Day 38: Enduring Desolation (Introduction to the Devout Life)

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🗓️ 30 November 2022

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Summary

Saint Francis de Sales explores common causes of desolation while assuring us that works performed and prayers offered in times of dryness are more precious in the sight of God. Fr. Gregory and Fr. Jacob-Bertrand lead us to find freedom in these seasons by calling it what it is, calling on the name of the Lord, and continuing to show up despite the temptation not to.

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0:00.0	Hi, I'm Father Gregory Pine.
0:05.0	And I'm Father Jacob Bertrand
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	This is day 38.
0:52.0	Today we will be reading part 4 necessary councils concerning
0:55.6	temptations that occur frequently in the Christian life chapter 14 pages
0:59.9	413 to 418 in the Ascension Edition of the book.
1:04.0	Before we get into the reading, then a quick look at what we'll be covering today.
1:08.0	So having then discussed in previous chapters the reality of consolation and how consolation is good
1:16.2	but could pose a temptation to us as we journey in our faith here we're going to
1:21.5	turn to desolation and desolation means the
1:25.1	sensible loss of the presence of God. So you're chugging along in your life of
1:29.2	prayer and your life of faith, you're feeling good about things and and then all of a sudden it's like the lights go out.
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