To see if the type and size of the font used in this book are easy to read and are acceptable to you, we encourage that you download and print out a sample page. Canon Surmont, Vicar General, Westminster, 20th November 1924. This edition has been re-typeset using the text of the 1943 edition originally published by Burns Oates and Washbourne, London, under the imprimatur of Edm. Introduction to the Devout Life by Saint Francis De Sales, edited and translated by Allan Ross. Francis of Sales (Author) 69 ratings See all formats and editions Kindle 0.99 Read with Our Free App Hardcover 13.93 2 New from 13.93 Paperback 9.95 2 Used from 7.51 8 New from 9.95 Mass Market Paperback from 43.14 1 Used from 43.14 1 New from 50. This book is truly medicine for the soul. Introduction to the Devout Life Paperback Septemby St. Above all, he is a spiritual genius, and thus was made a Doctor of the Church. Even non-Christians have admired his prose. Introduction to the Devout Life by Francis De Sales: 9780375725623 : Books A compassionate treasure that guides seekers through practical ways of attaining a devout life without renouncing the world and offers prayers and meditations. His writings are characterized by sublime common sense. He was canonized by Pope Alexander VII in 1665. Francis de Sales was a master psychologist, with a special gift for teaching practical morality. An Introduction to the Devout Life, his best-loved work, is based on notes he wrote for a cousin for marriage, stressing that sanctity is possible in everyday life. It has always occupied a privileged position in the Church: no guide ever written provides so complete, so balanced and so practical an approach to the spiritual life. Since its first publication in 1609 this book has never gone out of print.

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