The Sermons of St Francis de Sales for Lent

St Francis de Sales understands the foolishness and weakness of human nature. He wrote these sermons to help people overcome their weaknesses and continue on the path to heaven. St. Francis de Sales, famous Doctor of the Church, is one of the greatest masters of the spiritual life—a wise, learned and gently teacher for all. In these 12 sermons, preached to the Visitation nuns in Lent of 1622, St. Francis covers most of the central teachings of the Christian life. Familiar with the foolishness and weakness of the human heart, St. Francis points out to his hearers the manifold ways of getting side tracked from the practice of solid virtue, as well as the folly of insisting on serving God in our own way. He exhorts those in all states and vocations to have great hope and confidence in God, along with a salutary fear of eternal damnation.

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