Oppose vigorously any tendency to sadness ... You must persevere. By means of sorrow the enemy tries to make us weary of good works, but if he sees that we don't give them up and that being done in spite of his opposition they have become very meritorious, he will stop troubling us.
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About Francis de Sales
Francis de Sales was a 16th-century bishop of geneva and catholic saint. Francis de Sales, C.O., O.M. was a Savoyard Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Geneva and is a saint of the Catholic Church. Read more on Wikipedia →
Themes
- Patience — The virtue of waiting, endurance, and quiet strength