
Lent with the Saints: Francis de Sales
St. Francis de Sales was marked by his family for a legal career, following in his father’s footsteps as a distinguished jurist in France.
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St. Francis de Sales was marked by his family for a legal career, following in his father’s footsteps as a distinguished jurist in France.

A good new practice to highlight, even at this midway point in the Lenten period, is silence. Silence is the greatest of teachers.

In today’s Gospel, Peter asks Jesus a question: How often should we forgive a brother who offends us?

We cannot pursue success, acceptance, and acclaim as authentic goals of life, and be real. In meditation we score no goals but we win the match.

2 Kings 5:1–15a; Psalm 42:2–3; 43:3–4; Luke 4:24–30
Leprosy is a disease that gets a lot of attention in the Bible. Jesus, who himself healed lepers, cites the story of the cure of the Syrian leper, Naaman, in today’s Gospel, as he challenges his hometown audience with the rejection of prophets in their native place, while foreigners like Naaman receive God’s favor.

There is, as we all know, personal sin. We all know our faults—or suspect them.

The character of Moses is forever burned into the consciousness of a generation of moviegoers by Charlton Heston’s portrayal of him in The Ten Commandments.

Experience is a stronger persuader than argument, and we act well to the degree that we see clearly.

The story of the Prodigal Son in Luke’s Gospel personifies the mercy of God.

The ecological dream is to produce new energy by reprocessing all waste.