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

by Saint de Sales Francis

72.

Let us place ourselves before our Crucified Sun, as the weary bee basks in the rays of the sun, and then let us say to Him: “O beautiful Sun of hearts, Thou dost vivify all by the rays of thy goodness; behold us exhausted before thee, whence we will not move, Lord Jesus, until Thy fire hath revived us!”