francis de sales treatise on the love of god

And as women, while they are strong and able to bring forth their children with ease, choose commonly their worldly friends to be godfathers, but when their feebleness and indisposition make their delivery hard and dangerous invoke the Saints of heaven, and vow to have their children stood to by some poor body or by some devout soul in the name of S. I have dedicated this work to the Mother of dilection and to the Father of cordial love, as I dedicated the Introduction to the Divine child who is the Saviour of lovers and the love of the saved. Printed and bound in the United States of America. Courtesy of De Sales Resource Center, Niagara Falls, New York.

Owens (early 20th century), based on the Turin portrait. Library of Congress Catalog Card No.: 95-60646Ĭover illustration: Portrait of St. Francis de Sales.' This edition photographically reproduced from the Third Edition by arrangement with Burns & Oates. Originally published in approximately 1884 by Burns & Oates, Limited, London and Benziger Brothers, New York as Volume II of the series 'Library of St. Oh! that all would study it as it deserves! There should be no one to escape its heat.' I have carefully arranged that it shall be read throughout our Society, as the universal remedy for all feeble ones, the good of slothful ones, the stimulus of love, and the ladder of those who are tending to perfection. ' A truly admirable book, which has as many admirers of the sweetness of its author as it has readers. Under the Direction and Patronage of His Lordship the And Doctor of the Church iii TREATISE ON THE LOVE OF GOD

Francis de sales treatise on the love of god