GOLDEN COUNSELS

OF ST. FRANCIS DE SALES

Prayer

O God, You have given us Francis de Sales as a guide on the way to salvation. By his example and prayers, help us to trust in your loving providence and to follow your inspirations. May our lives show your gentle love to everyone we meet. We ask this through Christ our Lord. Amen.

 Contents

• History of the Golden Counsels
• Peace
• Patience
• Confidence
• Love
• God's Will
• Perseverance
• Devotion
• Penitence

• Providence
• Trust
• Suffering
• Cooperation with God
• Hope
• Everyday Life
• Death
• Additional Reading
• Order Form

The origins of the "Golden Counsels," beloved by many people, are not clear. A pamphlet called "St. Francis de Sales: Wise and Loving Counsels" was published by Paulist Press early in the twentieth century. It seems to have been an abridgement from a French work compiled by Pere Huguet; an English translation from the "Seventh French Edition" appeared as The Consoling Thoughts of St. Francis de Sales. Pere Huguet says that he read all the works of St. Francis with pen in hand. He noted all the passages which referred to the same subject, then arranged them as a single chapter. A page might be from seven or eight sources in Francis's writings, but almost nothing was taken from the Introduction because the author assumed everyone had a copy of that. (This use of various sources has resulted in the intertwining of first and second person. Some sections use we while others are directed to you as the quotations alternate from letters to sermons to published books.)

By the 1930's, a sister at the Visitation Convent in Saint Louis, Missouri, was printing the "Golden Counsels of Saint Francis de Sales," noting that it was a revision of the earlier pamphlet. It has continued to be published there and has also been adapted and published by other groups.

This present revision has been done to present Francis's ideas in contemporary English and to include information for further reading. All passages were traced to their original source in the Complete Works of Francis de Sales and then newly translated. For those passages that could not be located in the original, similar passages have been substituted. Every attempt was made to retain the wise and loving counsels that have given hope, comfort, and joy to several generations of readers.
 
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Do not look forward to the mishaps of this life with anxiety, but await them with perfect confidence so that when they do occur, God, to whom you belong, will deliver you from them. He has kept you up to the present; remain securely in the hand of his providence, and he will help you in all situations. When you cannot walk, he will carry you. Do not think about what will happen tomorrow, for the same eternal Father who takes care of you today will look out for you tomorrow and always. Either he will keep you from evil or he will give you invincible courage to endure it.

Remain in peace; rid your imagination of whatever troubles you.

Belong totally to God. Think of him and he will think of you. He has drawn you to himself so that you may be his; he will take care of you. Do not be afraid, for if little chicks feel perfectly safe when they are under their mother's wings, how secure should the children of God feel under his paternal protection! So be at peace, since you are one of these children; and let your weary, listless heart rest against the sacred, loving breast of this Savior who, by his providence is a father to his children, and by his gentle, tender love is a mother to them.

First thing in the morning, prepare your heart to be at peace; then take great care throughout the day to call it back to that peace frequently, and, as it were, to again take your heart in your hand. If you happen to do something that you regret, be neither astonished nor upset, but having acknowledged your failing, humble yourself quietly before God and try to regain your gentle composure. Say to yourself: "There, we have made a mistake, but let's go on now and be more careful." Every time you fall, do the same.

When you are inwardly peaceful, don't miss the opportunity to perform as many acts of gentleness as you can-and as frequently as you can-no matter how small these acts may seem; for, as our Lord says: "To the person who is faithful in little things, greater ones will be given."

Often say in the midst of trials, "This is the way to heaven; I see the port ahead and I am sure that storms cannot prevent me from reaching it."

"My eyes are always on the Lord, for he will free my feet from snares" and traps. Have you fallen into the snares of adversity? Well, you must not look at your own situation nor the traps that hold you; look at God and let him act. He will care for you. "Cast your thought upon him, and he will nourish you." Why should you trouble yourself with wanting or not wanting the events and mishaps of the world, since you don't know what you ought to wish for and God will always want for you what you would want yourself without your having to worry about it. 

Therefore, await peacefully the effects of the divine pleasure and let his will suffice, for it is always good. God told his beloved Saint Catherine of Siena: "Think of me, and I will think of you."

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Be patient with everyone, but above all with yourself; I mean, don't be disturbed about your imperfections, and always have the courage to pick yourself up after a fall. 

I'm very glad to hear that you make a fresh start each day. There is no better way of growing toward perfection in the spiritual life than to be always starting over again and never thinking that we have done enough.

But most important, don't lose heart, be patient, wait, do all you can to develop a spirit of compassion. I have no doubt that God is holding you by the hand; if he allows you to stumble, it is only to let you know that if he were not holding your hand, you would fall. This is how he gets you to take tighter hold of his hand.
 
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It is very good to mistrust ourselves, but what good will that do unless we place all our confidence in God and await his mercy? And even if we do not feel such confidence, we must not cease to make acts of confidence and say, "Even though I have no feeling of confidence in you, I know that you are my God, that I am totally yours and have no hope except in your goodness; therefore I abandon myself entirely into your hands." 

It is always in our power to make these acts, and even if we have difficulty in doing so, still, it is not an impossibility, and it is on these occasions and in these very difficulties that we give witness of our fidelity to God.

A thousand times a day cast your whole heart, your soul, your anxiety on God with great confidence, and say with the psalmist: "I am yours, Lord; save me."

Jesus sent the apostles here and there without money, without staff, without shoes, and clothed in a single garment. Afterwards, he said to them, "When I sent you away like this, did you lack anything?" They answered, "No." When you had troubles, even at those times when you had no confidence in God, did you perish in your affliction? You will answer me, "No." Why then should you lack the courage to overcome all other misfortunes? God has not abandoned you so far; why should he forsake you now, when, more than ever, you wish to belong to him?

Do not fear future evil in this world, for perhaps it will never come. But in any event, if evil should come, God will strengthen you. If God commands you to walk upon the waves of adversity, do not doubt; do not be afraid. God is with you; have courage and you will be delivered.

It is very fine to be aware of our misery and imperfection, but we must not stop there, nor fall into discouragement, but pick ourselves up by a holy confidence in God. The foundation of this rests in God and not in us because we change and God never changes.

I often say that our misery is the throne of God's mercy.

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We must try to keep our hearts continually, unshakably serene throughout the vicissitudes of life. Even though everything turns and changes around us, we must ever remain steady-always looking, striving, and aspiring toward God. No matter what course the ship takes, no matter whether it sails to the east, west, north, or south, no matter what winds drive it on, the mariner's needle never points in any direction except toward the polar star. 

Everything may be topsy-turvy, not only around us, but within us as well. But whether we are sad or happy, full of sweetness or bitterness, at peace or disturbed, filled with light or darkness, troubled or at rest, delighted or disgusted, experiencing aridity or consolation, scorched by the sun or refreshed by the dew-for all that, the fine point of our heart, our spirit, our higher will, which is our compass, must ever look and tend toward the love of God, its Creator, its Savior, its sole and sovereign good.

"Whether we live or whether we die," says the apostle, "if we belong to God, who shall separate us from the love and charity of God?" No, nothing shall ever separate us from this love, neither trials nor anguish, neither death nor life, neither present sorrow nor fear of future troubles, not the wiles of evil spirits, neither the height of consolation nor the depth of affliction, neither consolation nor dryness must ever separate us from that holy charity which is rooted in Jesus Christ.

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Here is the most important point: find out what God wants, and when you know, try to carry it out cheerfully or at least courageously; not only that, but you must love this will of God and the obligations it entails, even if it means performing the most menial tasks in the world the rest of your life, because whatever sauce God chooses for us, it should be all the same to us. In this practice lies the very bull's-eye of perfection at which we must all aim, and whoever comes nearest to it wins the prize.

But be of good heart, I beg you; little by little train your will to follow God's will, wherever it may lead you; see that your will is strongly roused when your conscience says: God wants this.

Live entirely for God, and since you have to take part in conversations and social gatherings, try to be of some use to others. Do not think that God is further away from you when you are in the midst of the busyness to which your vocation calls you than he would be if you were enjoying a tranquil life.
No, it is not tranquility which brings him close to our hearts; it is rather the fidelity of our love; it is not the feeling we have of his sweetness, but the consent we give to his holy will. It is more desirable that his will be carried out in us than that we carry out our will in him.Once we have reached a decision in a holy manner, we must never doubt about the holiness of carrying it out; since it does not depend on us, this holiness cannot be lacking. To act otherwise would be a sign of great self-love, or of immaturity, or of a weak or foolish mind.

A hundred times a day let us look upon this loving will of God, and, dissolving our will into it, let us devoutly exclaim: "O goodness of infinite gentleness, how lovable is your will! How desirable your favors! You have created us for eternal life, and your maternal breast, overflowing with incomparable love, abounds with the milk of mercy, either to pardon penitents or to perfect the righteous."
 
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In order to journey steadily, we must apply ourselves to doing well the stretch of road immediately before us on the first day of the journey, and not waste time wanting to do the last lap of the way while we still have to make it through the first.

Remember this well: we are sometimes so busy being good angels that we neglect to be good men and women. Our imperfections are going to accompany us to the grave. We can't go anywhere without having our feet on the ground; yet if we fall, we don't just lie there, sprawled in the dust. On the other hand, we mustn't think we can fly, for we are like little chicks who don't have wings yet. We die little by little; so our imperfections must die with us, a little each day. Dear imperfections, they force us to acknowledge our misery, give us practice in humility, selflessness, patience, and watchfulness; yet, notwithstanding, God looks at the preparation of our heart and sees that it is perfect.

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The virtue of devotion is neither more nor less than a general inclination and promptitude of spirit to do what we know is pleasing to God. It is the joyful expansion of the heart spoken of in the psalms: "I have run in the way of your commandments since you have set me free." Ordinary people walk along the path of God; devout people run; very devout people fly.

Times of prayer must become so much a part of our day that we never omit them except out of great necessity. The length of our prayers should be in proportion to the amount of work we have to do. And since it has pleased God to place us in the kind of life in which we always have distractions, we may have to get used to shortening our times of prayer.
Don't be surprised if it sometimes happens that you are lethargic or distracted, for these are natural experiences. Just as in the world around us the sky is not always calm and clear, but often overcast and foggy, so too in the world of our interior, our spirit is not always bright and clear, but is sometimes overcast by a lethargy which disturbs its clarity and lessens our lightheartedness.

You must not only be devout and love devotion, but you must render it lovable to everyone. Now you will make it lovable if you render it useful and pleasing. The sick will love your devotion if they receive care and comfort from it; your family will love it if they see you more attentive to their well-being, more gentle in handling your duties, more kind in correcting, and so on; your spouse will love it in seeing that, as your devotion increases, you become more warm and affectionate; your relatives and friends will love it if they see you more free, supportive of others, and yielding to them in matters that are not contrary to God's will. In short, you must, as far as possible, make your devotion attractive.

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We must not fret over our own imperfections. Although reason requires that we be displeased and chagrined whenever we commit a fault, we must nevertheless refrain from bitter, gloomy, spiteful and angry displeasure. Many people are greatly at fault in this. When overcome by anger, they become angry at being angry, sad at being sad, and irritated at being irritated. By such means they keep their hearts entrenched and soaked in anger. It may seem that the second fit of anger does away with the first, but actually it serves to open the way for fresh anger on the first occasion that arises.

You must be sorry for the faults you commit with a repentance which is strong, level-headed, steady, and tranquil - a repentance that is not agitated, not worried, not discouraged. 

Are you certain that your slowing down on the path of virtues is the result of your own fault? If so, you must humble yourself before God, implore his mercy, prostrate yourself before the face of his goodness, and ask for his pardon, confess your fault and beg for mercy in the ear of your confessor to receive absolution. But when that is done, remain peaceful, and having detested the offense, embrace lovingly your lowliness which slows down your advance in virtue.

You must hate your faults, but you should do so calmly and peacefully, without fuss or anxiety. You must be patient when you see them and benefit from seeing your own lowliness. Unless you do this, your imperfections, of which you are acutely conscious, will disturb you even more and thus grow stronger, for nothing is more favorable to the growth of these weeds than our anxiety and over-eagerness to get rid of them.

There is a real temptation to become dissatisfied with the world and depressed about it when we must be in it. God's providence is wiser than we are. We imagine we would feel better if we were on another ship; that may be, but only if we change ourselves!

We do no harm to the saints when, in speaking of their virtues, we tell of their faults. On the contrary, those who write lives of the saints do real harm to everyone by concealing faults under the pretext of honoring the saints, or by not telling the beginning of their life, afraid that this will diminish or lessen the esteem due their sanctity. Oh no, that is not so; this way they do an injustice to the blessed and to all posterity. It is good to see defects in the lives of the saints, not only to realize the goodness that God has shown in pardoning them, but also to learn to hate sin, avoid it, and do penance for it as they did.

God has promised eternal rewards for the works of those who are just, but if the just person turns away from just deeds through sin, God will no longer remember the just deeds and the good works that person has done. Nevertheless, if this poor person fallen into sin should later rise and return to divine love through penitence, God will no longer remember the sin. Though he does not remember the sin, he will remember the previous good works, and he will recompense the person as promised because the sin which had caused these good works to be removed is totally erased, abolished, annihilated.

So much is this the case that God's justice compels his mercy, or rather his mercy compels his justice from that moment on to look at the past good deeds as if he had never forgotten them. Otherwise the penitent David would not have dared to say to the Master, "Give me the joy of your salvation."
 
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God loves with intensely tender love those of us who are happy enough to abandon ourselves entirely to his fatherly care, letting ourselves be governed by his divine providence without wasting time by considering if the effects of this providence will be useful, profitable, or harmful for us. We can be assured that from all that has been sent to us from his fatherly and lovable heart, God will draw goodness and value, provided that we have placed all our confidence in him and that we say willingly: "I place my spirit," -- my soul, my body, and all that I am -- "into your blessed hands" to do with as you wish.

I recommend to you holy simplicity. Look straight in front of you and not at those dangers you see in the distance. As you say, to you they look like armies, but they are only willow branches; and while you are looking at them you may take a false step. Let us be firmly resolved to serve God with our whole heart and life. Beyond that, let us have no care about tomorrow. Let us think only of living today well, and when tomorrow comes, it also will be today and we can think about it then. In all this we must trust and be resigned to God's providence. We must make provision for enough manna for the day, and no more. Let us not doubt that God will provide more for us tomorrow, and the day after tomorrow, and all the days of our pilgrimage.

Let's not waste time in willing and wishing for things, but let God arrange them. We should "cast all our care upon him, since he cares for us," as the apostle Peter says. And note that he says: "all our care," that is, all our concern about what comes to us from the events of life as well as what comes to us from what we want or don't want. "He will take care" of the success of these things and he wishes for us whatever is best.

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It is very true that in order to surrender ourselves unreservedly to divine providence, we need to be very trusting. But it is also true that when we let go of everything, our Lord takes care of all and manages all. If we hold back anything -this shows a lack of trust in him- he lets us keep it. It is as if he said, "You think yourself wise enough to handle this matter without me; I allow you to do so; you will see how you come out in the end."

What great satisfaction it is for someone truly dedicated to God to walk with eyes closed, according as, from time to time, the sovereign providence of God leads. God's reasons and judgments are impenetrable, yet ever sweet, ever gentle, ever useful for those who trust in him. What do we want if not what God wants? We should let him lead our soul, which is his little boat, and he will bring us safely to port.

Within Christ's maternal breast, his divine heart foresaw, disposed, merited, and obtained all the benefits which are ours, not only in general for everyone, but for each of us in particular. His gentle breasts prepared for us the milk of his attractions, his inspirations, and those delights by which he draws, leads, and nourishes our heart into eternal life.

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Your cross comes to you; embrace it and caress it for the love of the one who sends it. The psalmist in distress cried out to our Lord: "I have kept silent and have not uttered a word, because it is you, O my God, who have allowed this evil which I suffer." It is as if the psalmist said: "If anyone but you, O God, had sent this affliction, I would not like it; I would reject it. But because it is you, I say nothing. I accept it; I receive it; I honor it."

Remain resolute and very close to the foot of the sacred cross of our Savior; the rain which falls there calms the wind, no matter how great it may be. Sometimes when I have stood there, how much my heart has received! This sparkling dew gives such sweetness! But I move away one step, and the wind rises up again.

It is true that nothing can give us a deeper tranquility in this world than to look often at Jesus in all the afflictions which came to him from birth until death. We will see there so much misunderstanding, calumny, poverty and indigence, humiliation, difficulties, torment, stripping, insults, and every kind of bitterness, that in comparison with these we realize that we are wrong in calling the little mishaps which happen to us affliction and suffering and contradictions. We are mistaken in asking for patience for such insignificant matters, since one small drop of humility would be enough to handle whatever happens to us.

Keep your eyes lifted up to God. Build up your courage in holy humility; strengthen it in sweetness; confirm it in steadiness. Always make your spirit lead your inclinations and whims. Don't let anxiety take control of your heart; each day will tell you what you are to do. You have already passed through a number of trials by the grace of God; the same grace will be there for you in all the occasions to come, and will free you from difficulties and rough paths one after the other even if God must send an angel to carry you over the more dangerous steps.

For the honor due to God, accept his will entirely, and never imagine that you might serve him better in some other way, for you never serve him well unless you serve him as he wishes.

If you thought that you would never be delivered from your anguish, what would you do? You would say to God, "I am yours; if my miseries are acceptable to you, may they increase in number and duration." I am confident that this is what you would say and then think no more of it, or at least no longer be anxious about it. You must do the same thing now, and make friends with your trials as if you were always to live together. You will discover that when you no longer think of your deliverance, God will think of it; and when you are no longer anxious, God will hasten to help.

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In all you have to do, rely wholly on God's providence through which your plans will succeed. Nevertheless, strive quietly on your part to cooperate with God's designs. You may be sure that if you have great trust in God, the success that comes to you will always be that which is most useful for you whether it appears good or bad in your own judgment. Imitate little children who with one hand hold fast to their father while with the other they gather strawberries or blackberries from the hedges.

So too if you gather and manage the goods of this world with one hand, you must always hold fast to your heavenly Father's hand and turn toward him from time to time to see if your actions and occupations are pleasing to him.

Above all, watch that you never let go of his hand and his protection, thinking that in this way you can gather more. If he should forsake you, you will not be able to go a step further without falling to the ground. What I mean is that in ordinary activities and occupations that do not require strict, earnest attention, you should look at God rather than at them. When they are of such importance as to require your whole attention to do them well, then you should look from time to time at God, like mariners who, in order to arrive at the port they are bound for, look at the sky above them rather than down at the sea on which they sail. Thus God will work with you, in you, and for you, and afterwards your labor will be followed by satisfaction.

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Hope is the opposite of fear. It is serious to feel separated from God; we grow timid and weak. As a ship is tossed about in a tempest, without sailor or pilot, heading for shipwreck wherever the wind carries it, so it is with our little boat that lacks hope. I would never want us to be without hope, but I would want us to weep when we lose sight of God. May Jesus come to bring help when we are overwhelmed with fear.

I hope that God will strengthen you more and more; and when you become afraid that your present attention and fervor may not last, respond once and for all to that thought, or rather to that temptation to sadness, that those who trust in God will never be confounded, and that in spiritual as well as physical and temporal matters, you have "cast your care upon the Lord and he will support you."

Let us serve God well today; he will provide for tomorrow. Each day has its own burden to bear; do not worry about tomorrow, for the same God who reigns today will reign tomorrow. And if in his goodness he had thought, or even known, that you needed more assistance than was readily available, he would have given it to you.

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We should invoke God often during the day and say, like St. Paul when he was converted: "Lord, what do you want me to do? Do you want me to serve you in the lowliest tasks of your house? I would consider it a privilege! Provided that I serve you, I don't care what I do." And when we come upon something specific that we find difficult to do, we should say: "Do you want me to do such and such a thing? Lord, I am not worthy to do even that, but I will do it very gladly." Thus we will practice humility. O my God, what treasure we will acquire- greater, without doubt, than we can possibly imagine.

Rivers that flow gently through the plains carry along large boats and rich merchandise, and rains that fall gently on open fields make them fruitful in grass and grain. But just as torrents and rivers that flood over the land ruin the neighboring countryside and are useless for commerce, so in like manner heavy, tempestuous rains ruin the fields and prairies. A job done too eagerly and hurriedly is never done well. We must make haste slowly according to the proverb: "Whoever is hasty runs the risk of stumbling and hurting a foot." We perform actions quickly enough when we do them well.

Drones make more noise and work more hurriedly than bees, but they make only wax, not honey. So also, persons who hurry about with anxious concern and bustle never accomplish much nor do they do anything well. Flies do not bother us by what they are doing, but by their numbers; likewise matters of importance do not give us as much trouble as do many trifles.

Accept peacefully whatever you have to do and try to get things done in order, one after the other. If you attempt to do everything all at once or without order, your mind will be frustrated and grow weary and you are likely to be overwhelmed by the pressure and accomplish nothing.
Soon we shall be in eternity and then we shall see how insignificant our worldly preoccupations were and how little it mattered whether some things got done or not; however, right now we rush about as if they were all-important. When we were little children, how eagerly we used to gather pieces of broken tile, little sticks, and mud with which to build houses and other tiny buildings; and if someone knocked them over, how heartbroken we were and how we cried! But now we understand that these things really didn't amount to much. One day it will be like this for us in heaven when we shall see that some of the things we clung to here on earth were only childish attachments.

I'm not suggesting that we shouldn't care about these little games and trifling details of life, for God wants us to practice on them in this world; but I would like to see us not so strained and frantic in our concern about them. Let's play our childish games since we are children; but at the same time, let's not take them too seriously. And if someone wrecks our little houses or projects, let's not get too upset, because when night falls and we have to go indoors - I'm speaking of our death - all those little houses will be useless; we shall have to go into our Father's house.

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The words, "We must die," are harsh, but they are followed by words of great sweetness: "in order to be united with God through death."

We ought not to think about death with worry. We shouldn't be so anxious to know when or where we will die: if it will be in the country or the city, if we will die in our bed assisted by someone or all alone. What does all that matter? Let's leave this concern to divine providence. It's enough for us to belong entirely to him, not only through duty but also in love. Why should we care about the rest except to abandon ourselves to this sweet providence which will never be lacking to us in life or in death?

It is true that even while living well we will fear death, but our fear will be sweet and calm, relying on the merits of the passion of our Lord, without which death would be frightening and terrible.

Now and then reflect on the fact that you are a child of the Catholic Church and rejoice in that fact. The children of this Mother who want to live according to her laws always have a happy death! As Saint Teresa said, it is a great consolation at the hour of death to be "a child of the holy Church."  Keep your heart on the glorious streets of the heavenly Jerusalem, where you hear the praises of God resounding all about. Look at the variety of saints, and find out how they got there. You will learn that the apostles came principally through love; the martyrs, through constancy; the doctors, through meditation; the confessors, by mortification; the virgins, by purity of heart; and all of them, through humility.
 
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SELECTED BOOKS about FRANCIS DE SALES IN ENGLISH
Bedoyere, Michael de la. Francois de Sales. New York: Harper. 1960.
Corrignan, Francois. The Spirituality of Francis de Sales: A Way of Life. Tr. Joseph D. Bowler, OSFS and Lewis S. Fiorelli, OSFS. Bangalore, India: S.F.S. Publications, 1992.
Henri-Couannier, Maurice. St. Francis de Sales and His Friends. Tr. Veronica Morrow. Staten Island, NY: Alba House, 1964.
Lajeunie, E.-M. St. Francis de Sales, The Man, The Thinker, His Influence. 2 vols. Tr. Rory O'Sullivan, OSFS. Bangalore, India: S.F.S. Publications, 1986, 1987.
Marceau, William B., CSB. Optimism in the Works of Francis de Sales. Bangalore, India: S.F.S. Publications, 1983.
Muller, Michael. St. Francis de Sales. New York: Sheed and Ward, 1937; reprint, Bangalore, India: S.F.S. Publications, 1984.
Power, Joseph F., OSFS. Francis de Sales: Finding God Wherever You Are. New Rochelle, NY: New City Press, 1993.
Ravier, Andre, SJ. Francis de Sales, Sage and Saint. Tr. Joseph Bowler, OSFS. San Francisco: Ignatius Press, 1988.
Wright, Wendy M. Bond of Perfection: Jeanne de Chantal and Francois de Sales. New York: Paulist Press, 1985.
--------. Francis de Sales: Introduction to the Devout Life and Treatise on the Love of God. New York: Crossroads, 1994.
There are additional books, pamphlets, audio/video tapes, and works in process at the time of this printing. To receive current information, write: De Sales Resource Center, 4421 Lower River Road, Stella Niagara, NY 14144.

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