In thanksgiving for the inspiring life and work of St. Francis de Sales on this his feast day, I offer the following resources:

• Liturgical Calendar: Memorial of St. Francis de Sales, bishop and doctor
• New Advent: St. Francis de Sales
• Lives of the Saints: St. Francis de Sales
• CatholicSaints.info: St. Francis de Sales
• Rerum Omnium Perturbationem (On the Third Centenary of the Death of St. Francis de Sales)
• Predestination and Reprobation: The Teaching of St. Francis de Sales
• The Four Pillars of Salesian Spirituality
• The Evangelical and Pastoral Heart of St. Francis de Sales
• Pope Benedict XVI: Catechesis on St. Francis de Sales
• Five Lessons from Francis de Sales
• Salesian Spirituality

Works by St. Francis de Sales:

• The Catholic Controversy
• Introduction to the Devout Life
• Meditations
• Mystical Exposition on the Canticle of Canticles
• Spiritual Conferences
• Spiritual Directory
• Treatise on the Love of God
• For his sermons, letters, commentaries, and other works, see The Salesian Center for Faith and Culture

In closing, and for old-time's sake (this used to be a regular feature on my blog), here is today's selection from "Daily with De Sales":

• During the course of the day, recall as often as possible that you are in God's presence. Consider what God does and what you are doing. You will see His eyes turned toward you and constantly fixed on you with incomparable love. Then you will say to Him, "O God, why do I not look always at You, just as You always look at me? Why do You think so often of me, O Lord, and why do I think so seldom of You?" Where are we, O my soul? God is our true place, and where are we? (INT. Part II, Ch. 12; O. III, p. 92)

St. Francis de Sales, bishop and doctor of the Church ... pray for us.

Pax Christi,
phatcatholic