by Sister Susan Marie | Jan 22, 2016 | Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales, St. Jane de Chantal
On January 22, 1605, St Francis de Sales, recovering from a series of illnesses, wrote to the Baroness de Chantal that he sent her a thousand blessings and that he would resume his regular correspondence with her as soon as he was able. At this time the Baroness was...
by Sister Susan Marie | Jan 20, 2016 | Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales
From “Everyday with St Francis de Sales” St Francis de Sales had a very special veneration for St Sebastian, patron of the castle of Sales. He generally preached there on January 20. Once, referring to the arrows which are the insignia of St Sebastian, he...
by Sister Susan Marie | Jan 19, 2016 | Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales
On January 19, 1601, St. Francis de Sales was by his dying father’s bedside. He wrote to his Bishop,” I am here and will remain here as a duty to assist my father who day by day advances quickly toward eternal life. ” Baron Boisy, St Francis’...
by Sister Susan Marie | Jan 18, 2016 | Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales
On January 18, 1619, St Francis de Sales renewed a friendship he had formed in 1602 with Andre Duval, Dean of the Sorbonne. These two priests went to confession to each other and gave each other advice for spiritual growth. Each one said of the other, “I am not...
by Sister Susan Marie | Jan 17, 2016 | Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales
As we prepare for the Saint’s Feast on January 24, a week from today, looking back on this day in his life shows us: On January 17, St. Francis de Sales preached a eulogy of St Anthony the Abbot, chosen by him as a protector of his interior desert. “And in...
by Sister Susan Marie | Jan 16, 2016 | Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales
In preparation for the Feast of St. Francis de Sales on January 24th, let us consider this incident in the life of our Founder: On January 16, 1618, St. Francis de Sales received, with remarkable calm, a defamatory libel that a lawyer had written against him...