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Monthly Memo for October
Monthly Memo 1er October 1792 : The Sisters of the Visitation of Nantes are expelled for refusing to sign the revolutionary constitution. The monastery was transformed into a prison. October 4: Feast of St. Francis of Assisi, heavenly patron of the Guard of Honor. In...
St. Margaret Mary and Angels
"As I was in great suffering, Our Lord came to console me, saying: 'My daughter, do not grieve, for I want to give you a faithful guardian who will accompany you everywhere and assist you in all your needs and who will prevent your enemy from prevailing against you.'...
St Therese and St Francis De Sales
We may trace a connection between the great seventeenth century theologians (Saint Francis de Sales and the masters of the “French School”) and Theresa of Lisieux. First of all, Pierre de Berulle was himself responsible for bringing the Reformed Carmel of Teresa of...
St. Francis de Sales- On St. Jerome’s Initiative
"We add the verse Gloria to every psalm and canticle,according to the ancient custom of the Eastern Church, which the great S. Jerome begged Pope S.Damasus to institute here in the Western; to protest, that all the praises of men and angels are toolow to praise...
St Francis de Sales on St Michael the Archangel
"When the unhappy troop of diabolic spirits, revolting from their Creator,essayed to draw to their faction the holy company of the blessed spirits, the glorious S. Michael,animating his comrades to the fidelity which they owed to their God, cried with loud voice (but...
Newsletter for Sun Chat Sept 29
Please Him by Depending Utterly on His Love and Trusting Him At our Living Jesus Chat Room this Sunday we will be talking about a letter written by Francis de Sales to St. Jane de Chantal, written from Annecy in 1616, taken from Selected Letters of St. Francis de...
St Vincent de Paul Speaks of St Jane de Chantal
Having reached maturity of years and virtue, St. Chantal lost St. Francis de Sales and found St. Vincent de Paul. The first directed her for eighteen years, the second for twenty. The one saw the rising of this beautiful star ; the other assisted at its setting and,...
Guard of Honor Reflections for October
Consolation As soon as we suffer, our first impulse is to seek someone who will have pity on us and who can comfort us. Alone, we can neither bear the weight of our pain nor even taste our joys personally. Naturally, we want to share our feelings with those close to...
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