Devotion must be practiced in different ways

Treasures of Our Faith with Deacon Richard Vehige · Jan 24, 2026 · 6m

Today, January 24th, as our Church celebrates the Memorial of Francis de Sales, Bishop and Doctor, we are invited to first read and reflect on a passage from the book of Sirach (39: 1-10), entitled "The wisdom of a man who is learned in the Scriptures". Our treasure, which follows, is from The Introduction to the Devout Life by Saint Francis de Sales, bishop.

Saint Francis was destined by his father to be a lawyer so that the young man could eventually take his elder's place as a senator from the province of Savoy in France. For this reason, Francis was sent to Padua to study law. After…