
St. Francis de Sales on Obedience (Part I)
Catholic Saints
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DeSales' Devotion to Charity
In DeSales, devotion is a kind of habitual readiness to hear what God's pleasure is and to do it. The word obedience here is one that's really worth wrestling with for us, right? It just means checking, just keeping the rules, right? Yeah. That's what it sounds like. Do what you're told. Yes. Come on. Are you going to obey or not? You're going to pay your taxes? Yeah. You're gonna show up to Mass on time. But if we're devout, then we also want to do whatever he counsels us interiorly. We're going to be listening for those interior inspirations and sort of living our life by the
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