Download or read book Helps to a devout life selections from lectures ed by J Lawson written by George Lawson and published by . This book was released on 1878 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Helps to a Devout Life Being a Treatise on Religious Duties written by George Lawson (D.D.) and published by . This book was released on 1878 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Introduction to the Devout Life written by Francis De Sales and published by National Geographic Books. This book was released on 1972-01-04 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Francis de Sales’s Introduction to the Devout Life has remained a uniquely accessible and relevant treasure of devotion for nearly four hundred years. As Bishop of Geneva in the first quarter of the seventeenth century, Francis de Sales saw to the spiritual needs of everyone from the poorest peasants to court ladies. The desire to be closer to God that he found in people from all levels of society led him to compile these instructions on how to live in Christ. Francis’s compassionate Introduction leads the reader through practical ways of attaining a devout life without renouncing the world and offers prayers and meditations to strengthen devotion in the face of temptation and hardship.
Download or read book Introduction to the Devout Life written by St. Francis de Sales and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2013-08-20 with total page 302 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Francis de Sales's Introduction to the Devout Life has remained a uniquely accessible and relevant treasure of devotion for nearly four hundred years. As Bishop of Geneva in the first quarter of the sevenjteenth century, Francis de Sales saw to the spiritual needs of everyone from the poorest peasants to court ladies. The desire to be closer to God that he found in people from all levels of society led him to compile these instructions on how to live in Christ. Francis's compassionate Introduction leads the reader through practical ways of attaining a devout life without renouncing the world and offers prayers and meditations to strengthen devotion in the face of temptation and hardship.
Download or read book Introduction to the Devout Life written by St. Francis De Sales and published by . This book was released on 2015-08-01 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Written over 400 years ago, Introduction to the Devout Life is still one of the most popular books for those pursuing holiness. St. Francis de Sales explains how to turn that desire for sanctity into resolutions that yield grace-filled results. Themes include: Pursuing a devout life whole-heartedly Incorporating prayer and sacraments into a busy schedule Growing in virtue Battling wisely against temptation Making spiritual progress through daily, monthly, and yearly exercises Whether you are just beginning your spiritual journey or are more advanced in the spiritual life, you ll be able to apply this timeless wisdom immediately. Let St. Francis de Sales illumine the path to holiness and strengthen your desire to walk that road with the Lord."
Download or read book Authentic Devotion written by Francis De Sales and published by Shaw Books. This book was released on 2002 with total page 129 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This modern-day interpretation of "Introduction to the Devout Life" by Francis de Sales can gently guide readers down the clearest path imaginable into a deeper and more authentic religious life.
Download or read book Introduction to the devout life from the Fr ed by W H Hutchings written by François de Sales (st.) and published by . This book was released on 1881 with total page 326 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A Serious Call to a Devout and Holy Life written by William Law and published by Literary Licensing, LLC. This book was released on 2014-03 with total page 362 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Is A New Release Of The Original 1850 Edition.
Download or read book Introduction To The Devout Life From The Fr Ed By W h Hutchings written by François de Sales (St ) and published by Legare Street Press. This book was released on 2023-07-18 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This spiritual classic is a guidebook for how to live a devout Christian life in the midst of busy daily routines. Written by a Catholic saint, it provides practical advice for spiritual growth and overcoming obstacles to holiness. This timeless work has been a favorite of Christians for over 400 years. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Download or read book A Treatise on Prayer written by Edward Bickersteth and published by . This book was released on 1839 with total page 382 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A Serious Call to a Devout and Holy Life written by William Law and published by . This book was released on 2019-09-09 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A Serious Call to a Devout and Holy Life written by William Law and published by William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company. This book was released on 1973 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of the most remarkable books of devotion ever written, this Enlightenment-era examination of the Christian life was praised by readers as varied as Samuel Johnson, Edward Gibbon, and John Wesley.
Download or read book A Serious Call to a Devout and Holy Life written by William Law and published by Theclassics.Us. This book was released on 2013-09 with total page 114 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1906 edition. Excerpt: ...in reading the Scripture or any book of piety, you meet with a passage that more than ordinarily affects your mind, and seems, as it were, to give your heart a new motion towards God, you should try to turn it into the form of a petition, and then give it a place in your prayers. By this means you will be often improving your prayers, and storing yourself with proper forms of making the desires of your heart known unto God. At all the stated hours of prayer, it will be of great benefit to you to have something fixed, and something at liberty, in your devotions. You should have some fixed subject, which is constantly to be the chief matter of your prayer at that particular time; and yet have liberty to add such other petitions, as your condition may then require. For instance: as the morning is to you the beginning of a new life; as God has then given you a new enjoyment of yourself, and a fresh entrance into the world; it is highly proper that your first devotions should be a praise and thanksgiving to God, as for a new creation; and that you should offer and devote body and soul, all that you are, and all that you have, to His service and glory. Receive, therefore, every day as a resurrection from death, as a new enjoyment of life; meet every rising sun with such sentiments of God's goodness, as if you had seen it, and all things, new created upon your account: and under the sense of so great a blessing, let your joyful heart praise and magnify so good and glorious a Creator. Let, therefore, praise and thanksgiving, and oblation of yourself unto God, be always the fixed and certain subject of your first prayers in the morning; and then take the liberty of adding such other devotions, as the accidental difference of your state, or the...
Download or read book A New Treatise of the Duties of a Christian Towards God written by Ven de la Salle and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-01-19 with total page 424 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from A New Treatise of the Duties of a Christian Towards God: Being an Improved Version of the Original Treatise That Being is God - who, having created all things by a single act of his divine will, rules them according to the eternal laws of his infinite Wisdom. Of all visi ble creatures, man alone is endowed with understand ing and free-will he alone is capable of knowing, willing, and loving and God, who has conferred these faculties on him, strictly requires that they be employed in promoting the divine honor and glory. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book Christian duties as essentially conducive to progress in the spiritual life written by Christian duties and published by . This book was released on 1849 with total page 151 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book A New Treatise on the Duties of a Christian Towards God written by Saint Jean Baptiste de La Salle and published by . This book was released on 1864 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
