04 March, 2022

Introduction to the Devout Life -CHAPTER VII. The Second Purification, from all Sinful Affections.

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ALL the children of Israel went forth from the land of Egypt, but not all went forth heartily, and so, when wandering in the desert, some of...
03 March, 2022

Introduction to the Devout Life - CHAPTER VI. The First Purification, namely, from Mortal Sin.

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  THE first purification to be made is from sin;—the means whereby to make it, the sacrament of penance. Seek the best confessor within your...
02 March, 2022

Introduction to the Devout Life - CHAPTER V. The First Step must be Purifying the Soul

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  “THE flowers appear on the earth,”  says the Heavenly Bridegroom, and the time for pruning and cutting is come. And what, my child, are ou...
01 March, 2022

Introduction to the Devout Life - CHAPTER IV.The Need of a Guide for those who would enter upon and advance in the Devout Life.

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  WHEN Tobias was bidden to go to Rages, he was willing to obey his father, but he objected that he knew not the way;—to which Tobit answere...
28 February, 2022

Introduction to the Devout Life - CHAPTER III. Devotion is suitable to every Vocation and Profession.

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  WHEN God created the world He commanded each tree to bear fruit after its kind; and even so He bids Christians,—the living trees of His Ch...
27 February, 2022

Introduction to the Devout Life - By St. Francis of Sales - CHAPTER II. The Nature and Excellence of Devotion.

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  THOSE who sought to discourage the Israelites from going up to the Promised Land, told them that it was “a land which eateth up the inhabi...
26 February, 2022

Introduction to the Devout Life - By St. Francis of Sales - CHAPTER I. What true Devotion is.

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  PART I. COUNSELS AND PRACTICES SUITABLE FOR THE SOUL’S GUIDANCE FROM THE FIRST ASPIRATION AFTER A DEVOUT LIFE TO THE POINT WHEN IT ATTAINS...
25 February, 2022

The Doctrine of the Law and Grace by John Bunyan-OBJECTIONS ANSWERED FOR THEIR COMFORT -Part 2

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  Consider, besides this, what a privilege thou shalt have at the Day of Judgment above thousands, if thou do in deed and in truth close in ...
24 February, 2022

The Doctrine of the Law and Grace by John Bunyan-OBJECTIONS ANSWERED FOR THEIR COMFORT -Part 1

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  Object. But, alas, though I should never sin that sin, yet I have other sins enough to damn me. Answ. What though thou hadst the sins of a...
23 February, 2022

The Doctrine of the Law and Grace by John Bunyan-Why it is called the sin against the Holy Ghost

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  And now to show you why it is called the sin against the Holy Ghost, as in these Scriptures, (Matt 12; Heb 10; Mark 3). 1. Because they ...