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Introduction to the Devout Life

Saint Francis de Sales (1567 - 1622)

First published in the early 17th century, it has proven its value as a daily spiritual guide and helpful reference for living an authentic Christian life. Written specifically for laymen, it began as letters from Saint Francis to a married woman who was seeking holiness amidst the distractions of her life of wealth and status. It contains treasures of wisdom for every reader, from eager beginner to lifelong Christian. Summary by Wikipedia and Phil Chenevert.

Genre(s): Christianity - Other

Language: English

Section	Chapter	Reader	Time
Play 00	Preface by the Author	Phil Chenevert	00:12:51
Play 01	Part I COUNSELS FOR THE SOUL'S GUIDANCE Ch 1: What True Devotion is	Beth Thomas (1974-2020)	00:05:50
Play 02	Part 1 Ch 2. The Nature and Excellence of Devotion..	Dylan P. Straub	00:05:14
Play 03	Part 1 Ch 3 Devotion is suitable to every Vocation and Profession	Sam Isaacson	00:04:39
Play 04	Part 1 Ch 4.The Need of a Guide for those who would enter upon and advance in the Devout Life.	Sam Isaacson	00:05:54
Play 05	Part 1 Ch 5. The First Step must be Purifying the Soul.	Sam Isaacson	00:04:39
Play 06	Part 1 Ch 6. The First Purification, namely, from Mortal Sin.	Sam Isaacson	00:03:00
Play 07	Part 1 Ch 7. The Second Purification, from all Sinful Affections.	Sam Isaacson	00:03:47
Play 08	Part 1 Ch 8. How to effect this Second Purification	royalcrowncola	00:04:07
Play 09	Part 1 Ch 9. First Meditation Of the End for which we were Created	Dylan P. Straub	00:03:54
Play 10	Part 1 Ch 10. Second Meditation-Of the End for which we were Created	Dylan P. Straub	00:03:54
Play 11	Part 1 Ch 11. Third Meditation - On the Gifts of God.	Dylan P. Straub	00:03:43
Play 12	Part 1 Ch 12. Fourth Meditation.- On Sin	J A Carter	00:04:41
Play 13	Part 1 Ch 13. Fifth Meditation - Of Death	J A Carter	00:05:33
Play 14	Part 1 Ch 14 - Sixth Meditation - Of Judgment	J A Carter	00:05:07
Play 15	Part 1 Ch. 15 - Seventh Meditation - Of Hell	J A Carter	00:03:50
Play 16	Part 1 Ch. 16 - Eighth Meditation - On Paradise	J A Carter	00:04:16
Play 17	Part 1 Ch. 17 - Ninth Meditation - On the Choice Between Heaven and Hell	Dylan P. Straub	00:03:40
Play 18	Part 1 Ch 18 - Tenth Meditation - How the Soul chooses the Devout Life.	Dylan P. Straub	00:04:22
Play 19	Part 1 Ch 19 - How to make a General Confession.	Dylan P. Straub	00:02:48
Play 20	Part 1 Ch 20 - A hearty Protest made with the object of confirming the Soul’s resolution to serve God, as a conclusion to its acts of Penitence.	Cameopro77	00:04:53
Play 21	Part 1 Ch 21 - Conclusion of this First Purification.	Sam Isaacson	00:02:32
Play 22	Part 1 Ch 22 - The Necessity of Purging away all tendency to Venial Sins.	Sam Isaacson	00:04:37
Play 23	Part 1 Ch 23 - It is needful to put away all Inclination for Useless and Dangerous Things.	Sam Isaacson	00:02:49
Play 24	Part 1 Ch 24 - All Evil Inclinations must be purged away.	Sam Isaacson	00:02:26
Play 25	Part 2 COUNCILS ON THE NECESSITY OF UPLIFTING THE SOUL TO GOD - Ch 1 - The Necessity of Prayer.	Dylan P. Straub	00:05:31
Play 26	Part 2 Ch 2 - A short Method of Meditation. And first, the Presence of God, the First Point of Preparation.	Dylan P. Straub	00:04:48
Play 27	Part 2 Ch 3 - Invocation, the Second Point of Preparation.	Dylan P. Straub	00:01:35
Play 28	Part 2 Ch 4 - the Third Point of Preparation, representing the Mystery to be meditated to Your Imagination.	Dylan P. Straub	00:02:23
Play 29	Part 2 Ch 5 - Considerations, the Second Part of Meditation.	Dylan P. Straub	00:01:40
Play 30	Part 2 Ch 6 - The Third Part of Meditation, Affections and Resolutions.	Cameopro77	00:02:03
Play 31	Part 2 Ch 7 - The Conclusion and Spiritual Bouquet	Cameopro77	00:02:04
Play 32	Part 2 Ch 8 - Some Useful Hints as to Meditation.	Cameopro77	00:05:09
Play 33	Part 2 Ch 9 - Concerning Dryness in Meditation.	Cameopro77	00:02:48
Play 34	Part 2 Ch 10 - Morning Prayer.	Cameopro77	00:03:16
Play 35	Part 2 Ch 11 - Evening Prayer and Examination of Conscience	Dylan P. Straub	00:02:05
Play 36	Part 2 Ch 12 - On Spiritual Retirement.	Dylan P. Straub	00:04:25
Play 37	Part 2 Ch 13 - Aspirations, Ejaculatory Prayer and Holy Thoughts.	Dylan P. Straub	00:09:57
Play 38	Part 2 Ch 14 - Of Holy Communion, and how to join in it.	Dylan P. Straub	00:04:30
Play 39	Part 2 Ch 15 - Of the other Public Offices of the Church.	Dylan P. Straub	00:02:14
Play 40	Part 2 Ch 16 - How the Saints are united to us.	Dylan P. Straub	00:03:02
Play 41	Part 2 Ch 17 - How to Hear and Read God’s Word.	Dylan P. Straub	00:02:26
Play 42	Part 2 Ch 18 - How to receive Inspirations.	Dylan P. Straub	00:05:26
Play 43	Part 2 Ch 19 - On Confession	Dylan P. Straub	00:06:55
Play 44	Part 2 Ch 20 - Of Frequent Communion.	Dylan P. Straub	00:05:46
Play 45	Part 2 Ch 21 - How to Communicate.	Dylan P. Straub	00:04:29
Play 46	Part 3 THE PRACTICE OF VIRTUE - Ch 1 - How to select that which we should chiefly Practice.	Jibchmarl	00:10:09
Play 47	Part 3 Ch 2 - The same Subject continued.	Jibchmarl	00:08:25
Play 48	Part 3 Ch 3 - On Patience.	Lisa57	00:10:45
Play 49	Part 3 Ch 4 - On Greater Humility	Lisa57	00:06:59
Play 50	Part 3 Ch 5 - On Interior Humility.	fshort	00:10:56
Play 51	Part 3 Ch 6 - Humility makes us rejoice in our own Abjection.	fshort	00:08:12
Play 52	Part 3 Ch 7 - How to combine due care for a Good Reputation with Humility	fshort	00:08:43
Play 53	Part 3 Ch 8 - Gentleness towards others and Remedies against Anger.	fshort	00:09:24
Play 54	Part 3 Ch 9 - On Gentleness towards Ourselves	fshort	00:05:23
Play 55	Part 3 Ch 10 - We must attend to the Business of Life carefully, but without Eagerness or Over-anxiety.	Phil Chenevert	00:05:54
Play 56	Part 3 Ch 11 - On Obedience.	Phil Chenevert	00:06:41
Play 57	Part 3 Ch 12 - On Purity.	Kenita	00:03:59
Play 58	Part 3 Ch 13 - How to maintain Purity.	Kenita	00:04:21
Play 59	Part 3 Ch 14 - On Poverty of Spirit amid Riches.	Kathrine Engan	00:05:58
Play 60	Part 3 Ch 15 - How to exercise real Poverty, although actually Rich.	Twinkle	00:08:27
Play 61	Part 3 Ch 16 - How to possess a rich Spirit amid real Poverty.	Twinkle	00:04:13
Play 62	Part 3 Ch 17 - On Friendship: Evil and Frivolous Friendship.	Twinkle	00:04:33
Play 63	Part 3 Ch 18 - On Frivolous Attachments	Twinkle	00:06:02
Play 64	Part 3 Ch 19 - Of Real Friendship.	Kathrine Engan	00:06:00
Play 65	Part 3 Ch 20 - Of the Difference between True and False Friendship.	Kathrine Engan	00:04:29
Play 66	Part 3 Ch 21 - Remedies against Evil Friendships.	Kathrine Engan	00:07:07
Play 67	Part 3 Ch 22 - Further Advice concerning Intimacies.	Kathrine Engan	00:04:58
Play 68	Part 3 Ch 23 - On The Practice of Bodily Mortification.	Stephen	00:10:45
Play 69	Part 3 Ch 24 - Of Society and Solitude.	Stephen	00:06:31
Play 70	Part 3 Ch 25 - On Modesty in Dress.	Stephen	00:04:48
Play 71	Part 3 Ch 26 - Of Conversation; and, first, how to Speak of God	fshort	00:03:16
Play 72	Part 3 Ch 27 - Of Unseemly Words, and the Respect due to Others.	TriciaG	00:05:04
Play 73	Part 3 Ch 28 - Of Hasty Judgments.	Phil Chenevert	00:11:50
Play 74	Part 3 Ch 29 - On Slander.	fshort	00:12:27
Play 75	Part 3 Ch 30 - Further Counsels as to Conversation.	John	00:04:58
Play 76	Part 3 Ch 31 - Of Amusements and Recreations: what are allowable.	John	00:03:33
Play 77	Part 3 Ch 32 - Of Forbidden Amusements.	John	00:02:34
Play 78	Part 3 Ch 33 - Of Balls, and other Lawful but Dangerous Amusements.	John	00:06:17
Play 79	Part 3 Ch 34 - When to use such Amusements rightly.	John	00:02:51
Play 80	Part 3 Ch 35 - We must be Faithful in Things Great and Small.	sbelcher	00:06:13
Play 81	Part 3 Ch 36 - Of a Well-Balanced, Reasonable Mind.	Sean Lally	00:04:42
Play 82	Part 3 Ch 37 - Of Wishes.	Sean Lally	00:05:12
Play 83	Part 3 Ch 38 - Counsels to Married People.	Heidi Olson	00:14:19
Play 84	Part 3 Ch 39 - The Sanctity of the Marriage Bed.	Kathrine Engan	00:02:00
Play 85	Part 3 Ch 40 - Counsels to Widows.	Jibchmarl	00:09:49
Play 86	Part 3 Ch 41 - One Word to Maidens.	Jibchmarl	00:01:42
Play 87	Part 4 CONCERNING ORDINARY TEMPTATIONS - Ch 1 We must not trifle with the Words of Worldly Wisdom.	fshort	00:07:16
Play 88	Part 4 Ch 2 - The need of a Good Courage	Cyndy	00:03:48
Play 89	Part 4 Ch 3 - Of Temptations, and the difference between experiencing them and consenting to them.	fshort	00:06:41
Play 90	Part 4 Ch 4 - Two striking Illustrations of the same	Mich_elle	00:03:35
Play 91	Part 4 Ch 5 - Encouragement for the Tempted Soul.	fshort	00:03:21
Play 92	Part 4 Ch 6 - When Temptation and Delectation are Sin.	fshort	00:05:16
Play 93	Part 4 Ch 7 - Remedies for Great Occasions.	royalcrowncola	00:04:46
Play 94	Part 4 Ch 8 - How to resist Minor Temptations.	Dylan P. Straub	00:02:40
Play 95	Part 4 Ch 9 - How remedy Minor Temptations.	Dylan P. Straub	00:02:54
Play 96	Part 4 Ch 10 - How to strengthen the Heart against Temptation.	Dylan P. Straub	00:03:00
Play 97	Part 4 Ch 11 - Anxiety of Mind.	Dylan P. Straub	00:05:43
Play 98	Part 4 Ch 12 - Of Sadness and Sorrow.	Dylan P. Straub	00:05:16
Play 99	Part 4 Ch 13 - Of Spiritual and Sensible Consolations, and how to receive them.	Dylan P. Straub	00:14:48
Play 100	Part 4 Ch 14 - Of Dryness and Spiritual Barrenness	Dylan P. Straub	00:10:26
Play 101	Part 4 Ch 15 - An Illustration.	Dylan P. Straub	00:07:17
Play 102	Part 5 PRACTICES FOR RENEWING AND CONFIRMING THE SOUL IN DEVOTION. Ch 1 - It is well yearly to renew Good Resolutions by means of the following Exercises.	Keren Turton	00:03:11
Play 103	Part 5 Ch 2 - Meditation on the Benefit conferred on us by God in calling us to His Service.	Keren Turton	00:04:59
Play 104	Part 5 Ch 3 - Examination of the Soul as to its Progress in the Devout Life	royalcrowncola	00:04:33
Play 105	Part 5 Ch 4 - Examination of the Soul’s Condition as regards God.	royalcrowncola	00:06:48
Play 106	Part 5 Ch 5 - Examination of your Condition as regards yourself.	royalcrowncola	00:03:27
Play 107	Part 5 Ch 6 - Examination of the Soul’s Condition as regards our Neighbour.	royalcrowncola	00:02:00
Play 108	Part 5 Ch 7 - Examination as to the Affectations of the Soul.	royalcrowncola	00:03:34
Play 109	Part 5 Ch 8 - The Affections to be excited after such Examination.	royalcrowncola	00:02:07
Play 110	Part 5 Ch 9 - Reflections suitable to the renewal of Good Resolutions.	royalcrowncola	00:01:28
Play 111	Part 5 Ch 10 - First Consideration—of the Worth of Souls.	discourser	00:03:22
Play 112	Part 5 Ch 11 - Second Consideration—on the Excellence of Virtue.	discourser	00:02:17
Play 113	Part 5 Ch 12 - The Example of the Saints.	Sean Lally	00:02:06
Play 114	Part 5 Ch 13 - The Love which Jesus Christ bears to us.	Phil Chenevert	00:03:46
Play 115	Part 5 Ch 14 - The Eternal Love of God for us.	Phil Chenevert	00:02:00
Play 116	Part 5 Ch 15 - General Affections which should result from these Considerations, and Conclusion of the Exercise.	Gina Eltora	00:02:46
Play 117	Part 5 Ch 16 - The Impressions which should remain after this Exercise.	Phil Chenevert	00:02:06
Play 118	Part 5 Ch 17 - An Answer to Two Objections which may be made to this Book.	Phil Chenevert	00:03:37
Play 119	Part 5 Ch 18 - Three Important and Final Counsels.	Phil Chenevert	00:04:22

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