10 Uses of Mortification According to St. Francis de Sales

The Catholic Man Show

Leisure, Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

4.9 • 739 Ratings

🗓️ 12 January 2023

⏱️ 75 minutes

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Summary

This week we talk about a Doctor of the Church, St. Francis de Sales. In his book, The Secrets of Sanctity, he discusses 10 uses of mortification. Let's talk about them.

What is mortification?
What is the purpose of mortification?
How mortification helps your spiritual vision.
The need for both prayer and mortification.
How mortification intensifies your love.

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10 Uses for Mortification

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Catholic Command Show. We're on the Lord's team, the winning side.
0:22.2	So raise your glass.
0:26.4	I think we need to give some kind of tribute.
0:28.5	We should have thought about this ahead of time,
0:30.0	but we should give a tribute to Pope Benedict.
0:32.8	I thought about that on my way over here,
0:34.6	and Cardinal Pell, both of them.
0:36.7	Yes, but I mean specifically
0:38.2	uh Pope Benedict because we took we're on the Lord team the winning side so raise your
0:42.9	glass that's from him from him we stole that from him yeah sure yeah you can say that
0:48.6	we're using his language without his permission without his permission mm- We did not pay them. It's kind of like
0:57.1	stealing. Very similar to it. Yeah, when you take something from someone without,
1:01.2	without their permission and you don't pay them for it, people call that stealing sometimes.
1:08.1	So I encourage everybody to offer up prayers for the soul of Pope Benedict.
1:13.6	Indeed.
1:14.1	Indeed. In the final days of the novena for him.
1:20.0	And then we found out today, or yesterday, yesterday, that Cardinal Pell passed away at 81 years old.
1:26.9	Talk about a man who had a heavy cross.
1:29.8	Yeah, especially here, the last years of his life.
1:32.9	Yeah.
1:33.8	But, you know, luckily for him, praise God for him that he was able to die.
1:38.8	You know, having seen his reputation restored.
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