St. Francis Center Long Beach

My God, I believe most firmly that you watch over all who hope in you, and that we can want for nothing when we rely upon you in all things. Therefore I am resolved for the future ... to cast all my cares upon you. People may deprive me of worldly goods and status. Sickness may take from me my strength and the means of serving you. I may even jeopardize our relationship by sin, but my trust shall never leave me. I will preserve it to the last moment of my life, and the powers of hell shall seek in vain to grab it from me. Let others seek happiness in their wealth and in their talents. Let them trust in the purity of their lives, the severity of their mortifications, in the number of their good works, the enthusiasm of their prayers. As for me, my rock and my refuge, my confidence in you fills me with hope. For you, my divine protector, alone have settled me in hope. Amen. ~ St. Claude de la Colombière, SJ