There is no neutral in this life when it comes to friendships. They either draw us closer to Christ, or further from Him. In this Chapter of Introduction to The Devout Life by St. Francis de Sales, we get an idea of what an evil or frivolous friendship might look like.

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While we might find we are not living in poverty in a classic sense, there are many ways to experience poverty. Follow along in your copy of Introduction to The Devout Life as St. Francis de Sales explains how to make use of our poverty in chapter 16 of section 3.

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Spoiler alert, Tom couldn't make it, but Adam and I were able to dance on the topic of redemptive suffering and hear what some saints had to offer on the subject.

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Listen in to wrestle with the problem of evil with us.

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Keeping on keepin on with St. Francis de Sales with chapter 15 of section 3 of Introduction to the Devout Life.

Here he explains how to not let your wealth consume you.

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While money is not exactly evil, it can be a cause for sin if we aren't careful. In this chapter of Introduction to the Devout Life, St. Francis makes some distinctions about attachment to riches and where the trap is laid. Listen in for chapter 14 of section 3 on Poverty of Spirit Among Riches.

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In this episode we cover another chapter from Introduction to the Devout Life by St. Francis de Sales. Chapter 13 of section 3 covers how to maintain purity. The saint also points out things you might not have thought would be threats to purity!

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We take a break from Introduction to the Devout Life for a quick peek into one of the great works of the Venerable Fulton J. Sheen Way to Happiness.

In this episode I read chapter 8, which covers work and how to have the right relationship with it. In our time, and especially in healthcare, it seems that many are disenfranchised with the work they do.

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"Guard against all that is unprofitable"

Covering chapter 12 of section 3 of Introduction to the Devout Life by St. Francis de Sales.

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Rolling along with Introduction to The Devout Life by St. Francis de Sales here with Chapter 3.11 On Obedience. It might shock you to hear what the saint has to say about it.

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