St. Francis de Sales, for some years before his death, could not give much time to prayer, owing to the many duties which occupied him relating to the salvation of others. His daughter in Christ, St. Jane Frances, asked him one day if he had prayed.
"No," replied he, "But I have done that which is of more value than prayer." It was that he kept himself continually united with God.
"It is necessary," said he, "in this world to make a prayer of work and actions."
By this means his life was a continual prayer. Not content to enjoy a delicious union with God by prayer, when there was time to pray, he was still further united to Him by the joy he experienced in constantly doing His holy will.
