Day 1: Start with God (Introduction to the Devout Life)

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🗓️ 24 October 2022

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

Welcome to Day 1 of Introduction to the Devout Life. Today, Fr. Gregory Pine and Fr. Jacob-Bertrand Janczyk begin by explaining how important it is to get the principles right when starting out in the spiritual life. They also share what devotion is and how it functions in our walk towards holiness.

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0:00.0	Hi, I'm Father Gregory Pine.
0:06.0	And I'm Father Jacob Bertrand Jansick.
0:08.0	And you're listening to the Catholic Classics Podcast,
0:11.0	where we seek to grow our prayer lives by learning from the church's
0:13.7	greatest saints and teachers. Spiritual reading can be challenging for many Catholics
0:17.6	so this podcast is here to help. Each season will read through a great work
0:21.8	unpack its timeless wisdom, and encourage you with practical
0:25.2	tips for the pursuit of holiness. The Catholic Classics podcast is brought to you by Ascension.
0:30.4	This season we are reading Ascension's edition of Introduction to the Devout Life by St. Francis de Sales.
0:36.1	To get your copy of the book and download the reading plan for this season, visit ascension
0:40.6	press.com slash Catholic classics or text Intro to 3377.
0:47.0	Be sure to follow us on your favorite podcast app.
0:50.0	Today is day one.
0:52.0	We'll be reading part 1 on the Councils and Exercises,
0:55.8	chapters 1 through 3, pages 23 through 33 in the Ascension Edition of the book.
1:01.8	Before we get into the reading, a quick look at what we're and the Ascension Edition edition of the book.
1:02.6	Before we get into the reading, a quick look at what we're covering today.
1:06.5	You'll see at the beginning of the book that St Francis' Sales is especially motivated
1:11.0	to get the principles right. I remember a story that my mother told me, I
1:14.7	guess it's not a story, I guess it's an anecdote, but in St Louis when they were
1:18.3	building the gateway arch they had to be super precise because they built up from the two foundations and she
1:25.0	said or her teacher told her that if they had been wrong by the size of a like 12
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