Day 24: Mortification for Purification (Introduction to the Devout Life)

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🗓️ 16 November 2022

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

In today’s episode, Saint Francis de Sales addresses the importance of external mortifications and, in particular, the practice of fasting and sleeping. He explains that mortification is a tool for purification. Fr. Gregory and Fr. Jacob-Bertrand discuss the importance of putting to death the desires in our lives that have become idols.

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0:00.0	Hi, I'm Father Jacob Bertrand Jansick, and I'm Father Gregory Pine.
0:09.0	And you're listening to the Catholic Classics Podcast, where we seek to grow our prayer lives by learning from
0:14.0	the church's greatest Saints and teachers. Spiritual reading can be challenging
0:18.4	for many Catholics so this podcast is here to help. Each season will read through great work,
0:24.0	unpack its timeless wisdom, and encourage you with practical tips for the
0:28.0	pursuit of holiness. The Catholic Classics podcast is brought to you by
0:32.0	ascension. This season we're reading ascensions Catholic Classics podcast is brought to you by Ascension.
0:33.4	This season we're reading Ascension's edition of Introduction
0:36.3	to the Devout Life by St Francis de Sales.
0:39.1	To get your copy of the book
0:40.4	and download the reading plan for this season, visit Ascension Press.
0:43.7	com slash Catholic Classics or text intro to 33 777-77.
0:48.8	Be sure to follow us on your favorite podcast app. This is day 24. Today we'll be reading part 3,
0:55.8	certain councils for the practice of the virtues, chapters 23 pages 279 through
1:02.1	285 in the ascension edition of this book.
1:06.0	Before we get into the reading,
1:07.4	let's take a quick look at what we will be covering today.
1:11.6	In this chapter, St Francis has has finished talking about friendships, at least for now.
1:17.1	He returns to the theme of mortification and focuses particularly on external mortifications.
1:24.1	We talked about mortifications already earlier in the book and like before
1:28.1	we shouldn't be afraid of these practices.
1:30.3	Remember that mortification is the tool of purification.
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