SFS' Spirituality for all and all times

By Fr. Kalathil Mathew, MSFS

ISBN: 818581254-3 / 9788185812540

‘St. Francis dc Sales' Spirituality for All and All Times' is an inspirational guide to anyone looking for a practical everyday spirituality for living in today's world as lived and shared by St. Francis dc Sales. Spiritual wisdom, revealed to us in the exercises given here can lift up a soul from its first desire for devotion to a deeper union with God. In these pages you will learn not only what the spirituality of the heart is, but also how to let your inner life Row into outer life.

Table of Contents

Foreword

Preface

Dedication and Gratitude

Blessing

1. St. Francis de Sales speaks on:

True Devotion - Common spiritual exercise of Devotion - Honoring of Saints and Intercessions to Saints - How to Hear and Read God's Word - How to select Virtues which we should chiefly practice - Modesty in Dress – Slander - Further Counsels to conversation - Well-balanced and Reasonable Mind - Evil Desires - Poverty of Spirit amid Riches - How to exercise real Poverty, although actually Rich - Evil and Frivolous Friendship - Counsels to Married people and the Sanctity of the Marriage - Counsels to Widows — A devout widow should chiefly seek to cultivate graces - Counsels to Maidens (Virgins) — Patience — External Humility — Interior Humility — Rejoice in our own Abjection —Anxiety of mind — Sadness and Sorrow — Make use of the following matters when you are sorrowful - conclusion

2. St. Francis de Sales, a brief life sketch (1567-1622)

3. St. Francis dc Sales, Doctor of Love

4. St. Francis de Sales, "The Gentleman Saint"

5. St. Francis de Sales, a saint for all and family

6. Some of the De Sales' Spirituality Services

7. Celebrating Four Hundred Year Anniversaries

8. Prayer to St. Francis de Sales

9. St. Francis de Sales' Prayer "Be at Peace"

10. Novena to St. Francis de Sales

11.Founder of MSFS & sec, Servant of God, Fr. Peter Marie Mermier (1790-1862)

12. Prayer of Devotion in Honour of Servant of God, Ft Peter Marie Mermier

13.The Global Mission of the Missionaries of St. Francis de Sales

14.The 12 promises of Jesus to St. Margret Mary A|acoque

15. Couple's Prayer to the Sacred Heart

16. Few Quotes from St. Francis de Sales

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