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SALESIAN LITERATURE
:: LETTERS OF St. FRANCIS DE SALES
:: LETTERS TO A WIFE AND MOTHER
Salesian Spirituality
Fransalian Features
Letters to
a Wife and Mother
by
St. Francis de Sales
If ever a man
revealed himself in his letters it was St. Francis de
Sales. His rich sympathetic nature stands out vividly.
We are reminded of Cardinal Newman’s words in his
Historical Sketches: “I want to hear a Saint
converse; I am not content to look at him as a statue;
his words are the index of his hidden life, as far as
that life can be known to man, for ‘out of the abundance
of the heart the mouth speaketh’. Now the ancient
saints have left behind them just that kind of
literature which more than any represents the abundance
of the heart, which more than any other approaches to
conversation; I mean correspondence.”
In this pamphlet you are going to hear St. Francis de
Sales converse through his letters to Madame Madeleine
de la Fléchére, his cousin. They were about the same age
and he became her spiritual director during the Lenten
course of sermons he preached at Rumilly in France in
1608.
(Credit: Vincent Kerns,
MSFS, "Forward" to Letters to a Wife and Mother)
Translated by
Fr.
Vincent Kerns MSFS
Letters to a Wife and Mother
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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Letter 1: Putting up with Ourselves
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Letter 2: A Sense of Proportion
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Letter 3: The Distractions of a Busy Life
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Letter 4: Combining Frailty with Fidelity
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Letter 5: In Moments of Melancholy
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Letter 6: The Right use of Mortification
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Letter 7: A Happy Frame of Mind
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Letter 8: The Perfection of Motherhood
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Letter 9: A Gift from God
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Letter 10: One Thing at a Time
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Letter 11: Throw Yourself into God’s Arms
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Letter 12: A Constant Challenge
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Letter 13: Always Something to Do
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Letter 14: Holding God’s Hand
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Letter 15: The Secret of Inward Peace
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Letter 16: The Throne of God’s Love
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Letter 17: Laying Good Foundation
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Letter 18: A Call to Arms
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Letter 19: Besieged by Troubles
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Letter 20: The Real Test of Love
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Letter 21: Walking with God
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Letter 22: The Loss of a Loved One
SALESIAN LITERATURE
A Down-to-earth
Spirituality for everyone
Doctoral Theses on Salesian Spirituality
Letters to a Wife and
Mother
Letters
to Persons in ReligionLetters to Persons in the
World
Letters
of Spiritual Direction
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