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JennGM
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Posted: Aug 06 2007 at 8:18pm \| IP Logged

I got this ad from Sophia Institute Press today about the new book Thy Will Be Done!, 58 letters to troubled souls by St. Francis de Sales.

A few of these hit home: To a pregnant woman, tired, sick, and discouraged, who thinks she doesn’t pray enough

To a woman distressed by her lack of spiritual progress

Sophia seems to reprint many books but changes the title, so I wonder if I already have this book on my shelf, but if not, it looks really, really, good.

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Posted: Aug 06 2007 at 8:22pm \| IP Logged

Actually I see it's already been in print. So good, can anyone tell me about it?

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Posted: Aug 06 2007 at 9:34pm \| IP Logged

Jenn,
Yes, this book has been around. I really love it! (Thanks for the reminder!

) His letters are so encouraging and real. What I mean by real is that his advice is attainable.

Not every letter seems relevant to our station in life, but there is still a lot to be taken from them.

I really like this format, the letters written in reponse to specific problems. I have a book about St Claude that is similar.

Hope that helps!

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Posted: Aug 06 2007 at 10:21pm \| IP Logged

I really love this book Jenn, very helpful. As all of St Francis de Sales books are, this one is very easy read and very helpful. Gives you profound spiritual guidance...I think you would find it enjoyable.

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Posted: Aug 07 2007 at 4:47pm \| IP Logged

Jenn,

I read this book a year or so ago--it is a nice compilation, full of the usual gems of spiritual advice that Saint Frances de Sales is known for. Most of the letters are written to women, so many of them are relevant to the domestic side of the spiritual life. There are at least three or four specifically addressed to pregnant women, as you mentioned, and I found them to be really lovely and wise.

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