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PART I  |  PART II  |  PART III  |  PART IV  | PART V

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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

INTRODUCTION TO THE DEVOUT LIFE

PART III: 

Several Counsels for the Practice of Virtues

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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