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This powerful book is an invitation to meet with God in every part of life. A classic of Christian Spirituality, Francis de Sales’ Introduction to the Devout Life challenges us;
“We meet with that presence always and everywhere“
Francis de Sales was a Bishop of Geneva in the early seventeenth century. He was known as a preacher, evangelist and spiritual director and he founded the congregation of the Visitation of Holy Mary.
In the Preface to his Introduction to the Devout Life, he states that anyone with courage and determination can live in the world without being influenced by its spirit and he sets out to guide the reader in living a life of true devotion.
This sensitively updated edition features a new introduction by Piers Paul Read, the award-winning English novelist, historian and biographer. In the introduction, he writes;
“there remains the psychological insight of a fine novelist… there emerges from his prose the optimism, kindliness and charm of this great saint – his love of his fellow human beings and, above all, his love of God”
