Francis de Sales suggested doing one meditation per day. We have updated some of the language of these meditations while being faithful to their spirit and purpose. By the help of God's grace they will be very helpful in rooting out of your heart both sin and the chief affections for it. In his Introduction to the Devout Life, Francis de Sales wrote: "I speak here of a general renewal of the heart and complete conversion of your soul to God by undertaking a devout life, it seems to me that…you should faithfully practice the following meditations.
Pursuing a practical path to holiness begins with a personal decision: to turn away from darkness and to live in the light. The first step in living a life of devotion - that is, doing what is right, and doing the right thing diligently, frequently and readily - requires a change of heart. Francis says, Devotion is spiritual agility and vivacity, by means of which charity works in us, or we in her, with love and readiness and as charity leads us to obey and fulfill all God's Commandments, so devotion leads us to obey them with promptitude and diligence.Meditations from The Introduction to the Devout Life Francis de Sales (1567-1622), Doctor of the Church.Īddressed as a personal letter to Philothea, the lover of God which genuinely represents the reader the book covers: our first desire to lead a devout life to our full resolution to do so, how we should approach God in prayer and the Sacraments, the practice of 16 important virtues, remedies against ordinary temptations, and becoming confirmed in our practice of devotion.
And no better guide to heaven exists than An Introduction to the Devout Life by St.
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