St. Francis de Sales on Obedience (Part I)

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Selections for thought and contemplation from the spiritual classic, The Introduction to the Devout Life, written by St. Francis de Sales, a Doctor of the Church. You can listen to this series and other great Catholic content at Formed.org.Sign up for a 7-day free trial of Formed ...  Show more

Course Listening for Lesson 1 - "Thomas Aquinas: Saint and Scholar" 

St. Francis of Assisi loved nature and talked to birds, but is there more to him than that? Of course there is! The life of St. Francis of Assisi is filled with incredible examples of doing God’s will and emptying oneself for God’s sake. There is so much we can learn from St. Fra ...  Show more

Action Item: Be obedient like Christ that you may have the first fruits of beatitude.

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