by Sister Susan Marie | Jan 23, 2016 | Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales
On this day when St Francis was nearly 5, St Jane de Chantal was born in Dijon, in 1572. In 1618 on this day, St Francis assisted at the death of his confessor, Father Phillip of Quoex, who was saintly and visited by his guardian Ange. The confessor said of St Francis...
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...