Day 41: Examining Our Conscience (Introduction to the Devout Life)

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🗓️ 3 December 2022

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Summary

As we approach the end of the book, St. Francis de Sales shows us how to calmly examine our conscience when it comes to the Devout Life, particularly when it comes to ourselves, God, and our neighbors. What are we still attached to? Fr. Gregory and Fr. Jacob-Bertram encourage us to ask God for the grace to unburden ourselves and run yet more quickly to him.

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0:00.0	Hi, I'm Father Jacob Bertrand Jansick.
0:07.0	And I'm Father Gregory Pine.
0:08.6	And you're listening to the Catholic Classics podcast, where we seek to grow our prayer lives by learning from the
0:13.9	Church's greatest Saints and teachers. Spiritual reading can be challenging for
0:18.1	many Catholics, so this podcast is here to help. Each season will read
0:22.0	through a great work, unpack its timeless
0:24.3	wisdom and encourage you with practical tips for the pursuit of holiness. The
0:28.5	Catholic Classics podcast is brought to you by Ascension. This season we're reading Ascension's edition of Introduction
0:34.8	to the Devout Life by St. Francis de Sales. To get your copy of the book and download the
0:39.5	reading plan for this is
0:45.0	ascension press.com slash Cathay Classics or text intro to 33 777.
0:48.0	Be sure to follow us on your favorite podcast app.
0:51.0	This is day 41. Today we'll be reading Part 5 exercises and councils for renewing the soul and strengthening her devotion.
0:59.0	Chapters 4 through 9, pages 441 through.53 in the Ascension Edition of this book.
1:07.0	Before we get to the reading, let's take a look at what we'll be covering today.
1:11.0	In these chapters, St Francis continues to lead us to close his book and
1:16.5	continue in the devout life, to take with us what we've learned and apply it, to put it into action.
1:21.7	In the first couple of chapters he encouraged us in some of the difficulties to come,
1:25.7	whether they be with our own resolutions or in our relationships with others.
1:30.8	Now he shows us how to examine our conscience in relation to different things
1:35.3	so that we might continue to persevere in our efforts. Examinations of conscience
1:40.8	are essential to our devout life.
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