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Francis de Sales

For acting thus you will remain innocent among the hissings of the serpents, and like a sweet strawberry you will receive no venom from the contact of venomous tongues.

Francis de Sales

When we find that we have been aroused to anger we must call for God’s help like the apostles when they were tossed about by the wind and storm on the waters. He will command your passions to cease and there will be a great calm.

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Francis de Sales

Grace is never wanting. God always gives sufficient grace to whoever is willing to receive it.

Francis de Sales

Be patient, you are in good company. Our Lord Himself, our Lady, the apostles, and countless saints, both men and women, have been poor.

Francis de Sales

Our possessions are not ours- God has given them to us to cultivate, that we may make them fruitful and profitable in His Service, and so doing we shall please Him.

charity, god, possessions, poverty

Francis de Sales

The acts of daily forbearance, the headache, or toothache, or heavy cold; the tiresome peculiarities of husband or wife, the broken glass…all of these sufferings, small as they are, if accepted lovingly, are most pleasing to God’s Goodness.

patience, suffering

Francis de Sales

Make yourself familiar with the angels and behold them frequently in spirit; for without being seen, they are present with you.

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Francis de Sales

I was hungry and you gave me to eat; I was cold and you clothed me; come, possess the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world.’ He who is the the King of the poor and of kings will say this at His great judgment.

charity, god, love

Francis de Sales

Examine your heart often to see if it is such toward your neighbor as you would like his to be toward you were you in his place. This is the touchstone of true reason.

charity, love, neighbor

Francis de Sales

Ought we not to love dearly the neighbor, who truly represents to us the sacred Person of our Master? And is this not one of the most powerful motives we could have for loving each other with an ardently burning love?

charity, love, neighbor

Francis de Sales

Frequently give up some of your property by giving it with a generous heart to the poor … It is true that God will repay us not only in the next world but even in this.

charity, god, poor

Francis de Sales

There are two sorts of good wills. The one says, “I would do well, but it gives me trouble, and I will not do it.” The other, “I wish to do well, but I have not as much power as I have will; it is this which holds me back.” The first fills Hell, the second Paradise.

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