When St. Jane Francis de Chantal encouraged St. Francis de Sales to be a bit angrier over the opposition they were facing in starting their religious order, he replied, “Would you have me lose in a quarter hour what has taken me twenty years' hard work to acquire?
St. Francis de Sales had quite a temper when he was young. But over time he
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Helps me be more loving!
Mary · September 2, 2024
Great reading it makes you think it could be you doing some of those things.There’s too much hate in the world today . We cannot change yesterday’ but what we do today will change tomorrow. Amen
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Matt · November 16, 2023
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Not what I expected. I thought it would have helpful thoughts about how to deal with anger issues but instead it seemed to focus on who to blame when angry. Unfortunately, most of the time the blame went to a woman. Indeed there was a whole chapter about how one saint dealt with her abusive husband by being silent with him. I know the book was written from a very conservative point of view. I should have realized that the title said it all.