January 24, 2025, Memorial of St. Francis de Sales, Holy Rosary (Sorrowful Mysteries)

Friends of the Rosary,

Today is the Memorial of St. Francis de Sales (1567-1622), Bishop and Doctor of the Church.

St. Francis' ardent love of God and souls, his great kindliness, and his rare wisdom made him exceptionally influential in bringing about conversions and guiding souls in the spiritual life. He won back the faith of more than 70,000 heretics.

The saint's Introduction to the Devout Life is most widely known, which, with the Imitation of Christ, is rightly considered the finest outline of Christian perfection.

He proposed God's merciful love as the goal and motive of every human life.

He wrote, "Man is the perfection of the universe; the spirit is the perfection of man; love, that of the spirit; and charity, that of love."

Francis was declared a Doctor of the Church in 1877.

Jesus, I Trust In You!
Come, Holy Spirit, come!
To Jesus through Mary!

+ Mikel Amigot | RosaryNetwork.com, New York

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