Day 21: True Poverty and False Friendship (Introduction to the Devout Life)

Catholic Classics

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🗓️ 13 November 2022

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

Today, Saint Francis de Sales completes his consideration of poverty. He reminds us that to live a Devout Life means to embrace poverty as the dear friend of Jesus Christ. Fr. Gregory and Fr. Jacob-Bertrand explain what true friendship looks like and the shared life it entails.

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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
0:45.0	3.377. Be sure to follow us on your favorite podcast app. Today is day 21
0:52.0	we'll be reading part 3 certain councils on the practice of the virtues,
0:55.8	chapters 15 through 17, and that's pages 247 to 257 in the Ascension Edition of the book.
1:05.0	Now before we get into the reading,
1:06.5	a quick look at what we are covering today
1:08.5	so that way you can be on the lookout.
1:10.4	So here, St Francis de Sales finishes up with his treatment of obedience, chastity, and poverty,
1:17.0	what we've called the evangelical councils in the context of religious life,
1:21.0	the spirit of which we all as baptized persons are called to observe, and,
1:25.8	fascinatingly enough, he's going to turn to friendship.
1:29.6	So if you or I were to list the different virtues that are on offer for Christians in this world.
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