Toledo VisitationFrancis de Sales: Holy Week, The Agony and the Ecstasy
“Do not weep.” “You are now filled with sorrow; but I will see you again …and your heart will rejoice, and no one will take away your joy.” “In contemplating Christ’s face, we confront the most paradoxical aspect of his mystery, as it emerges in his last hour, on the cross.” So writes Pope St. John Paul II in his encyclical, Novo Millennio Ineute. He…
Ransoming the Captives: Lent with St Francis de Sales
“Can the prey be taken from the mighty, or the captives of a tyrant be rescued? But says the Lord: ‘Even the captives of the mighty shall be taken, and the prey of the tyrant be…
Francis de Sales: Bridge over Troubled Waters
If you can’t see Jesus, be Jesus. In our journey through life, we have an essential choice to make: will we be saints – making our world, our families, our communities havens of love and life…