Introduction to the Devout Life

📙 A New Translation of an Enduring Classic:The Missionaries of St. Francis de Sales created this new English translation from the 5th and final edition of the Introduction to the Devout Life that St. Francis de Sales published in 1619. Three years later, St. Francis died at the age of 55. He was canonized a Saint in 1665 and was declared a Doctor of the Church in 1877.In his prologue, de Sales explains that he arranged the information not for those in the monasteries, but for those in the pews. Consequently, the result is a witty, straight forward, intensely practical, challenging, and logical arrangement of well-established strategies and spiritual practices on how to devout oneself to Christ and grow to Christlike maturity that had been developed through the centuries. De Sales endeavors to transform lives by transforming hearts.St. Francis de Sales is one of the Church’s preeminent Spiritual Directors and fortunately he can be ours as well. The depth and breadth of the Introduction to the Devout Life has made it an enduring classic. His insights and practical guidance for committing oneself to Christ and keeping it permanently centered on Christ, are timeless and effective. As de Sales says: “LIVE JESUS! Yes, Lord Jesus, live and reign in our hearts forever and ever. Amen.”