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      introduction to the devout life

      introduction to the devout life

      Francis De Sales

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      Preface and Archbishop John Francis Noll biography by Michael R. Heinlein, copyright © 2018 by Our Sunday Visitor.

      Introduction by Pat Gohn, copyright © 2018 by Pat Gohn.

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      A contemporary selection of Catholic classics, curated for the modern reader by Our Sunday Visitor in the spirit of our founder, Archbishop John Francis Noll.

      Contents

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      Preface by Michael R. Heinlein

      Introduction by Pat Gohn

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      Preface by Saint Francis de Sales

       Part I

       Counsels and Practices to Guide the Soul from the First Desire for a Devout Life to a Firm Resolution to Embrace It

       Chapter 1: What True Devotion Is

       Chapter 2: The Nature and Excellence of Devotion

       Chapter 3: Devotion Is Suitable to Every Vocation and Profession

       Chapter 4: The Need of a Guide for Those Who Would Enter Upon and Advance in the Devout Life

       Chapter 5: The First Step Must Be Purifying the Soul

       Chapter 6: The First Purification, Namely, from Mortal Sin

       Chapter 7: The Second Purification, from All Sinful Affections

       Chapter 8: How to Bring About This Second Purification

       Chapter 9: First Meditation — Of Creation

       Chapter 10: Second Meditation — Of the End for Which We Were Created

       Chapter 11: Third Meditation — Of the Gifts of God

       Chapter 12: Fourth Meditation — On Sin

       Chapter 13: Fifth Meditation — On Death

       Chapter 14: Sixth Meditation — On Judgment

       Chapter 15: Seventh Meditation — On Hell

       Chapter 16: Eighth Meditation — On Paradise

       Chapter 17: Ninth Meditation — On the Choice Between Heaven and Hell

       Chapter 18: Tenth Meditation — How the Soul Chooses the Devout Life

       Chapter 19: How to Make a General Confession

       Chapter 20: A Firm Promise Made to Confirm the Soul’s Resolution to Serve God, as a Conclusion to Its Acts of Penance

       Chapter 21: Conclusion of This First Purification

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