My past no longer concerns me. It belongs to God's mercy. My future does not yet concern me. It belongs to divine providence. What concerns me, and what claims me, is today - it belongs to God's grace and to the surrender of my heart, my good will.

Topics: Faith & Trust, Time & Transience

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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