Salesian Literature
A Spirituality for Everyone
St. Francis de Sales presents a spirituality that can be practised by everyone in all walks of life
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A TREATISE ON THE LOVE OF GOD
Chapter 1 : All virtues are pleasing to God
Chapter 2 : Charity makes virtues so much more pleasing to God than they are in themselves
Chapter 3 : Charity gives some virtues greater prominence than others
Chapter 4 : Charity sanctifies virtues more perfectly, if they are done at its behest
Chapter 5 : Charity shares its perfection with the other virtues, gives them their individual value
Chapter 6 : The high value charity gives to its own actions, and to those of the other virtues
Chapter 7 : Perfect virtues never come singly
Chapter 8 : Charity includes all the virtues
Chapter 9 : Virtues derive their perfection from charity
Chapter 10 : The virtues of the pagans – a digression
Chapter 11 : Human actions divorced from the love of God are valueless
Chapter 12 : Charity recovered gives new life to virtues deadened by sin
Chapter 13 : How to make all our actions, and the practice of virtue, expressions of charity
Chapter 14 : Putting the previous chapter into practice
Chapter 15 : Charity contains the gifts of the Holy Spirit
Chapter 16 : Fear that is rooted in love
Chapter 17 : Servile fear can exist with charity
Chapter 18 : How charity makes use of natural fear – fear that is servile, mercenary
Chapter 19 : Charity includes the twelve fruits of the Holy Spirit as well as the eight beatitudes of the gospel
Chapter 20 : Charity harnesses all the passions, all the soul’s emotions, until they obey it
Chapter 21 : Remorse rarely helps; it is contrary to charity’s function
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