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I was in my early thirties when the Holy Spirit inspired me to have a regular morning prayer time. There were only two problems: my two little ones! They were very early risers, so my best-laid plans for a quiet time were often thwarted.
My husband left early for work, and there I was, with two babies who needed their mother. How was I going to grow closer to God without some quality time to spend with him? Every morning was an exercise in frustration.
Someone came into my life at that time—just the right person to help me through my dilemma. And he wasn’t my contemporary, although he was surely my brother in Christ. A friend lent me a copy of the Introduction to the Devout Life by St. Francis de Sales. I had never heard of the saint or the book. But as I read it, I was amazed that a French bishop who lived four hundred years ago could have so much to teach me—and could do it in such a gentle, loving way.
I learned from Francis…
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