I wish you the spirit of freedom, which does everything out of love and nothing out of compulsion.

Occasions: Baptism, Confirmation & Blessing

Francis de Sales

Franz von Sales (1567–1622) war ein römisch-katholischer Theologe, Ordensgründer und Bischof von Genf mit Exilsitz in Annecy. Er begründete eine von Milde und Herzensbildung geprägte Laienspiritualität, wobei sein Vorgehen bei der Rekatholisierung der Region Chablais im Verbund mit staatlichen Zwangsmaßnahmen historisch umstritten ist. Heutigen Bibellesern bieten seine Schriften Impulse für einen barmherzigen, gelassenen Glauben inmitten alltäglicher Pflichten.

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