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
INTRODUCTION TO THE DEVOUT LIFE
PART I:
Containing Counsels and Exercises necessary for the Guidance of a Person
from the desire for the Devout Life up to a total commitment to live it
Chapter 1: A description of true devotion
Chapter 2: The nature and exceptional goodness of devotion
Chapter 3: Devotion is suitable to every kind of life-situation and occupation
Chapter 4: The necessity of a guide to begin and to make progress in devotion
Chapter 5: We must begin with self-purification
Chapter 6: First of all: Purifying ourselves from mortal sins
Chapter 7: Secondly: Purifying ourselves from attachment to mortal sin
Chapter 8: The means to make the second purification
Chapter 9: First Meditation: Our Creation
Chapter 10: Second Meditation: the purpose for which we are created
Chapter 11: Third Meditation: God’s Blessings
Chapter 12: Fourth Meditation: My Sins
Chapter 13: Fifth Meditation: My Death
Chapter 14: Sixth Meditation: The Final Judgement
Chapter 15: Seventh Meditation: Hell
Chapter 16: Eighth Meditation: Heaven
Chapter 17: Ninth Meditation: Deliberate Choice of Heaven
Chapter 18: Tenth Meditation: Deliberate Choice of the Devout Life
Chapter 19: How to make a general confession
Chapter 21 Concluding the firm resolution
Chapter 22: We must purify ourselves from attachment to venial sin
Chapter 23: We must purify ourselves from attachment to useless and dangerous things
Chapter 24: We must purify ourselves from evil inclinations
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