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| St. Francis de Sales Dordogne, France Photo by Pére Igor |
History
When Francis was a priest, a lot of
people left the Church and started their own versions of Christianity. Francis
decided it was his job to get about 60,000 people in Switzerland to come back
to the Church. Nobody but his cousin would help him. For three years, people
slammed doors in his face and threw rocks at him. Even his cousin gave up on
him. Finally, Francis wrote out sermons by hand and slipped them under doors.
That’s the first time anybody wrote a religious tract to teach people the
truth. Francis didn’t win back all the people, but he did convince 40,000 of
them to come back to the Church.
Activity
Saint Francis de Sales wrote a book
called “Introduction to the Devout Life.” In that book, he told people that
prayer was the key to loving God. "By
turning your eyes on God...”
he wrote, “your whole soul will be filled with God.” Today, color a picture of the Lord and hang it in your
room where you can “turn your eyes” on it all the time as a reminder to pray.
Here’s a simple one,
here’s one of Jesus ascending into heaven, and here’s one of Jesus praying in the Garden.
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