An edition of A selection from the spiritual letters of S. Francis de Sales
(1871)
A Selection from the Spiritual Letters of S. Francis de Sales, Bishop and Prince of Geneva
by Francis de Sales and H. L. Sidney Lear
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Table of Contents
CONTENTS.
LETTER
I. To a Novice. On the Right Use of Feelings 1
II. To a Bishop Elect 8
III. To the Abbesse du Puits d’Orbe. On Suffering 10
IV. To the Same. On Devotion 16
V. To Mme. de Chantal. On the Duties of a Widow 20
VI. To the Archbishop of Bourges. On Preaching 22
VII. To President Fremiot. On Preparation for Death 43
VIII. To the Abbesse du Puits d’Orbe. In Sickness 46
IX. To the Same. On Meditation and Prayer 49
X. To Mme. Brulart. On True Devotion 50
XI. To Mme. de Chantal. On Intellectual Temptation and Liberty of Spirit 57
XII. To the Same. On Temptations of the Will 68
XIII. To the Same. On Patience under Temptation 71
XIV. To a Lady. On Conformity to God’s Will 78
XV. To Mme. Brulart. On Submission to her Husband 78
XVI. To the Same. On the Sanctification of Married Life 80
XVII. To the Abbesse du Puits d’Orbe. On Little Troubles 83
XVIII. To Mme. de Chantal. On Abjection 83
XIX. To a Young Lady. Concerning her Vocation 91
XX. To Mme. Brulart 92
XXI. To Mme. de Chantal 93
XXII. To One of the Bishop’s Married Sisters 96
XXIII. To a Cure On abiding in his Work 97
XXIV. To a Lady at Court 99
XXV. To Mme. de Chantal. On the Death of Jeanne de Sales 101
XXVI. To the Same. On Spiritual Hunger 105
XXVII. To the Same 107
XXVIII. To a Lady. On Interior Peace 109
XXIX. To Mme. Brulart 110
XXX. To a Lady, in Sickness 112
XXXI. To Mme. de Chantal 113
XXXII. To Mme. de Miendry. Against a troubled Mind 114
XXXIII. To a Married Lady. On Quietness of Mind 116
XXXIV. To a Lady, in Sickness 117
XXXV. To his Sister, Mme. de Comillon. On the Death of their youngest Sister, Jeanne de Sales 119
XXXVI. To a Lady. On the Distractions of a busy Life 120
XXXVII. To Mme. de Chantal. On the Presence of God 123
XXXVIII. To Mme. de Chantal. On his Mother’s Death 125
XXXIX. To a Lady, involved in Legal Affairs 128
XL. To a Gentleman, going to the Court 130
XLI. To a Married Lady 136
XLII. To a Married Lady 137
XLIII. To Mme. de Chantal, when absent on family Business 138
XLIV. To a Lady. On Withheld Communion 139
XLV. To Mme. de Chantal. On Spiritual Dryness 140
XLVI. To a Young Lady, who wished to join the Order of the Visitation 142
XLVII. To a Lady under Trial 144
XLVIII. To a Lady living in the World 145
XLIX. To a Lady. On the Death of her Child 147
L. To a Lady 149
LI. To M. de Rochefort. On the Death of his Son 150
LII. To Mme. de Chantal. On Simplicity 152
LIII. To the Same 153
LIV. To the Same 155
LV. To a Religious. On Self-love 157
LVI. To a Religious — the Bishop’s Niece 159
LVII. To the Mme de Chastel 160
LVIII. To a Religious of the Visitation 162
LIX. To One of the Bishop’s Spiritual Children 163
LX. To a Married Niece 164
LXI. To a Religious of the Visitation. 167
LXII. To the Mere Favre, Superior of the Visitation at Lyons 169
LXIII. To a Lady who feared Death 170
LXIV. To a Lady 173
LXV. To a Lady 175
LXVI. To Mme. de ChantaL On the Death of M. de Sainte Catherine 176
LXVII. To a Superior of the Visitation. On Spiritual Dryness 177
LXVIII. To a Superior 180
LXIX. To a Lady, who had praised the Bishop extravagantly 182
LXX. To a Lady. On Prayer 183
LXXI. To a Lady 184
LXXII. To a Gentleman. On the Right Use of Holy Scripture 186
LXXIII. To Mme. de Chantal. On Self-renunciation 188
LXXIV. To a Lady, who had lost her only Son 190
LXXV. To a Young Lady 191
LXXVI. To a Religious 192
LXXVII. To the Abbesse Ang^que Amaud, of Port Royal 194
LXXVIII. To a Superior of the Visitation. On her Duties 196
LXXIX. To a Lady. On the Death of her New-born Child 198
LXXX. To Mme. de Chantal 200
LXXXI. To a Superior of the Visitation 201
LXXXII. To a Religious of the Visitation 203
LXXXIII. To a Superior of the Visitation. On Unwise Abstinence 204
LXXXIV. To a Religious 206
LXXXV. To Melle. de Frouville 209
LXXXVI. To a Lady, expecting her Confinement 212
LXXXVII. To a Young Lady, in Illness 214
LXXXVIII. To a Superior of the Visitation 215
LXXXIX. To the Portress of a Convent of the Visitation 217
XC. To a Lady. On Confession 218
XCI. To a Lady. On Confession 218
XCII. To a Lady 220
XCIII. To a Novice. On her Profession 221
XCIV. To a Lady 223
XCV. To the Abbe On Friendship. (With his own Portrait) 25
XCVI. To Mme. de Chantal 226
XCVII. To the Same 227
XCVIII. To a Superior of the Visitation. On supposed Visions and Revelations 229
XCIX. On the same Subject 232
C. To a Superior of the Visitation 234
CI. To the Same 236
CII. To a newly appointed Superior 237
CIII. To a Superior of the Visitation 241
CIV. To the Same
CV. To a Religious of the Visitation. On the Earthly and Spiritual Mind 245
CVI. To a Religious of the Visitation 248
CVII. To a Religious 251
CVIII. To a Widowed Religious, who was expecting to hear of the Death of her Child 251
CIX. To a Religious 253
CX. To a Religious 255
CXI. To a Religious 256
CXII. To a Religious 257
CXIII. To a Religious 259
CXIV. To the Abbesse Angelique Amaud, of Port Royal
CXV. To the Superior of a Carmelite Convent 263
CXVI. To a Religious 265
CXVII. To a Religious 267
CXVIII. To a Religious 267
CXIX. To a Young Lady 268
CXX. To a Young Lady 272
CXXI. To a Widow. Concerning her Child’s Education 273
CXXII. To One of the Bishop’s Married Sisters 274
CXXIII. To the Same 276
CXXIV. To a Cousin 278
CXXV. To a Lady 280
CXXVI. To a Lady. On the Death of her Sister 282
CXXVII. To a Widowed Lady 283
CXXVIII. To a Friend 284
CXXIX. To a Married Lady 285
CXXX. To a Married Lady 287
CXXXI. To a Lady under Depression 288
CXXXII. To a Lady. On Spiritual Coldness 289
CXXXIII. To a Lady. On the Restraint of natural Quickness 291
CXXXIV. To a Lady. Concerning her Child’s frequent Communion 293
CXXXV. To a Lady 297
CXXXVI. To a Young Nobleman 300
CXXXVII. To a Lady, recently come under his Direction 302
CXXXVIII. To a Lady, expecting her Confinement 307
CXXXIX. To a Lady 309
CXL. To a Lady 310
CXLI. To a Young Lady 312
CXLII. To a Lady of high rank, who was entering upon Legal Proceedings 316
CXLIII. To a Young Lady, On Meekness 322
CXLIV. To a Lady 323
CXLV. To the Same 325
CXLVI. To a Lady, expecting her Confinement 327
CXLVII. To a Young Lady. On the Right Use of High Aspirations 329
CXLVIII. To a Lady 334
CXLIX. To a Young Lady. On her Entrance into the Fashionable World 335
CL. To a Young Lady, living in the World 377
CLI. To a Married Lady 339
CLII. To a Lady 340
CLIII. To a Gentleman. On Depression of Spirits 342
CLIV. To a Lady, who was calumniated ; and concerning an Annual Review of Conscience 345
CLV. To a Widow. On her Husband’s Death 349
CLVI. To a Lady. On the Death of her Sister 351
CLVII. To a Friend, who had lost his Brother 353
CLVIII. To Mme. de Chantal 354
CLIX. To a Friend. On the New Year. (Probably President Favre) 360
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