“Be patient with everyone, but above all with yourself. Do not lose courage in considering your own imperfections but instantly set about remedying them – every day begin the task anew.”

                           -St. Francis de Sales

For Reflection:

Why is practicing patience with ourselves a good way to learn to be patient with others? How can I begin anew today to set about remedying my own imperfections?

The Angels and Their Mission: According to the Fathers of the Church Jean Danielou  Pb 144 pgs Click Here For More Information

There are those who see in the patristic treatment of the missions of the angels merely a crowning example of what they have come to regard as the "naivete of the early Church writers".  But there is a vital and fundamental distinction between naivete and genuine fervor and piety.  To fail to realize this is to have misunderstood not only the Fathers and the missions of the angels but the spirit of the Church as well.