What are some key elements of Salesian Spirituality?
Christianity has many schools of spirituality that make our religion concrete. Each is rooted in Jesus and the Gospel, but each holds a different focus. Most are associated with a charismatic person who articulated and popularized the spirituality. Francis de Sales lived in a time where a negative fundamentalism had a big influence in religious thinking both for Protestants and Catholics. It was a time of reform that often didnt leave much room for tolerance of human weakness or complexity. *Salesian Optimism Francis took a positive approach to all of life based on faith that God is good and that his creation is good as well. He was not nave about the human tendency to be selfish and to cut corners, but he believed that we are called to be our best selves and that God, who calls us, wants us to progress, and to be happy. DeSales taught that God is not a harsh and picky judge on the watch for our every misstep. Thus, he encourages us with his most famous quote: Be who you are, and be th
