Edited by Rev. Francis J. Klauder, SDB,

Is your life harried and hassled? Is it difficult to find time to pray and to reflect on your calling as a Christian? Then this book is for you. In just five minutes a day, you can read a portion of a letter or sermon by Saint Franics de Sales, reflect on how he lived what he taught in the concrete circumstances of his own life, and have a brief saying to take with you for the rest of the day.

This book as originally published contains a thought or saying from the writings of St. Francis de Sales, a brief account of some historical event that occurred during his life on (or around) that date and a brief quote or maxim from St. Francis de Sales himself. First published this work in 1985. Due to popular demand, Salesiana Publishers reprinted this great resource in 1997.

Saint Francis de Sales lived some four hundred years ago, and yet his message is still relevant for our world today. His gentle manner to[1]ward everyone he met and his generous service of God and the Church can be an inspiration and an example for twentiethcentury Christians of every walk of life.