Reflection Starter from Saint Francis de Sales

Today's Daily with De Sales reflection:


“It is necessary not only to combat hate and distaste of one's neighbor, but to abstain from a common but quite harmful defect, namely, to complain and to keep repeating these complaints. This is an evident sign of a stubborn heart that has not even a spark of charity in it. Strong and generous hearts sometimes are saddened when there is a very serious cause, but even then they do not fall into exaggerated anguish. Have courage. The few years that remain to us here below, please God, will be for us the best and most useful for eternity.” – Saint Francis de Sales

(This series of reflections is based on the book Every Day with St. Francis de Sales, by Rev. Francis J. Klauder, a member of the Salesians of Don Bosco. It may be accessed at http://www.oblates.org/spirituality/daily_with_desales/.)