and Crosses! As our national holiday of Thanksgiving approaches, how can we be grateful with a particularly Salesian heart? St. Francis de Sales’ suggests we delight in all God’s inspirations within us, and that we accept with gratitude even the [...]
“Whoever exalts himself will be humbled; whoever humbles himself will be exalted." (Mt 23:12) The above verse from Matthew’s Gospel (featured in the Lectionary for the Thirty-first Sunday in Ordinary Time) follows Jesus’ critique of the Pharisees (and scribes) for [...]
In Part 3 of the Introduction to the Devout Life, in his Instruction to Married Persons, Francis de Sales reflects on the holiness of marriage and exhorts his readers to a married love that is “completely holy, completely sacred, and [...]
"No one who lights a lamp conceals it with a vessel or sets it under a bed; rather, he places it on a lampstand so that those who enter may see the light…” Lighting a lamp, only to subsequently hide [...]
Pope Francis has declared September 1st, as an annual day of prayer, penance and thanksgiving for creation. In his Treatise on the Love of God, St Francis de Sales wrote in Book, 2, Chapter 2: God spoke but one word, [...]
A timely message from Brother Mickey McGrath, OSFS
Have you ever heard the phrase (though used less now with the rise of tablets and e-books): “Don’t judge a book by its cover?” I like this phrase very much because it reminds us of the difficulty we have with [...]
When life slows down a little in the summer, it allows us to strengthen our bonds of love with God, family and friends. As vacation time ends, we resolve to carry those strong bonds of love forward into the busyness [...]
