[Antoninus]

For the feast of Saint Francis de Sales, Doctor of the Church, on the Traditional calendar.

[stonehouse01]

I just returned from noon Latin mass where we celebrated St. Francis de Sales’ feast day. One of may favorites!

St. Francis de Sales ora pro nobis

Our priest explained that St. Francis de Sales had converted thousands back to the faith from Calvinism when he was Bishop of Geneva.

[Bob434]

I’m not catho0lic- but I’ll post something relevant here- The bible states that if we ‘regard iniquity’ (Keep sinning without trying to turn from it with God’s help, ie we keep gossiping, getting angry unjustly, speaking evil of others, sexual sins, steal, whatever those sins may be), God will not hear us- period- We may as well not even pray because God won’t hear us- and our relationship with Him is severely hampered by this-

God is serious about sin- He aint joking- We though dont’ take sin anywhere nearly as serious as we should, and think we are living in a close relationship to God when in reality He doesn’t even hear us when we have unconfessed sin in our lives that we refuse to deal with

[Antoninus]

Catholic ping!

[cloudmountain]

His feast day has been celebrated by the Church since 1624...over 300 years.

I've read about him since I was a teenager. It's a wonderful feast day for a wonderful saint but it's NOT new.