Francis de Sales
Francis de Sales: Patron of Catholic Writers The American Heritage Dictionary defines a hero as “a person noted for feats of courage or nobility of purpose. A person noted for special achievement in a particular field.” Francis de Sales was a hero to Catholics in France during a violent and contentious age when the Protestant religion reigned and Catholics were being persecuted for their beliefs. He is noted for bringing heretics back to the Church, but most importantly for bringing Catholics in the world – rich and poor alike – back to the devout life. As a hero, Francis possessed determination, vision, courage and performed deeds that went beyond the normal. Francis was determined to help the less fortunate and teach Christianity to all that did not have faith in God. “At Annecy he found time to organize his lay Confraternity of the Holy Cross. It exacted no special austerities of its members but asked generosity in the corporal and spiritual works of mercy: visiting the sick, accompanying the Blessed Sacrament when taken to them, reconciling enemies, and making acts of adoration and reparation – particularly to the Holy Cross which like the Mass, was so strangely insulted by the early Protestants.”(Brégy, p.25) Later he wa
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