Maxims and counsels of St. Francis de Sales for every day of the year

by Saint de Sales Francis

311.

I must tell you that you are now dead to the world. This is a part of the holocaust; there remain two other parts, one of which is to remove the skin of the victim, divesting your heart of self, cutting off or getting rid of all the impressions of nature and of creatures; and the other, to burn and reduce your self-love to ashes, and to convert your whole soul into flames of heavenly love.