A Selection from the Spiritual Letters of SFS

This book contains selected 159 Letters of Spiritual Direction from St.Francis de Sales. See the contents below.

Table of Contents

LETTERS:

To a Novice. On the Right Use of Feelings
To a Bishop Elect
To the Abbesse du Puits d’Orbe. On Suffering
To the Same. On Devotion
To Mme. de Chantal. On the Duties of a Widow
To the Archbishop of Bourges. On Preaching
To President Fremiot. On Preparation for Death
To the Abbesse du Puits d’Orbe. In Sicknes
To the Same. On Meditation and Prayer
To Mme. Brulart. On True Devotion
To Mme. de Chantal. On Intellectual Temptation and Liberty of Spiri
To the Same. On Temptations of the Will
To the Same. On Patience under Temptation
To a Lady. On Conformity to God’s Wil
To Mme. Brulart. On Submission to her Husband
To the Same. On the Sanctification of Married Life
To the Abbesse du Puits d’Orbe. On Little Troubles
To Mme. de Chantal. On Abjection
To a Young Lady. Concerning her Vocation
To Mme. Brulart
To Mme. de Chantal
To One of the Bishop’s Married Sisters
To a Cure On abiding in his Work
To a Lady at Court
To Mme. de Chantal. On the Death of Jeanne de Sales
To the Same. On Spiritual Hunger
To the Same
To a Lady. On Interior Peace
To Mme. Brulart
To a Lady, in Sickness
To Mme. de Chantal
To Mme. de Miendry. Against a troubled Mind
To a Married Lady. On Quietness of Mind
To a Lady, in Sickness
To his Sister, Mme. de Comillon. On the Death of their youngest Sister, Jeanne de Sales
To a Lady. On the Distractions of a busy Life
To Mme. de Chantal. On the Presence of God
To Mme. de Chantal. On his Mother’s Deat
To a Lady, involved in Legal Affairs
To a Gentleman, going to the Court
To a Married Lady
To a Married Lady
To Mme. de Chantal, when absent on family Busines
To a Lady. On Withheld Communion
To Mme. de Chantal. On Spiritual Dryness
To a Young Lady, who wished to join the Order of the Visitation
To a Lady under Trial
To a Lady living in the Worl
To a Lady. On the Death of her Child
To a Lady
To M. de Rochefort. On the Death of his Son
To Mme. de Chantal. On Simplicity
To the Sam
To the Same
To a Religious. On Self-love
To a Religious — the Bishop’s Niece
To the Mme de Chastel
To a Religious of the Visitation
To One of the Bishop’s Spiritual Children
To a Married Niece
To a Religious of the Visitation
To the Mere Favre, Superior of the Visitation at Lyons
To a Lady who feared Death
To a Lady
To a Lady
To Mme. de ChantaL On the Death of M. de Sainte Catherin
To a Superior of the Visitation. On Spiritual Dryness
To a Superior
To a Lady, who had praised the Bishop extravagantly
To a Lady. On Prayer
To a Lady
To a Gentleman. On the Right Use of Holy Scripture
To Mme. de Chantal. On Self-renunciation
To a Lady, who had lost her only Son
To a Young Lady
To a Religious
To the Abbesse Angque Amaud, of Port Royal
To a Superior of the Visitation. On her Duties
To a Lady. On the Death of her New-born Child
To Mme. de Chantal
To a Superior of the Visitation
To a Religious of the Visitation
To a Superior of the Visitation. On Unwise Abstinence
To a Religious
To Melle. de Frouville
To a Lady, expecting her Confinement
To a Young Lady, in Illness
To a Superior of the Visitation
To the Portress of a Convent of the Visitation
To a Lady. On Confession
To a Lady. On Confession
To a Lady
To a Novice. On her Profession
To a Lady
To the Abbe On Friendship. (With his own Portrait)
To Mme. de Chantal
To the Same
To a Superior of the Visitation. On supposed Visions and Revelations
On the same Subject
To a Superior of the Visitation
To the Same
To a newly appointed Superior
To a Superior of the Visitation
To the Same
To a Religious of the Visitation. On the Earthly and Spiritual Mind
To a Religious of the Visitation
To a Religious
To a Widowed Religious, who was expecting to hear of the Death of her Child
To a Religious
To a Religious
To a Religious
To a Religious
To a Religious
To the Abbesse Angelique Amaud, of Port Royal
To the Superior of a Carmelite Convent
To a Religious
To a Religious
To a Religious
To a Young Lad
To a Young Lady
To a Widow. Concerning her Child’s Education
To One of the Bishop’s Married Sisters
To the Same
To a Cousin
To a Lady
To a Lady. On the Death of her Sister
To a Widowed Lady
To a Friend
To a Married Lady
To a Married Lady
To a Lady under Depression
To a Lady. On Spiritual Coldness
To a Lady. On the Restraint of natural Quickness
To a Lady. Concerning her Child’s frequent Communion
To a Lady
To a Young Nobleman
To a Lady, recently come under his Direction
To a Lady, expecting her Confinement
To a Lady
To a Lady
To a Young Lady
To a Lady of high rank, who was entering upon Legal Proceedings
To a Young Lady, On Meekness
To a Lady
To the Same
To a Lady, expecting her Confinement
To a Young Lady. On the Right Use of High Aspirations
To a Lady
To a Young Lady. On her Entrance into the Fashionable World
To a Young Lady, living in the World
To a Married Lady
To a Lady
To a Gentleman. On Depression of Spirits
To a Lady, who was calumniated ; and concerning an Annual Review of Conscience
To a Widow. On her Husband’s Death
To a Lady. On the Death of her Sister
To a Friend, who had lost his Brother
To Mme. de Chantal
To a Friend. On the New Year. (Probably President Favre)

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