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I am revisiting books from the past and one of these is St. Francis de Sales Introduction to the Devout Life. Thanks to S. for sending me a...

  I am not going to write more on this great saint for a while, but I wanted to share with you these past few days some of the excellen...

  I have written many times on St. Catherine's instruction to create a little cell within the mind  to which to go when in ...

These two parts may be the most important chapter in The Introduction.  We know that the Eucharist is the center of our Faith. Good words...

  St Francis shares several anecdotes from the lives of several saints about paying attention to things around us for inspiration and p...

Later today, I shall add more posts, but I am afraid I am coming down with something and am too tired to fight the Net. Prayers, please ...

  CHAPTER XI. On Obedience. My comments in red... LOVE alone leads to perfection, but the three chief means for acquiring it are...

thanks to wiki For those who have achieved the Illuminative State, here is some advice from St. Francis de Sales on virtue. I think...