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A Simple Life: Wisdom from Jane Frances de Chantal is unavailable, but you can change that!

How can I keep my focus on God when novelty and consumerism constantly pull me in different directions? Saint Jane Frances de Chantal’s steadfast pursuit of inner simplicity of life in God offers rest to our psyches and spirits. Her pain, sorrow, and interior struggles gave her deep insight into God’s providence and love. Her gentle counsels illustrate how to live in harmony with God’s will and...

agreed to become Jane’s spiritual director and very gently began to accompany the young widow to spiritual freedom and maturity At the foundation of her spiritual growth was the Salesian belief that to be a Christian is to be a fully realized human being. To be fully human is to become the lovers of God we are meant to be. This is the goal of what Francis calls the “devout life.” To accomplish this growth we must walk the parallel paths of complete trust in God’s goodness and radical surrender to
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