Salesian Literature
A Spirituality for Everyone
St. Francis de Sales presents a spirituality that can be practised by everyone in all walks of life
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INTRODUCTION TO THE DEVOUT LIFE
Chapter 1: We must select the virtues to be practised
Chapter 2: Further advice on selecting virtues
Chapter 3: Patience
Chapter 4: External Humility
Chapter 5: Interior Humility
Chapter 6: Humility makes us love our own abjection
Chapter 7: How to preserve our good name while practising humility
Chapter 8: Gentleness towards our neighbour and remedies for anger
Chapter 9: Gentleness towards ourselves
Chapter 10: Managing our affairs with great care but without eagerness or anxiety
Chapter 11: Obedience
Chapter 12: The necessity of Chastity
Chapter 13: Counsels for preserving chastity
Chapter 14: The poverty of spirit to be practised amidst riches
Chapter 15: How to practise real poverty while remaining rich
Chapter 16: How to practise richness of spirit in real poverty
Chapter 17: Friendship: First that which is evil and frivolous
Chapter 18: Flirtations or fickle love
Chapter 19: Genuine Friendships
Chapter 20: The difference between true and vain friendships
Chapter 21: Counsels and remedies against evil friendships
Chapter 22: Some further counsels on friendships
Chapter 23: The practice of exterior mortification
Chapter 24: Society and solitude
Chapter 25: Propriety in dress
Chapter 26: Speaking: first how we must speak of God
Chapter 27: Sincerity in words and respect due to others
Chapter 28: Rash Judgements
Chapter 29: Slander
Chapter 30: Further advice on conversation
Chapter 31: Lawful and Praiseworthy pastimes and recreation
Chapter 32: Forbidden Games
Chapter 33: Dances and Permissible but dangerous pastimes
Chapter 34: When we may play or dance
Chapter 35: We must be faithful both in great and little things
Chapter 36: We must have a just and reasonable mind
Chapter 37: Desires
Chapter 38: Advice to the married
Chapter 39: Chastity in married life
Chapter 40: Advice for widows
Chapter 41: A word to virgins
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