INTRODUCTION TO THE DEVOUT LIFE - ST FRANCIS deSALES Contemporary Culture James in Spain

James in Spain

Her passionate love of Jesus led her to concentrate entirely on him rather than on personal austerities

Frederick Schroeder

the teacher

when he heard accounts of their martyrdoms in Morocco by the Saracens

INTRODUCTION TO THE DEVOUT LIFE - ST FRANCIS deSALES Contemporary Culture James in SpainAs no sensible person would make a long road trip without first consulting a map, so the person intent upon gaining Heaven should first resort to a competent guide to reach that Goal of all goals. And no better guide to Heaven exists than An Introduction to the Devout Life by St. Francis de Sales (1567 1622), Doctor of the Church. It is at once easy to read, being laid out in short chapters, yet thorough, authoritative, reliable, kind and gentle a