在聖方濟沙雷氏瞻禮日一份讓人來認識他的禮物

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【慈幼通訊社 ─ 2022 年1月 24 日羅馬慈幼總部訊】 ─  在我們紀念聖方濟沙雷氏逝世400周年的這一年,他的瞻禮日(1月24日)對那些深受他生活及訓導影響的人來說,意義尤其特別。我們慈幼家庭,也是教會大家庭的一份子,正是因為鮑思高神父願意我們,自第一所慶禮院誕生後,甚至在抵達華道角之前,就已經和這位聖人有密切的關係。

在這個日子,我們打算製作這位聖人的生平,尤其為廣傳於世,宣揚重新認識聖方濟沙雷氏,這是轉向他極豐富神修,並繼續接受其滋養的第一步。

這是慈幼傳記的經典,由André Ravier編寫,他是深入研究這位聖人的專家。

原文為法文,並早前由LDC出版的意大利文版本,而成為現在的版本,再加上簡介、後記、新圖片及文說明字。這是Morand Wirth神父、Aldo Giraudo神父、Wim Collin神父合作的成果,在這禧年的開始,特別為那些受益於新書的人,向他們致謝。

文本由LDC以意大利文出版,並可經由出版社的網頁取得。

培育部已展開翻譯成修會內主要語言的工作,使能更為廣泛流傳。

電子版本可由以下的網址下載:

EN – SAINT FRANCIS DE SALES

ES – SAN FRANCISCO DE SALES

FR – SAINT FRANCIS DE SALES

PT – SÃO FRANCISCO DE SALES

慈幼數碼圖書館將永久存放上述四個PDF檔。

如果你們有興趣印製紙本,請聯絡培育部(formazione@sdb.org)。

衷心感謝這更新版本的各位編輯、翻譯者,及為LDC 提供原文圖形的PDF版本編排的Hilario Seo先生。

讓我們看看Wirth神父所寫的:

「André Ravier神父願意引用這位日內瓦主教的門徒暨好友聖雲先的見證,他說:『沙雷氏主教熱切渴望成為天主聖子的肖像』,以至成為『使天主聖子在世上活現出來的最佳模樣』。」

我們要使這位「愛的聖師」的使徒計劃成為我們自己的,一如他啟發了聖鮑思高及André Ravier神父一樣,在結束他的推介時,Ravier神父寫道:「聖方濟沙雷氏願意–正如耶穌基督在世時–以他整個人性的心愛天主,他在經歷到這禮物的要求和甘飴後,勉力向更多靈魂,超卓地介紹這份『愛的永恆自由』。」

A gift to get to know St. Francis de Sales, on his feast day

(ANS – Rome-RMG, 24 January 2022)  –  In the year in which we commemorate the 400th anniversary of the death of St. Francis de Sales, January 24, the day of his feast, takes on a very special meaning for those who are inspired by the example of his life and his teachings. And it is a great family in the Church, of which our Salesian family is also a part because this is how Don Bosco wanted us from the very birth of the first oratory, even before reaching Valdocco.

It is on this date that we would like to propose a biography of the saint, especially suitable for wide distribution, promoting a renewed familiarity with St. Francis de Sales, the first step in tuning in to his extremely rich spirituality and continuing to feed from its source.

This is a classic of Salesian hagiography. It is a text written by André Ravier, his attentive and profound connoisseur.

Starting from the original French and from the previous Italian edition by the publisher LDC, we have arrived at the present volume, revised and enriched with an introduction, an afterword, new images and captions. It was the fruit of the teamwork of Fr Morand Wirth, Fr Aldo Giraudo, and Fr Wim Collin, to whom goes the gratitude of those who will benefit from this gift during the jubilee year that has just begun.

The text has been published in Italian by LDC and can be easily acquired from the publisher’s website

The Formation Sector has taken steps to have this work translated into the principal languages in use in the Congregation so as to facilitate its widespread dissemination as much as possible.

The digital version of the volume can be downloaded from this page by clicking on the following links.

EN – SAINT FRANCIS DE SALES

ES – SAN FRANCISCO DE SALES

FR – SAINT FRANCIS DE SALES

PT – SÃO FRANCISCO DE SALES

The 4 PDFs are permanently available on the Salesian Digital Library.

If you are interested in creating a paper publication, please contact the formation sector (formazione@sdb.org).

A sincere thanks to the editors of this renewed edition, to the translators, and to Mr. Hilario Seo who provided the layout of the PDFs on the original graphic version kindly made available by LDC.

As an invitation to read we propose what Fr. Wirth writes:

“Father André Ravier wished to quote the testimony of Saint Vincent de’ Paoli, disciple and friend of the Bishop of Geneva, who stated that ‘Bishop di Sales ardently desired to be a portrait of the Son of God,’ to the point of becoming ‘the man who best reproduced the living Son of God on earth.'”

We make our own the apostolic project of the Doctor of Love, who inspired Saint John Bosco and also Father André Ravier, who concludes his presentation as follows: “Francis de Sales is a person who wanted – like Jesus Christ on earth – to love God with all his human heart: and, having experienced the demands and the sweetness of this gift, he worked to introduce as many souls as possible to what he magnificently calls ‘the eternal freedom of love’.”