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The Spiritual Letters
OF
S. FRANCIS DE SALES
BISHOP AND PRINCE OF GENEVA
Translated
BY THE AUTHOR OF "LIFE OF S. FRANCIS DE SALES," "A DOMINICAN ARTIST,"
ETC., ETC.
e veux peu de choses; ce que je veux, je veux fort peu."
RIVINGTONS
London, Oxford, and Cambridge
1871
141. K 444.
LETTER
CONTENTS.
I. To a Novice. On the Right Use of Feelings
II. To a Bishop Elect
III. To the Abbesse du Puits d'Orbe. On Suffering. 10
IV. To the Same. On Devotion
16
20
22
V. To Mme. de Chantal. On the Duties of a Widow
VI. To the Archbishop of Bourges. On Preaching
VII. To President Frémiot. On Preparation for Death
VIII. To the Abbesse du Puits d'Orbe. In Sickness
IX. To the Same. On Meditation and Prayer
X. To Mme. Brulart. On True Devotion
XI. To Mme. de Chantal. On Intellectual Temptation
and Liberty of Spirit.
XII. To the Same. On Temptations of the Will
On Patience under Temptation
43
46
49
50
57
65
71
78
XIII. To the Same.
XIV. To a Lady. On Conformity to God's Will
XV. To Mme. Brulart. On Submission to her Husband 78
XVI. To the Same. On the Sanctification of Married
XVII. To the Abbesse du Puits d'Orbe. On Little
Troubles
XVIII. To Mme. de Chantal. On Abjection.
XIX. To a Young Lady. Concerning her Vocation
XX. To Mme. Brulart
XXI. To Mme. de Chantal.
XXII. To One of the Bishop's Married Sisters
XXIII. To a Curé. On abiding in his Work .
XXIV. To a Lady at Court
XXV. To Mme. de Chantal.
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80
XXVI. To the Same. On Spiritual Hunger
XXVII. To the Same.
XXVIII. To a Lady. On Interior Peace
XXIX. To Mme. Brulart
XXX. To a Lady, in Sickness
XXXI. To Mme. de Chantal
XXXII. To Mme. de Miendry. Against a troubled
Mind
114
XXXIII. To a Married Lady. On Quietness of Mind 116
XXXIV. To a Lady, in Sickness
XXXV. To his Sister, Mme. de Cornillon. On the
Death of their youngest Sister, Jeanne de
XXXVI. To a Lady. On the Distractions of a busy
118
119
120
XXXVII. To Mme. de Chantal. On the Presence of God 123
XXXVIII. To Mme. de Chantal. On his Mother's Death 125
XXXIX. To a Lady, involved in Legal Affairs
XL. To a Gentleman, going to the Court
XLI. To a Married Lady
XLII. To a Married Lady
XLIII. To Mme. de Chantal, when absent
family Business
on
128
130
. 136
137
138
. 139
XLIV. To a Lady. On Withheld Communion
XLV. To Mme. de Chantal. On Spiritual Dryness. 140
XLVI. To a Young Lady, who wished to join the
Order of the Visitation
XLVII. To a Lady under Trial
XLVIII. To a Lady living in the World
XLIX. To a Lady. On the Death of her Child
L. To a Lady
LI. To M. de Rochefort: On the Death of his Son 150
LII. To Mme. de Chantal. On Simplicity
LVII. To the Mère de Chastel
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. 160
LVIII. To a Religious of the Visitation.
. 162
LIX. To One of the Bishop's Spiritual Children. 163
LX. To a Married Niece
. 164
LXI. To a Religious of the Visitation.
. 167
LXII. To the Mère Favre, Superior of the Visita-
LXVI. To Mme. de Chantal. On the Death of
M. de Sainte Catherine.
LXVII. To a Superior of the Visitation. On Spi-
ritual Dryness
175
. 177
. 180
LXIX. To a Lady, who had praised the Bishop
LXXIII. To Mme. de Chantal. On Self-renunciation 188
LXXIV. To a Lady, who had lost her only Son
LXXV. To a Young Lady
LXXVI. To a Religious.
190
. 191
. 192
LXXVII. To the Abbesse Angélique Arnaud, of Port
Royal
LXXVIII. To a Superior of the Visitation. On her
LXXIX. To a Lady. On the Death of her New-born
196
LXXXIII. To a Superior of the Visitation. On Unwise
Abstinence
203
204