"With his starting point the fact that Creation is for Christ and that the dignity of the human person lies in being called to loving union with God in Christ, it follows for Francis that the strongest force in the whole universe is love. Only love can explain God's primordial and free decision to bring about creation to which he might give himself in personal lion, first in the Incarnate One and, in light of Christ, in each of us in grace and glory. And love alone shows how the Christian is, in freedom and personal responsibility, respond to God and to reach out to the neighbor, especially to the neighbor in need. This love will be a gentle forks characterized by persuasion and a deep awareness of the dignity of the other. It will invite, even entice, but not force or compel the other's freedom. It will act towards the neighbor in exactly the way God has acted towards the human family in creation and in Christ: in a gentle, persuasive, attractive and inviting love. A true follower of Francis de Sales is convinced that love, not force, is stronger even than death itself and is the ultimate power for good and life, even risen life, in the world and in creation. Jesus' life, death and resurrection are the foundation for this conviction and his Sacred Heart its fitting symbol."

Taken From:
GOD AND THE HUMAN FAMILY: A SALESIAN PERSPECTIVE;
An Exposition of the Oblate-Salesian Charism