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 : That our progress in holy love does not depend on our natural temperament
Chapter 2 : That we are to have a continual desire to love
Chapter 3 : That to have the desire of sacred love we are to cut of all other desires
Chapter 4 : That our lawful occupations do not hinder us from practising divine love
Chapter 5 : A very sweet example on this subject
Chapter 6 : That we are to employ in the practice of divine love all the occasions that present themselves
Chapter 7 : That we must take pains to do our actions very perfectly
Chapter 8 : A general means for applying our works to God’s service
Chapter 9 : Of certain other means by which we may apply our works more particularly to the love of God
Chapter 10 : An exhortation to the sacrifice which we are to make to God of our free-will
Chapter 11 : The motives we have of holy love
Chapter 12 : A most useful method of employing these motives
Chapter 13 : That Mount Calvary is the academy of love
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BOOK 12 : Containing certain counsels for the progress of the soul in holy love