“Make friends with the angels, who though invisible are always with you…. Often invoke them, constantly praise them, and make good use of their help and assistance in all your temporal and spiritual affairs.”

— Francis de Sales , book Introduction to the Devout Life

Pt. 2, ch. 16
Introduction to the Devout Life (1609)

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French bishop, saint, writer and Doctor of the Church j 1567–1622

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