St. Jane Frances de Chantal: Forgiveness, Suffering & the Test of True Holiness

About this sermon

St. Jane Frances de Chantal endured marriage, motherhood, widowhood, financial hardship, family tragedy, spiritual trials, and one of the hardest commands of the Christian life: forgiveness. After her husband was accidentally killed during a hunting trip, Jane struggled for years to overcome anger toward the man responsible. Through prayer and perseverance, she eventually conquered that bitterness so completely that she became godmother to one of his children. Her life reminds us that forgiveness was not effortless even for the saints — holiness came through struggling faithfully with grace. Under the spiritual direction of St. Francis de Sales, Jane eventually helped found the Order of the Visitation. Their community welcomed women who might have been rejected from stricter religious houses because of age, illness, or physical weakness. Despite criticism and opposition, Jane persevered, eventually establishing 86 Visitation convents during her lifetime. But perhaps the greatest lesson of her life is St. Francis de Sales’ test for genuine holiness: not extraordinary visions, emotions, or grand plans, but ordinary piety. How do we pray? How do we perform our duties? How do we speak? Are we disciplined, patient, attentive, and faithful when nothing extraordinary is happening? That is where sanctity is proven. The homily also briefly remembers the young martyr St. Agapitus, who boldly confessed Christ and refused to renounce the Faith. 00:00 St. Agapitus — 15-Year-Old Martyr 01:22 St. Jane Frances de Chantal 01:50 Marriage, Motherhood & Christian Modesty 02:46 Charity Toward the Poor 03:20 Her Husband’s Tragic Death 03:51 The Long Struggle to Forgive 04:32 Poverty, Hardship & Patience 05:13 Meeting St. Francis de Sales 05:42 Called to Found a Religious Order 05:58 Founding the Visitation Order 06:39 A Religious Community for the Weak & Infirm 07:41 Opposition to the Visitation 08:20 86 Convents & a Life of Suffering 09:18 Why St. Francis Made Her Wait 09:33 Testing Our Spiritual Zeal 10:07 The Real Test of Holiness 10:38 Extraordinary Calls Require Discernment 11:01 Examine Your Ordinary Daily Virtue 11:35 Asking St. Jane’s Intercession Please say 3 Hail Marys for the priest 🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴 Support Catholic Businesses here - https://sensusfidelium.com/catholic-businesses/ Sensus Fidelium Press - https://sensusfideliumpress.com/ Sensus Fidelium Apps - https://sensusfidelium.tv/ Support Sensus Fidelium - https://sensusfidelium.com/donate-support/ 🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴 🙏🏻PLEASE HELP OUR CHANNEL GROW 🙏🏻 ▶️ 1. Become a Channel Patron: https://www.patreon.com/SensusFidelium ▶️ 2. Visit the website https://www.sensusfidelium.com for Gueranger, Saint of the Day, Apologetics, Meditation by the Saints, Scripture Study and more. ▶️ 3. Subscribe to Other Video Platforms 🔴 BitChute --- https://www.bitchute.com/channel/Sensus_Fidelium/ 🔴 Rumble --- https://rumble.com/c/c-298311 🔴 My Catholic Tube - https://mycatholictube.com/videos/sensus-fidelium-channel/ 🔴 LBRY.tv --- https://lbry.tv/@SensusFidelium:c 🔴 ODYSEE - https://odysee.com/@SensusFidelium:c 🔴 UGETube - https://videos.utahgunexchange.com/@Sensus%20Fidelium 🔴 BrandNewTube - https://brandnewtube.com/@SensusFidelium 🔴 GabTV - https://tv.gab.com/channel/Sensus_Fidelium 🔴 GloriaTV - https://gloria.tv/Sensus%20Fidelium 🔴 Brighteon - https://www.brighteon.com/channels/sensusfidelium ▶️ 4. Paypal, Bitcoin, Anedot, Stripe, Square & PO Box donations - https://sensusfidelium.com/donate-support/ ▶️ 5. YouTube: Click Subscribe, then Click "Notification Bell" = 🔔 Please "Like" our videos so that Youtube shares it to others by clicking the "Like" thumbs-up under the video = 👍🏻 ▶️ 6. Please share this video 📲, and help others find Christ inside the Catholic Church! Please share this video on Facebook and Twitter using the share button. ▶️ 7. Follow on Social Media: 🔴 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SensusFidelium/ 🔴 Twitter: https://https://twitter.com/Sensus_Fidelium 🔴 YouTube: Click Subscribe, then Click "Notification Bell" = 🔔 🔴 Parler: https://parler.com/profile/Sensusfidelium/posts 🔴 SP3RN: https://www.sp3rn.com/community/pages/14-sensus-fidelium 🔴 GAB: https://gab.com/Sensus_Fidelium 🔴 Bastyon: https://bastyon.com/sensusfidelium 🔴 GETTR: https://gettr.com/user/sensus_fidelium 🔴 INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/sensusfidelium/ 🔴 Telegram: https//t.me/RealSensusFidelium 🔴 Truth Social - @SensusFidelium ▶️ 8. Follow on iTunes: 🔴 https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sensus-fidelium-catholic-podcast/id1477010758 #StJaneFrancesDeChantal #StFrancisDeSales #CatholicSaints #CatholicHomily #CatholicFaith #Forgiveness #Holiness #VisitationOrder #CatholicSpirituality #SpiritualLife #CatholicChurch #Saints #SensusFidelium

Topics

• Forgiveness
• Suffering & Trials
• Holiness