Gentle Doctor of Charity
Novena to St. Francis de Sales
A traditional Catholic novena to St. Francis de Sales for writers, journalists, and teachers. Traditionally prayed January 20 through January 28.
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About This Novena
St. Francis de Sales is remembered for his gentleness, charity, and practical spiritual wisdom. Catholics turn to him when they want holiness that is calm, ordinary, and steady rather than dramatic or harsh.
Traditionally prayed for
Often prayed for writers, journalists, teachers, and those seeking gentleness and clarity.
Usual timing
January 20 through January 28
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Daily Prayer
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O great St. Francis de Sales, doctor of charity and model of gentleness, obtain for me the grace to live with patience, humility, and steadfast love. Teach me to serve God faithfully in the ordinary duties of life, to speak with kindness, to endure trial without bitterness, and to persevere in the path of holiness until the end. Pray that I may die in the peace of Christ and enter the joy of heaven. Amen.
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About this novena
Description
St. Francis de Sales is remembered for his gentleness, charity, and practical spiritual wisdom. Catholics turn to him when they want holiness that is calm, ordinary, and steady rather than dramatic or harsh.
Traditionally invoked as patron of
writers, journalists, teachers, those seeking gentleness and clarity
Traditionally prayed for
Often prayed for writers, journalists, teachers, and those seeking gentleness and clarity.
Usual timing
January 20 through January 28
Saint Francis de Sales, Roman-Bolognese school, Metropolitan Museum of Art