Catholic Classics
Learn from the Catholic Church's greatest saints as teachers as you are led through classic Catholic spiritual writings.
We found 10 episodes of Catholic Classics with the tag “spirituality”.
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Day 23: Council on Friendship (Introduction to the Devout Life)
November 15th, 2022 | 26 mins 40 secs
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Completing his examination of friendship, Saint Francis de Sales offers advice on companionship for those seeking to live the Devout Life. He discusses the presence of imperfection and sin within friendship. Fr. Gregory and Fr. Jacob-Bertrand encourage us to analyze the good and evil of our own relationships.
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Day 22: The Necessity and Caution of Friendship (Introduction to the Devout Life)
November 14th, 2022 | 29 mins 33 secs
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Today we return to the theme of friendship. Saint Francis de Sales describes the necessity and danger of communion, arguing that true friendship communicates in virtue. Fr. Gregory and Fr. Jacob-Bertrand discuss friendships between men and women, pointing out concrete and practical examples of how to approach such relationships virtuously.
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Day 21: True Poverty and False Friendship (Introduction to the Devout Life)
November 13th, 2022 | 27 mins 21 secs
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Today, Saint Francis de Sales completes his consideration of poverty. He reminds us that to live a Devout Life means to embrace poverty as the dear friend of Jesus Christ. Fr. Gregory and Fr. Jacob-Bertrand explain what true friendship looks like and the shared life it entails.
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Day 20: Aim for the Highest Good (Introduction to the Devout Life)
November 12th, 2022 | 23 mins 30 secs
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St. Francis de Sales continues his examination of chastity and poverty. Fr. Gregory and Fr. Jacob-Bertrand help us to understand that St. Francis de Sales is aiming to help us strive for the highest good and not lower goods.
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Day 19: The Need for Chastity, Poverty, and Obedience (Introduction to the Devout Life)
November 11th, 2022 | 29 mins 49 secs
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After covering patience, humility, and meekness, St. Francis de Sales shifts the conversation towards poverty, chastity, and obedience. Fr. Gregory and Fr. Jacob-Bertrand help us to understand why these virtues are not reserved only for religious or clergy, but are important for all pursuing the Devout Life.
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Day 18: Meekness and Controlling Anger (Introduction to the Devout Life)
November 10th, 2022 | 27 mins 4 secs
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St. Francis de Sales continues to walk us through some of the virtues that he believes are important to cultivate in the Devout Life. In this episode, he shares about the virtue of meekness. He explains what it is and how we can put it into practice towards our neighbors and ourselves.
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Day 17: Abjection and Reputation in Humility (Introduction to the Devout Life)
November 9th, 2022 | 29 mins 35 secs
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Today, St. Francis de Sales treats the ideas of abjection and reputation when it comes to the virtue of humility. Fr. Gregory and Fr. Jacob-Bertrand help us to understand how abjection is not a bad thing and why it is important. They also explain how to appropriately care about your reputation.
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Day 16: Interior Humility (Introduction to the Devout Life)
November 8th, 2022 | 23 mins 36 secs
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In this episode, St. Francis de Sales continues his examination of humility, but now turns to the more interior aspects of it. Fr. Gregory and Fr. Jacob-Bertrand discuss how to understand humility and also how to work through some of the difficulties in practicing it.
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Day 15: Patience and External Humility (Introduction to the Devout Life)
November 7th, 2022 | 25 mins 53 secs
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St. Francis de Sales offers patience and humility as two virtues that need our particular attention as we strive for the Devout Life. Fr. Gregory and Fr. Jacob-Bertrand help us to understand how St. Francis de Sales is getting to the real meaning of each virtue.
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[BONUS] Intro to Part 3: Certain Counsels for the Practice of the Virtues
November 6th, 2022 | 5 mins 51 secs
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In this special bonus episode, Fr. Gregory offers an overview of what we can expect in the third part of Introduction to the Devout Life. He summarizes the primary theme of this section: the life of virtue.