Francis de Sales, Calvinism, During that time, despite their vastly different social backgrounds, he and Vincent de Paul became close friends. He delivered the Lent and Advent discourses which are still famous - those at Dijon (1604), where he first met the Baroness de Chantal; at Chambéry (1606); at Grenoble (1616, 1617, 1618), where he converted the Maréchal de Lesdiguières. He believed that God loved humanity. Bady, René, François de Sales, (Paris: Desclée de Brouwer, 1979), Coste CM, Pierre, The Life and Works of St Vincent De Paul, Vol I, (New York: New City Press, 1987), Dodin, André, François de Sales, Vincent de Paul: Les Deux Amis, (Paris: OEIL, 1984), Pochat, Geneviève, François de Sales et la Pauvreté (Paris: Editions SOS, 1988), Ravier SJ, André, Un Sage et Un Saint: François de Sales, (Paris: Nouvelle Cité, 1985), Román CM, J-M, St Vincent de Paul, a Biography, (London: Melisende, 1999), St Francis de Sales, New Advent Catholic Encyclopedia, https://famvin.org/wen/index.php?title=Francis_de_Sales&oldid=24188. In 1923, Pope Pius XI named St. Francis de Sales the patron saint of Catholic writers and the Catholic press because of … This was during the late 16th century when Calvinism was devouring large parts of Western Christendom. Do not lose courage in considering your own imperfections, but instantly set about remedying them—every day begin the task anew. For more information about this and other resources available from the Salesians of Don Bosco, please visit their website at www.salesians.org. Eclectic though Vincent was, all of these influences were integrated into his own life, work, and a personal spirituality of the Church. Not a false freedom to remain in sin or pursue whatever fleeting fancy he felt but true freedom to be transformed by God into a whole and powerful servant. Life and work. The vision on both occasions was that of a small globe of fire that rose from the ground and joined another bigger and more shining globe higher in the air. This page was last edited on 11 July 2014, at 19:56. From 1622 (before the death of de Sales) to shortly before 1660 when Vincent died, Vincent de Paul was ecclesiastical superior of the first monastery of the Visitation in the archdiocese of Paris. This on line retreat of the reproduces the opening selection from the writings of St. Francis de Sales as edited by Father Klauder.

Francis, freed from doubt, was able to not only examine himself with courage but also to pursue virtue, to pursue the love that had freed him. Among them were the Missionaries of St. Francis de Sales, of Anneçy; the Salesians, founded at Turin by the Don Bosco specially devoted to the Christian and technical education of the children of the poorer classes; and the Oblates of St. Francis de Sales, established at Troyes (France) by Father Brisson, who tried to realize in the religious and priestly life the spirit of Francis de Sales. For Francis de Sales there were two major elements in the spiritual life - firstly, a struggle against our lower nature, and secondly, union of our wills with God. Francis wrote, “Do not lose courage in considering your own imperfections but instantly set about remedying them — every day begin the task anew.” But what does courage have to do with considering imperfections? Gallery 2013/2014. Besides the Institute of the Visitation, which Francis de Sales founded, the nineteenth century saw associations of the secular clergy and laymen, and several religious congregations, formed under his patronage. Our bluster isn’t built on bedrock and we lash out with insults to keep our argument from falling down. During his last stay in Paris (November, 1618, to September, 1619) he had to go into the pulpit each day to satisfy the pious wishes of those who thronged to hear him. Rome and the hierarchy circumvented this intention, and the Institute of the Visitation remained cloistered, though with a new form of spirituality. The goal to aim for is a life of loving, simple, generous and constant fidelity to the will of God which is nothing else but our present duty. Young Francis was swayed by some of the harsher interpretations of predestination and began to doubt his salvation. Vincent had the same vision again as he celebrated Mass after hearing that Jane Frances had died. We know we are sinners and are afraid others wouldn’t love us if they knew the extent of our depravity.
Our fear of being unlovable is also at the root of many of our sins as well. Discovering ourselves and our limitations is a reason to turn to God. Though Francis de Sales lived only another four years, his own spirituality and virtue, as well as his writings, especially An Introduction to the Devout Life, and Treatise on the Love of God, were to have a profound influence on Vincent.

But often our hesitance is actually rooted in a fear that we are unlovable. The thoughts and principles of Francis de Sales' Treatise on the Love of God were evident in Vincent's conferences to the Daughters of Charity and the members of the Congregation of the Mission at St Lazare. ', and 'Do not wish to be anything but what you are, and try to be that perfectly.' Francis had opened up to Vincent the horizons of sanctity and the means to obtain it. The more wretched we feel ourselves to be, the more we should trust in the mercy and goodness of God. St. Francis de Sales, Doctor of the Church, was one of the greatest evangelists and most powerful confessors during the Counter-Reformation.

Francis de Sales had a regard for the frailness of the human condition, and believed that the difficulties of this life would be replaced by reward in the next. Consider how St. Francis de Sales can help you to pursue a practical path to holiness precisely in the state and stage of life in which you find yourself. The characteristics of the two elements were penance and love, with love being the most important. St. Francis de Sales experienced this fear and the despair it brings. Sometimes, we don’t want to do the work required to fix our mistakes.

In 1622 he had to accompany the Court of Savoy into France. He died at Lyons on December 28, 1622. To obtain holiness, one did not have to follow the complex intellectual structures of Pierre de Bérulle - it was enough to follow the humble and gentle way preached by Francis de Sales - love in the actions of one's life.
All those who draw inspiration, strength and consolation from the gentle, insightful spirit of St. Francis de Sales are indebted to Father Klauder for taking on this important work. Francis became well known as an evangelist, a confessor, and even a mystic but everything he did was marked by the simple assurance, “God is love.” For St. Francis de Sales, these words never became trite but always called him to courage, the inevitable result of true love. He reformed the religious communities. He made prudent regulations for the guidance of his clergy. Though both his parents belonged to old aristocratic families, Francis de Sales was no stranger to poverty. Francis de Sales heralded for Vincent the idea that holiness was for everyone, regardless of their state of life - and this is the message of the Introduction to the Devout Life. But what made St. Francis such an effective messenger was not merely his intelligence or skill as an orator. There was one extraordinary mystical experience that we know Vincent de Paul had in his lifetime, and it concerned Francis de Sales and Jane Frances de Chantal. Francis de Sales along with with Jane Frances de Chantal founded the Visitation of Holy Mary. For November, Here Are Ten Ways You Can Help the Souls in Purgatory, To Know God is to Love Him (and to Be Loved By Him).


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