Prayers of the Saints
Be at Peace (St. Francis de Sales)
Drawn from the spiritual letters of St.
Do not look forward in fear to the changes of life;
rather look to them with full hope that, as they arise,
God, whose very own you are, will lead you safely through all things;
and when you cannot stand it, God will carry you in his arms.
Do not fear what may happen tomorrow.
The same everlasting Father who cares for you today
will take care of you tomorrow and every day.
Either he will shield you from suffering,
or he will give you unfailing strength to bear it.
Be at peace, then, and put aside all anxious thoughts and imaginations.
Letters of Spiritual Direction
About the prayer
Francis de Sales, Bishop of Geneva, written in the early 1600s to lay people trying to live devout lives in ordinary circumstances. It is one of the most reprinted texts in Christian pastoral care of the anxious.
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