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FOR SCHOLARS: Dissertation on St Francis de Sales and the Reformation
Senior Thesis (columbia.edu)
Sun chat Feb 18
What does it mean that St. Paul was snatched up to the third heaven? What is the third heaven? Are people in varying degrees of “achievement” in heaven?In light of this reflection, discuss this Scripture verse: “no eye has seen, nor ear...
Video Report on St Francis de Sales Conference for Journalists 2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vZHpezR4NlI&t=1s&fbclid=IwAR3hp03HgqZv-TzZaBKM3KsX6FcWCkqOYLH5fsAXI9RAdBZHfJsV5XEhEps
First week of Lent with St Francis de Sales
Sunday Feb 18 But Jesus answered: “It is written: Man does not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds from the mouth of God. » (Mt 4:4) God commanded Moses to speak to the rock, and water gushed out from it. It is therefore not surprising that he melted...
Newsletter for Lenten Chat Feb 18
Can We Get a Glimpse of Heaven? This article is taken from part of a chapter in The Sermons of St. Francis de Sales: For Lent by St. Francis de Sales which is available from TAN Books. To prepare for our chat on Sunday, please read the article, which is reproduced...
Ash Wed Through Lent with St Francis de Sales 2024
Wed Feb 14 Tear your hearts and not your garments, and turn to the Lord your God, for he is tender and merciful, slow to anger and full of love, forgiving punishment. (Jl 2, 13) "But see, Theotime, with what ardor God desires that we be his. For this he became one of...
Sun chat Feb 11
St. Francis says that saying prayers in Latin can lead to greater devotion. How/why is this? And why is it still important to understand the translation of those prayers?What are the four ends of man?St. Francis says that sung canticles should be...
Newsletter for Sunday chat Feb. 11
Pray For Our Children Like St. Monica At our Living Jesus Chat this Sunday we will be talking about the following letter of St. Francis de Sales to St. Jane de Chantal, taken from Selected Letters of St. Francis de Sales.To prepare for our chat, please read the...
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