agreed to become Jane’s spiritual director and very gently began to accompany the young widow to spiritual freedom and maturity At the foundation of her spiritual growth was the Salesian belief that to be a Christian is to be a fully realized human being. To be fully human is to become the lovers of God we are meant to be. This is the goal of what Francis calls the “devout life.” To accomplish this growth we must walk the parallel paths of complete trust in God’s goodness and radical surrender to