Pentecost

Pentecost and St Francis de Sales The Holy Spirit is always ready to give us spiritual gifts, and especially on this day. St. Francis de Sales assists us in asking for these gifts: “May it please the Divine Majesty to grant us the gift of fear that we may serve Him...

7th Sunday of Easter

“I pray for those whom you have given me, for they are yours”John 17,1-11 Sermon of St. Francis de Sales of February 27, 1622.Works X 266-268 The great Apostle St. John assures that anyone who says that he loves God and does not love his neighbor, is a...

Ascension Prayer

by St Francis de Sales O Eternal Father, I thank you for the glorious ascent of our Savior to heaven; of the glory and honor that you have given him, making him sit at your right; of the judicial power which you have placed over all creatures, in heaven, in the earth,...

6th Sunday of Easter

with St Francis de Sales The one who loves me will be loved by my Father;I, too, will love it, and I will manifest myself to him.”John 14,15-21 From the Treatise on the Love of God Book 2 chap. 8 (IV 112) My god Theotime, how much the heart of God is in love...