Prayers of St. Francis de Sales

St. Francis de Sales (1567-1622) was the soul of charity. He loved God and his neighbor to an extraordinary degree. No wonder his prayers show great love. "Whatever happens, Lord, may I at least love you in this life, if I cannot love you in eternity, since no one may praise you in hell. May I make use of every moment of my short life on earth to love you." "God has showed us in many ways that His will is that we should all be saved. For this purpose, He made us in His own image and likeness by creating us, and made Himself in our image and likeness by Incarnating Himself in a body like ours. Then he suffered death to save us all, which He did with so much love that He would do it again. Let us then a thousand times a day turn our eyes upon this loving will of God, and making our hearts melt into His, be one with Him." "I will then pray our Lord to give you a good and holy result in this action, that you may attain a solid and constant tranquility of heart, which can only be obtained in God, in whose holy love I wish that you may more and more progress. God Bless you with His great blessings. That is, may God make you perfectly His."