More on prayer from St. Francis de Sales: …prayer places our intellect in the brilliance of God’s light and exposes our will to the warmth of his heavenly love…It is a stream of holy water that flows forth and makes the plants of our good desires grow green and flourish and quenches the passions within […]
Care and maintenance of the heart…
More food for thought from St. Francis de Sales: There is no clock, no matter how good it may be, that doesn’t need resetting and rewinding twice a day, once in the morning and once in the evening. In addition, at least once a year it must be taken apart to remove the dirt clogging […]
The devout life takes time…
I was encouraged to read this excerpt from St. Francis de Sales…there is hope! The soul which rises from out of sin to a devout life has been compared to the dawn, which does not banish darkness suddenly, but by degrees. The slow cure is always the surest, and spiritual maladies, like those of the […]