Saint Ignatius is super practical, clear, and offers a whole series of rules for living a spiritual life. Here is rule 3. For a good intro that can influence your life, try Fr. Gallagher's Discernment of Spirits.

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Saint Francis gives us a meditative prayer! If you wanted to do a reasonably accessible reading of a biography of Francis, I do like this one:

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St. Teresa of Avila, a doctor of the church, has a lot to say about prayer. She was a very clear teacher and based her ideas about prayer and spirituality upon her own life. Her witness of the way God activates supernatural virtues in us, of the way He seeks to reside within us, is outstanding. A good place to start is The Way of Perfection:

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St. Margaret of Scotland was granddaughter of St. Stephen of Hungary. The Church has beatified and canonized many royal personages. This excerpt is from Bishop Turgot. The biography is not long:

https://archive.org/details/lifeofstmargaret00turguoft

Off and on, we'll return to St. Augustine. My readings will come from the 2nd edition translation by Frank Sheed, from Hackett Publishing, used with their kind permission.

I highly recommend the Sheed translation. Others don't have the "feel" of Augustine's poetry, in my experience. Of course, YMMV.

A highly recommended source that shows off the Doctor of Grace in his variety as a bishop would be:

https://www.amazon.com/Augustine-His-Words-William-Harmless/dp/0813217431

Book 6, Chapter 11. Don't delay in your seeking God and true happiness. All else that seems to satisfy will not, for such things are vain and empty in comparison to the depths of yearning within us.

Book 6, chapter 10. Augustine offers some brief notes on Alypius and Nebridius.

Alypius learns a lesson about false accusation

New format continues! Peace and grace to all of you, in Christ.

Finally back! God is indeed good! And, Jesus is Risen! I have modified the podcast going forward, to cover a chapter at a time; and my intervals for release will be perhaps a day or two or three. Herein, we read and comment on Book VI, Chapter 7.

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