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How ordinary people in any walk of life can begin a life of deeper love of God, through making prayer and service a part of their everyday routines.
Francois de Sales was a Catholic missionary and priest working in French and Swiss Calvinist areas. At the time he wrote this book, he had become a bishop. He was also a prolific writer.
This audiobook continues as IntroDevout2.
This audio is part of the collection: Open Source Audio
Artist/Composer: St. Francis de Sales
Date: 2009-05-31
Source: Translation by Fr. Walter J.B. Edwards, 1878.
Keywords: Audiobook - Nonfiction; Religion; spirituality
Creative Commons license: Public Domain
Complete. Track numbers continue in the next part.
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| Whole Item | Format | Size |
| IntroDevout_vbr.m3u | VBR M3U | Stream |
| IntroDevout_vbr_mp3.zip | VBR ZIP | 175 MB |
| Audio Files | VBR MP3 | Ogg Vorbis |
| Preface by the Author. | 15 MB | 9.94 MB |
| Bk. 1: Ch. 1: Description of True Devotion. | 6.63 MB | 4.55 MB |
| Ch. 2: The Properties and Excellence of Devotion. | 5.94 MB | 4.07 MB |
| Ch. 3: Devotion suitable to all vocations and professions. | 4.76 MB | 3.28 MB |
| Ch. 4: On the necessity of a guide on our entrance and through our progress in a devout life. | 5.92 MB | 4.07 MB |
| Ch. 5: On the First Step - Purifying the Soul. | 4.92 MB | 3.35 MB |
| Ch. 6: On the First Purification - that of mortal sin. | 2.79 MB | 1.93 MB |
| Ch. 7: Of the Second Purification - from the affections of sin. | 3.80 MB | 2.58 MB |
| Ch. 8: How to effect this Second Purification. | 3.10 MB | 2.16 MB |
| Ch. 9: Meditation 1 - On Creation. | 7.21 MB | 4.84 MB |
| Ch. 10: Meditation 2 - On the purpose for which we are created. | 5.56 MB | 3.79 MB |
| Ch. 11: Meditation 3 - On the mercies of God. | 8.51 MB | 5.50 MB |
| Ch. 12: Meditation 4 - On Sin. | 6.69 MB | 4.51 MB |
| Ch. 13: Meditation 5 - On Death. | 7.61 MB | 5.03 MB |
| Ch. 14: Meditation 6 - On Judgment. | 6.70 MB | 4.51 MB |
| Ch. 15: Meditation 7 - On Hell. | 5.34 MB | 3.56 MB |
| Ch. 16: Meditation 8 - On Paradise. | 8.32 MB | 5.56 MB |
| Ch. 17: Meditation 9 - On the Choice of Paradise. | 5.42 MB | 3.69 MB |
| Ch. 18: Meditation 10 - Concerning the soul's choice of a devout life. | 7.08 MB | 4.79 MB |
| Ch. 19: Concerning General Confession | 3.41 MB | 2.36 MB |
| Ch. 20: A protestation for fixing in the mind a resolution to serve God after Confession. | 6.32 MB | 4.38 MB |
| Ch. 21: Conclusion of the First Purification | 2.21 MB | 1.55 MB |
| Chs. 22-24: That we must lay aside our disposition toward venial sin. That we must purify ourselves from the taste for useless and dangerous things. On purifying ourselves from evil inclinations. | 11 MB | 7.27 MB |
| Bk. 2: Ch. 1: On the necessity of prayer. | 7.54 MB | 5.21 MB |
| Chs. 2-9: Mental prayer instructions. Goes with the exercises in Bk. 1. | 23 MB | 16 MB |
| Ch. 10: A Morning Exercise. | 4.24 MB | |
| Ch. 11: Evening Exercise and examination of conscience. | 2.52 MB | |
| Chs. 12-13: Concerning Spiritual Retreat. Concerning aspiration and short prayers and holy thoughts. | 19 MB | |
| Chs. 14-16: Concerning Holy Mass and how to hear it. On other public services. On the invocation of saints. | 11 MB | |
| Chs. 17-18: How to hear and read the Word of God. How to receive inspirations. | 8.77 MB | |
| Ch. 19: Concerning holy Confession. | 8.16 MB | |
| Chs. 20-21: On frequent Communion. How to receive Communion. | 13 MB |
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| IntroDevout_files.xml | Metadata | 19 KB |
| IntroDevout_meta.xml | Metadata | 3.10 KB |
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