Day 17: Abjection and Reputation in Humility (Introduction to the Devout Life)

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🗓️ 9 November 2022

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

Today, St. Francis de Sales treats the ideas of abjection and reputation when it comes to the virtue of humility. Fr. Gregory and Fr. Jacob-Bertrand help us to understand how abjection is not a bad thing and why it is important. They also explain how to appropriately care about your reputation.

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0:00.0	Hi, I'm Father Gregory Pine.
0:05.0	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 33 777.
0:47.0	Be sure to follow us on your favorite podcast app.
0:50.0	Today is day 17.
0:52.0	We'll be reading part 3, certain councils on the practices of the virtues,
0:56.2	chapter 6 and 7, which you can find on pages 207 to 215 in the Ascension Edition of the book.
1:02.4	Before we get into the reading a quick look at what
1:05.8	we're going to cover today. So we're going to pick up with humility. We've been talking
1:11.5	about humility for the past two episodes now.
1:14.0	And St Francis de Sales is going to mix in a little bit of a discussion on objection,
1:19.0	which is a terrifying word and a kind of terrifying reality,
1:22.0	but he's going to help us to think about it well,
1:24.7	specifically help us to think about how it's part of the story of our growth in humility
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