prayer by St. Jane + Novena Prayer to Saint Jane de Chantal

  

Saint Jane was a mother and widow who became a nun and co-founded an order. She was devoted to the Divine Will and wrote this beautiful prayer.

Her feast day is August 12th. Below is another optional prayer; the novena prayer to St. Jane which is said for 9 days. She is the patron of forgotten people; in-law problems; loss of parents; parents separated from children; widows.

Prayer of Abandonment -by St. Jane de Chantal

O sovereign goodness of the sovereign Providence of my God! 

I abandon myself forever to Thy arms. 

Whether gentle or severe, 

lead me henceforth whither Thou wilt; 

I will not regard the way through which Thou wilt have me pass, 

but keep my eyes fixed upon Thee,

my God, who guidest me. 

My soul finds no rest without the arms 

and the bosom of this heavenly Providence, 

my true Mother, my strength and my rampart. 

Therefore I resolve with Thy Divine assistance, 

0 my Saviour, 

to follow Thy desires and Thy ordinances, 

without regarding or examining why Thou dost this rather than that; 

but I will blindly follow Thee 

according to Thy Divine will, 

without seeking my own inclinations. 

Hence I am determined to leave all to Thee, 

taking no part therein save by keeping myself in peace in Thy arms, 

desiring nothing except as Thou incitest me to desire, 

to will, to wish. 

I offer Thee this desire, 0 my God, 

beseeching Thee to bless it; 

I undertake all it includes, 

relying on Thy goodness, 

liberality, and mercy, 

with entire confidence in Thee, 

distrust of myself, 

and knowledge of my infinite misery and infirmity. 

Amen!

Novena to St. Jane de Chantal

O Glorious saint, blessed Jane Frances, who by thy fervent prayer, attention to the Divine Presence, and purity of intention in thy actions attainedst on earth an intimate union with God, be now our advocate, our mother, our guide in the path of virtue and perfection. Plead our cause near Jesus, Mary, and Joseph, to whom thou wast so tenderly devoted, and whose holy virtues thou didst so closely imitate. Obtain for us, O amiable and compassionate saint, the virtues thou seest most necessary for us; an ardent love of Jesus in the most holy Sacrament, a tender and filial confidence in His Blessed Mother, and, like thee, a constant remembrance of His sacred Passion and death. Obtain also, we pray thee, that our particular intention in this Novena may be fulfilled.

V. Pray for us, O holy St. Jane Frances.

R. That we may be made worthy of the promises of Christ.

Let us pray:

O almighty and Merciful God, Who didst grant blessed St. Jane Frances, so inflamed with the love of Thee, a wonderful degree of fortitude through all the paths of life, and wast pleased through her to adorn Thy Church with a new religious Order, grant, by her merits and prayers, that we, who sensible of our weakness confide in Thy Strength, may overcome all adversities with the help of Thy heavenly Grace, through Christ our Lord. Amen. 

Source: https://vistyr.org/st-jane-frances-de-chantal-1