St. Francis de Sales—Introduction to the Devout Life | Part 3 (Ch.23-35)
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“Great occasions for serving God come seldom, but little ones surround us daily... If you do all in God’s name, all you do will be well done.”
Part 3
(00:38) Chapter 23—The Practice of Bodily Mortification
(11:15) Chapter 24—Society and Solitude
(16:40) Chapter 25—Modesty in Dress
(20:36) Chapter 26—Conversation: First, How to Speak of God
(23:08) Chapter 27—Unseemly Words and the Respect Due to Others
(27:34) Chapter 28—Hasty Judgments
(37:44) Chapter 29—Slander
(48:46) Chapter 30—Further Counsels as to Conversation
(52:43) Chapter 31—Amusements and Recreations: What Are Allowable
(55:15) Chapter 32—Forbidden Amusements
(57:12) Chapter 33—Balls and Other Lawful but Dangerous Amusements
(01:02:21) Chapter 34—When to Use Such Amusements Rightly
(01:04:10) Chapter 35—We Must Be Faithful in Things Great and Small
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