The time to seek God is this life. The time to find God is death. The time to possess God is eternity.

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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