2 January 2020

On Gentleness Toward Ourselves

So then, when you have fallen, lift up your heart in quietness, humbling
yourself deeply before God by reason of your frailty, without marveling
that you fell;—there is no cause to marvel because weakness is weak, or
infirmity infirm. Heartily lament that you should have offended God, and
begin anew to cultivate the lacking grace, with a very deep trust in His
Mercy, and with a bold, brave heart.

                                    St. Francis de Sales, Introduction to the Devout Life

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