Meditations for Retreats Taken From The Writings of St Francis de Sales: A Book of Meditation Retreat Contemplations from the Writing Of Holy St ... God, Providence, Heaven and Love of Neighbor

The writings of St Francis de Sales, as arranged for meditation retreats by the Sisters of the Visitation of Mary. Also known as the Visitandines and the Salesian Sisters, the order was founded in 1610 by St. Francis de Sales.

About St Francis de Sales:

St. Francis de Sales (1567 – 1661) is remembered as Catholicism’s most inspiring writer on the nature of the love of God. Instructional as well as moving, the writing of de Sales has been a mainstay of theology and devotional practice for generations.

From the Introduction:

My very dear Sisters:

We gladly send you this manuscript, as

it is taken from the works of our blessed

Father, and especially from several memoirs

written by his dear and holy hand.

These are his thoughts and words; you will

readily recognize in them his spirit. We

have endeavored to abridge and arrange

them into Meditations that may serve for

the retreats made before the renovation of

our vows, because many of our Sisters, the

Superioreeses, have long urged us to do so.

I think that, after the first and second parts

of Philothea, you will find nothing more

solid or practical. If you read and reflect

upon them attentively, they will enlighten

your understanding and inflame your

Heart.

Selected Chapters from Meditations for Retreats

Meditation on the Creation

Meditation on the Benefits of God

Meditation on Sin

Meditation on Death

Meditation on Heaven

Meditation on the Love of our Neighbor

Meditation on the Presence of God

Meditation on the Providence of God

Meditation on the Will of God

Meditation on Detachment and on the Conclusion of the Retreat