[BONUS] Intro to Part 3: Certain Counsels for the Practice of the Virtues

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🗓️ 6 November 2022

⏱️ 6 minutes

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Summary

In this special bonus episode, Fr. Gregory offers an overview of what we can expect in the third part of Introduction to the Devout Life. He summarizes the primary theme of this section: the life of virtue.

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0:00.0	Hi, I'm Father Gregory Pine.
0:05.0	And I'm Father Jacob Bertrand Jansik.
0:09.0	And you're listening to the Catholic Classics podcast,
0:12.0	where we seek to grow our prayer lives by learning from the
0:14.0	Church's greatest Saints and teachers. Spiritual reading can be challenging for
0:17.9	many Catholics, so this podcast is here to help. Each season will read
0:22.1	through a great work, unpack its timeless
0:23.9	wisdom, and encourage you with practical tips for the pursuit of holiness. The
0:28.4	Catholic Classics podcast is brought to you by Ascension. This season we are
0:32.3	reading Ascension's edition of
0:33.5	Introduction to the Devout Life by St. Francis de Sales. To get your copy of the
0:37.9	book and download the reading plan for this season, visit ascension press
0:41.5	dot com slash Catholic, or text intro to 33 777.
0:47.6	Be sure to follow us on your favorite podcast app.
0:50.5	In this addition of introduction to the devout life. This introduction will give you an overview of
1:04.7	what we will be covering in the following episodes for this part of the book.
1:12.4	The way some describe the spiritual life can make it seem like a buffet from which we pick and choose.
1:17.0	And matters of faith, you might be the type of person who fills your whole plate with one favorite item, or you might make strange combinations
1:26.0	without any thought of balance. But if we are to cultivate a healthy spiritual life, we need
1:32.3	real sustenance in the right proportion.
1:34.7	Unlike a buffet, the spiritual life is not a random assortment of laws, liturgies,
1:40.3	councils, and commands from among which we pick and choose.
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