January 24 Saint Francis de Sales. by irapuato on January 24, 2015 [For more, see: gloria.tv/search/irapuato de sales] Bishop, Doctor of the Church (1567-1622) Saint Francis de Sales was born in 1567…More
January 24 Saint Francis de Sales.
by irapuato on January 24, 2015 [For more, see: gloria.tv/search/irapuato de sales]
Bishop, Doctor of the Church (1567-1622) Saint Francis de Sales was born in 1567 near Annecy, of noble and pious parents, and studied with brilliant success at Paris and Padua. On his return from Italy he gave up the grand career which his father had destined for him in the service of the state, and became a priest.
When the duke of Savoy resolved to restore the shattered Church in the Chablais, Francis offered himself for the work and set out on foot with his Bible and breviary, accompanied by one companion, his cousin Louis of Sales. It was a work of toil, privation and danger. Every door and every heart was closed against him. He was rejected with insult and threatened with death, but nothing could daunt him or resist him indefinitely. And before long the Church blossomed into a second spring. It is said that he converted 72,000 Calvinists.
He was compelled by the Pope to become Coadjutor Bishop of Geneva, and succeeded to that see in 1602. Saint Vincent de Paul said of him, in praise of his gentleness, How good God must be, since the bishop of Geneva, His minister, is so good! At times the great meekness with which he received heretics and sinners almost scandalized his friends, and they protested when he received insults in silence. One of them said to him, Francis of Sales will go to Paradise, of course; but I am not so sure about the Bishop of Geneva: I am almost afraid his gentleness will play him a shrewd turn! Ah, said the Saint, you would have me lose in one instant all the meekness I have been able to acquire by twenty years of efforts? I would rather account to God for too great gentleness than for too great severity. God the Father is the Father of mercy; God the Son is a Lamb; God the Holy Ghost is a Dove; are you wiser than God? When a hostile visitor said to him one day, If I were to strike you on the cheek, what would you do? Saint Francis answered, with his customary humility, Ah! I know what I should do, but I cannot be sure of what I would do.
With Saint Jane Frances of Chantal, Saint Francis founded at Annecy the Order of the Visitation nuns, which soon spread over Europe. Though poor, he refused provisions and dignities, and even the great see of Paris. He died at Avignon in 1622.
Reflection. You will catch more flies, Saint Francis used to say, with a spoonful of honey than with a hundred barrels of vinegar. If there were anything better or more beautiful on earth than gentleness, Jesus Christ would have taught it to us; and yet He has given us only two lessons to learn of Him — meekness and humility of heart.
Little Pictorial Lives of the Saints, a compilation based on Butler's Lives of the Saints and other sources by John Gilmary Shea (Benziger Brothers: New York, 1894); Les Petits Bollandistes: Vies des Saints, by Msgr. Paul Guérin (Bloud et Barral: Paris, 1882), Vol. 2
by irapuato on January 24, 2015 [For more, see: gloria.tv/search/irapuato de sales]
Bishop, Doctor of the Church (1567-1622) Saint Francis de Sales was born in 1567 near Annecy, of noble and pious parents, and studied with brilliant success at Paris and Padua. On his return from Italy he gave up the grand career which his father had destined for him in the service of the state, and became a priest.
When the duke of Savoy resolved to restore the shattered Church in the Chablais, Francis offered himself for the work and set out on foot with his Bible and breviary, accompanied by one companion, his cousin Louis of Sales. It was a work of toil, privation and danger. Every door and every heart was closed against him. He was rejected with insult and threatened with death, but nothing could daunt him or resist him indefinitely. And before long the Church blossomed into a second spring. It is said that he converted 72,000 Calvinists.
He was compelled by the Pope to become Coadjutor Bishop of Geneva, and succeeded to that see in 1602. Saint Vincent de Paul said of him, in praise of his gentleness, How good God must be, since the bishop of Geneva, His minister, is so good! At times the great meekness with which he received heretics and sinners almost scandalized his friends, and they protested when he received insults in silence. One of them said to him, Francis of Sales will go to Paradise, of course; but I am not so sure about the Bishop of Geneva: I am almost afraid his gentleness will play him a shrewd turn! Ah, said the Saint, you would have me lose in one instant all the meekness I have been able to acquire by twenty years of efforts? I would rather account to God for too great gentleness than for too great severity. God the Father is the Father of mercy; God the Son is a Lamb; God the Holy Ghost is a Dove; are you wiser than God? When a hostile visitor said to him one day, If I were to strike you on the cheek, what would you do? Saint Francis answered, with his customary humility, Ah! I know what I should do, but I cannot be sure of what I would do.
With Saint Jane Frances of Chantal, Saint Francis founded at Annecy the Order of the Visitation nuns, which soon spread over Europe. Though poor, he refused provisions and dignities, and even the great see of Paris. He died at Avignon in 1622.
Reflection. You will catch more flies, Saint Francis used to say, with a spoonful of honey than with a hundred barrels of vinegar. If there were anything better or more beautiful on earth than gentleness, Jesus Christ would have taught it to us; and yet He has given us only two lessons to learn of Him — meekness and humility of heart.
Little Pictorial Lives of the Saints, a compilation based on Butler's Lives of the Saints and other sources by John Gilmary Shea (Benziger Brothers: New York, 1894); Les Petits Bollandistes: Vies des Saints, by Msgr. Paul Guérin (Bloud et Barral: Paris, 1882), Vol. 2
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Von Franz von Sales ist bekannt, dass durch seine Fürsprache große Wunder geschahen - wie z. B. 1623 die spontane Erweckung eines toten Jungen zum Leben , während man begann, diesen schon zu beerdigen.
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Saint Francis de Sales Quotes:
I would rather account to God for too great gentleness than for too great severity. God the Father is the Father of mercy; God the Son is a Lamb; God the Holy Ghost is a Dove; are you wiser than God!?
St. Francis de Sales
Make a fresh start each day. There is no better way of growing in the spiritual life than to be always starting over again.
The opportunity of …More
I would rather account to God for too great gentleness than for too great severity. God the Father is the Father of mercy; God the Son is a Lamb; God the Holy Ghost is a Dove; are you wiser than God!?
St. Francis de Sales
Make a fresh start each day. There is no better way of growing in the spiritual life than to be always starting over again.
The opportunity of doing great things does not come very often, but at every moment, we can do little acts with great love.
Well, here we are, fallen into the ditch which we had made so firm of resolution to avoid. Get up! Leave it. Keep going! Have courage
Do not worry about what might happen tomorrow; the same loving Father who takes care of 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.
Do not look at the dangers you see in the distance. They look like armies, but they are only willow branches; and while you are looking at them, you may make a false step. Think only of living today well.
When you come before the Lord, talk to him if you can; if you can’t, just stay there, let yourself be seen, and don’t try too hard to do anything else.
Keep in mind the words he left us so that we would never forget it and could repeat it a hundred times a day: “Learn of me, for I am gentle and humble of heart.”
Never go out in the morning without carrying in your heart the good resolutions you have made before God, or retire in the evening without examining how well you carried them out.
A good vocation is simply a firm and constant will to serve God in the way and places the Almighty God has called him.
Do not wish to be anything save what you are and strive to be that perfectly.
The state of marriage is one which requires more virtue and self-sacrifice than any other. Husbands, preserve a tender, constant heartfelt love for your wives; and wives, have a tender and affectionate reverence and respect for your husbands.
Those who are in the world need friendships in order to secure and assist one another amid the many dangerous passages through which they must pass.
It is not by the multiplicity of things we do that we will attain perfection, but by the purity of intention with which we do them.
Perfection does not consist in being perfect – or in acting perfect. The striving is important.
Nothing is so strong as gentleness and nothing is so gentle as real strength.
When you are guilty of an act of anger, repair the fault immediately by an act of kindness and meekness. Fresh wounds are more easily cured.
You can catch more flies with a spoonful of honey than with a barrel of vinegar.
Have patience with everyone, but especially with yourself.
Great designs are accomplished only by patience and the passage of time.
We must strive to love everyone equally since Our Lord did not say: “Love those who are virtuous,” but said: “Love one another as I have loved you,” without excluding anyone, imperfect though they may be.
No matter what course a ship may take, no matter whether it sails to the east, west, north or south, no matter what wind drives it, the mariner’s needle never points in any direction except toward the fair polar star. Often we may be in confusion, our soul overwhelmed but, through it all, ever and always our spirit, which is our compass needle, will tend unceasingly toward God.
One single Our Father said with feeling has greater worth than many said quickly and in haste.
Worry prevents us from doing well the very things about which we are worried.
Let the waves roar, let the wind blow, let the world turn upside-down, let everything be in darkness, in smoke, in uproar. Nothing can hurt you – God is near.
One kind word wins more willing service than a hundred harsh orders or stern reproofs.
You are a child of Jesus Christ crucified. Why, then, should you wonder if you are called upon to share His cross?
Let us use God’s time well so that He will give us eternity.
Whether we live or die we are the Lord’s; those who hope in Him shall never be confounded.
Salesian Spirituality – Resources:
De Sales Spirituality Services - A Practical Path to Holiness.
De Sales Resources and Ministries - Books and Materials on Salesian Spirituality
The Salesian Center for Faith and Culture - Salesian Studies Online
International Commission on Salesian Studies
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