Dedicatory Prayer and Author’s Preface (Introduction to the Devout Life)

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🗓️ 17 October 2022

⏱️ 13 minutes

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Summary

In preparation for the beginning of Catholic Classics Season 1: Introduction to the Devout Life, Fr. Gregory Pine reads through the Dedicatory Prayer and the Author’s Preface.

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0:00.0	Hi, I'm Father Gregory Pine.
0:05.0	And I'm Father Jacob Bertrand Jansick.
0:09.0	And you're listening to the Catholic Classics podcast,
0:12.0	where we seek to grow our prayer lives by learning from the church's greatest
0:14.6	Saints and teachers. Spiritual reading can be challenging for many Catholics, so this podcast
0:19.1	is here to help. Each season will read through a great work, unpack its timeless wisdom, and encourage you with practical tips for the pursuit of holiness.
0:28.0	The Catholic Classics podcast is brought to you by Ascension.
0:31.0	This season we are reading Ascension's edition of Introduction to the Devout Life by St Francis to Sales.
0:36.0	To get your copy of the book and download the reading plan for this season, visit Ascension Press.com
0:41.0	slash Catholic Classics, or text intro to 3.77.
0:47.0	Be sure to follow us on your favorite podcast app.
0:50.1	In this episode, before we dive into the first part of the book we will be reading St Francis de Sales'
0:54.6	dedicatory prayer found on page 9 and the preface found on pages 11 through 16 of
1:00.5	ascensions addition of Introduction to the Devout Life.
1:08.0	Authors' Daeducatory Prayer
1:10.0	Oh, sweet Jesus, my Lord, my Savior, and my God.
1:15.0	Behold, I lie prostrate before your majesty, devoting and consecrating this work to your glory.
1:21.4	Enliven its words by your blessing so that the souls for whom I have
1:25.2	written this work may receive from it the sacred inspirations that I desire
1:29.6	that they obtain. In particular, that they be led to implore you to send down upon me your infinite
1:36.6	mercy, so that while I show others the way of devotion in this world, I may not be eternally rejected and brought to ruin in the next, but rather
1:46.6	that with them I may forever sing in a triumphant song the words that I pronounce with all my heart in testimony to my fidelity amid the various
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