Every Christian needs…
Every Christian needs a half-hour of prayer each day, except when he is busy, then he needs an hour.
— Saint Francis de Sales (1567-1622)
Prayer is a remedy…
Prayer is a sovereign remedy, it lifts the mind to God, Who is our only Joy and Consolation.
–Saint Francis de Sales (1567-1622)
Don’t attach your heart…
Don’t desire well if you do not have. Don’t attach your heart too closely to what you already have.
— Saint Francis de Sales (1567-1622)
How to fast…
We must fast with our whole heart, that is to say, willing, wholeheartedly, universally and entirely.
–Saint Francis de Sales (1567-1622)
Run to Mary…
Let us run to Mary, and, as her little children, cast ourselves into her arms with a perfect confidence.
–Saint Francis de Sales (1567-1622)
The chief exercise of prayer…
The chief exercise of prayer is to speak to God and to hear God speak in the bottom of our heart.
— Saint Francis de Sales, (1567-1622)
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