Faith

  Sermon for Thursday after the First Sunday of Lent, February 17, 1622

Concerning faith as the adhesion of the understanding to the truths revealed by God or the Church, living faith which produces the fruit of good works vs. dead or dying faith, vigilant, penetrating faith vs. dormant faith, the supernatural prudence which accompanies vigilant faith, attentive faith, confidence in prayer, persever­ance in prayer, patience in prayer, and humility in prayer.

(Read further in Sermons of St. Francis de Sales for Lent, Sermon 3, Faith)

Our faith should be naked and simple

  Letter to Sister de Blonay

(Letters to Persons in the World, Our faith should be naked and simple)

The truths of Faith are sometimes agreeable to the human spirit, not only because God has revealed them by His word and proposed them by His Church, but also because these truths suit our taste, and because we enter into them thoroughly, we understand them easily, and they are according to our inclinations.

(Read further in Letters to Sister de Blonay, Letters to Persons in the World)

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