FEATURE Image: St. Francis de Sales, 18th c, Besançon, 96 x 131 cm. Public Domain. St. Francis de Sales stands as one of Christianity’s most practical and accessible spiritual teachers because he showed that holiness is attainable in ordinary daily life through love, gentleness, humility, perseverance, and faithful acceptance of God’s will. His enduring importance … Continue reading No Drama, No Mysticism, No Shortcuts: St. Francis de Sales (1567-1622) on the Daily Work of Becoming a Saint.