Feb
27
The Measure of Love...
"The measure of love is to love without measure."
-- St. Francis de Sales (1567-1622), 17th Century Bishop of Geneva, and Doctor of the Church, who as a priest was known for his patience and gentle approach to quell religious division after the Protestant Reformation. He was a lawyer by trade and, after convincing his father to allow him to enter the priesthood, he was just as successful in sharing the Catholic faith and converting Calvinists in Geneva. He would preach to them and hand out pamphlets that he would write himself. St. Francis is said to have returned tens of thousands back into the Catholic fold.
-- St. Francis de Sales (1567-1622), 17th Century Bishop of Geneva, and Doctor of the Church, who as a priest was known for his patience and gentle approach to quell religious division after the Protestant Reformation. He was a lawyer by trade and, after convincing his father to allow him to enter the priesthood, he was just as successful in sharing the Catholic faith and converting Calvinists in Geneva. He would preach to them and hand out pamphlets that he would write himself. St. Francis is said to have returned tens of thousands back into the Catholic fold.
