The Prayer to St. Jane Frances de Chantal is a devotion asking for the intercession of St. Jane Frances de Chantal in times of adversity and weakness. Known for her deep union with God through prayer and purity of intention, St. Jane Frances de Chantal is honored as a guide in virtue and a model of quiet strength. This prayer seeks her aid in obtaining a greater love of Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament, a tender confidence in the Blessed Mother, and the grace to face life’s hardships with faith and courage.
St. Jane Frances de Chantal’s feast day is celebrated on August 12 in many traditional calendars and on December 12 in the current General Roman Calendar.
Prayer to St. Jane Frances de Chantal
For Strength in Adversity
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O glorious St. Jane Frances de Chantal, by fervent prayer, attention to the Divine Presence, and purity of intention, you attained 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 you were so tenderly devoted, and whose holy virtues you so closely imitated.
Obtain for us, O amiable and compassionate saint, the virtues you see most necessary for us.
Obtain for us an ardent love of Jesus in the most holy Sacrament, a tender and filial confidence in His Blessed Mother, and, like you, a constant remembrance of His sacred Passion and death.
Obtain also, we pray, that our particular intentions may be granted … (Mention your intentions now)
O almighty and merciful God, who granted blessed St. Jane Frances de Chantal, so inflamed with love of You, a wonderful degree of fortitude through all the paths of life, and through her were pleased to adorn Your Church with a new religious Order.
Grant, we pray, by her merits and prayers, that we, aware of our weakness, may confide in Your strength and overcome all adversity with the help of Your heavenly grace. We ask this through Christ our Lord. Amen.
St. Jane Frances de Chantal, pray for us.