St. Francis de Sales

Saturday within the Octave of Easter Great opportunities to serve God rarely present themselves, but minor ones are very often put before us. — St. Francis de Sales

Friday of the Fifth Week of Lent If God has stripped you of the sense of his presence, it is in order that even his presence may no longer occupy your heart, but himself. — St. Francis de Sales

Friday of the Third Week of Lent Do not desire not to be what you are, but desire to be very well what you are. — St. Francis de Sales

Optional Memorial of St. John of God, Religious Love is the abridgement of all theology. — St. Francis de Sales

Ash Wednesday Self-love is cunning, it pushes and insinuates itself into everything, while making us believe it is not there at all. — St. Francis de Sales

Wednesday of the Seventh Week in Ordinary Time Those who stay not in littleness will lose their greatness. — St. Francis de Sales

Tuesday of the Fifth Week in Ordinary Time Certainly nothing can so effectively humble us before God’s mercy as the multitude of his benefits, and nothing can so deeply humble us before his justice as the great number of our sins. — St.…

Wednesday of the Third Week in Ordinary Time We have not to carry the crosses of others, but our own. — St. Francis de Sales

Memorial of St. Francis de Sales, Bishop and Doctor of the Church Do not pay any attention to the kind of work you do, but rather to the honor that it brings to God, even though it may seem quite trivial. — St. Francis de Sales

Tuesday of the First Week in Ordinary Time Love is the movement, effusion, and advancement of the heart toward the good. — St. Francis de Sales