Sermons of St. Francis de Sales For Lent by St. Francis de Sales

Author:St. Francis de Sales [de Sales, St. Francis]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: TAN Books
Published: 2015-06-09T04:00:00+00:00

NOTES

1. Cf. Sermon for the Second Sunday of Lent, p. 54 of this volume.

2. Cf. Treatise on the Love of God, Bk. X, chap. 11; Sermons of St. Francis de Sales on Our Lady, "The Assumption," August 15, 1618, p. 73; and 'The Visitation," July 2, 1621, p. 159.

3. Cf. p. 84 of this sermon.

4. Cf. Introduction to the Devout Life, Part III, chap. 22.

5. Cf. p. 84 of this sermon.

6. St. Francis de Sales seems here to be expanding the parameter of the natural law from the injunction to "do good and avoid evil" to the double commandment of love of God and love of neighbor. This is just another indication of the centrality of love in his spiritual vision.

7. St. Francis de Sales is referring to a period when the frequent reception of Holy Communion had fallen into disuse; there were perhaps some who did not receive Communion at all.

8. Cf. p. 84 of this sermon.

9. Rarely has a western Doctor of the Church assessed redeemed humanity as positively as St. Francis de Sales does here. No doubt these thoughts on the grandeur of redeemed humanity contribute much to his optimistic appreciation of Christian anthropology, as well as to the attractiveness of his spirituality.

10. Cf. Treatise on the Love of God, Bk. X, chap. 11.

11. Cf. Spiritual Conferences, IV, "On Cordiality," pp. 64-65.

12. Cf. pp. 83-84 of this sermon.

13. Cf. p. 85 of this sermon.

14. Cf. Spiritual Conferences, VI, "On Hope," pp. 97-98.

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