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Consoling Thoughts on Trials of an Interior Life

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Availability:In StockContributor:Francis de Sales, Pere HugetSeries:Consoling Thoughts of St. Francis de SalesPublish date:2013-01-24Pages:192
Languages:EnglishPublisher:Tan BooksISBN-13:9780895552143ISBN-10:895552140UPC:9780895552143Book Category:ReligionBook Subcategory:Christianity, Christian LivingBook Topic:Catholic, Spiritual WarfareSize:8.30 x 5.40 x 0.60 inchesWeight:0.5Product ID:SCRWGHWAT7
In Consoling Thoughts on Trials of an Interior Life St. Francis de Sales, beloved Doctor of the Church, gives us treasured insight from the master of spiritual direction. How can the soul persevere in piety in the midst of affliction? How should we conduct ourselves when suffering interior trials? How can we profit from our own faults? St. Francis de Sales explains all this and more.

In this masterful collection, St. Francis speaks to every soul on the riches to be gained from suffering trials and temptations, the advantages we can draw from our own defects, and how to choose and carry the best crosses. Also included are uplifting passages on suffering sadness, or what we would now call depression.

Readers of Consoling Thoughts on Trials of an Interior Life will experience firsthand why St. Francis de Sales (1567-1622) is known to history as the Gentle Saint. St. Francis was Bishop of Geneva and a tireless preacher, who yet made time to correspond with numerous souls who wrote him for his insight and guidance. His Consoling Thoughts are compiled from these letters as well as from his other spiritual works.
Languages:EnglishPublisher:Tan BooksISBN-13:9780895552143ISBN-10:895552140UPC:9780895552143Book Category:ReligionBook Subcategory:Christianity, Christian LivingBook Topic:Catholic, Spiritual WarfareSize:8.30 x 5.40 x 0.60 inchesWeight:0.5Product ID:SCRWGHWAT7
St. Francis de Sales was born in 1567 to Francois and Francoise de Boisy in what is currently Haute-Savoie, France. His father sent him to a good school when he was young, and he received spiritual formation from the Jesuits. After a disturbing spiritual fear of being condemned, he eventually resolved his problem and decided to dedicate his life to God in 1587. He became a doctor of law at the age of 24 at the Jesuit College of Clermont, Paris, and was ordained a priest by Bishop Claude de Granier and stationed in Geneva in 1593. He became bishop of Geneva in 1602.

Francis de Sales is the author of various collections of sermons on Mary, Lent, prayer and Christmastide, as well as a work entitled Set Your Heart Free, edited by John Kirvan. He was known as a spiritually understanding man as well as a friend of the poor. Though known for his great intellect and theological wisdom, he spoke with simplicity and earnestness, so that all could understand. An Introduction to the Devout Life , his best-loved work, is based on notes he wrote for a cousin for marriage, stressing that sanctity is possible in everyday life. He died in 1622 on December 28, and was canonized by Pope Alexander VII in 1665. His feast is celebrated on January 24.

Publisher: Tan Books

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27th Edition

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