Thoughts from Saint Francis de Sales on His Feast

Prayer obtains from God more than it asks.

Night is as day to us, when God is in our heart, and the day is as night when he is not there.

Be patient with everyone but especially with yourself.

It is not by the greatness of our actions that we please God, but by the love with which we do them.

Our misery is the throne of God’s mercy.

No one trusts in God without reaping the fruits of such confidence.

Even little children can love God when everything is sugar and sweetness, but loving him when all is wormwood and bitterness is the result of our loving faithfulness.

O Holy Virgin, the eyes of all believers are fixed on you!