The Committed Life: An Adaptation of "The Introduction to the Devout Life" by St. Francis De Sales - Hardcover
A masterful updating of a classic work.St. Francis de Sales (1567-1622), bishop of Geneva and founder of the Visitation Order of nuns, was renowned for his teachings on spirituality. His masterpiece in the field of spiritual literature was "The Introduction to the Devout Life." Revolutionary in its day and noted for its charm, warmth, and clarity of language, it set forth a spirituality oriented toward life in the world, an approach quite different from that of St. Francis de Sales's contemporaries,who saw spiritual perfection as possible only in religious life.While the message of "The Introduction to Devout Life" is still valid today, the fact is that its expression is quite dated. In this book, as in "Bringing 'The Imitation of Christ' Into the 21st Cemtury," Father Meninger is not offering a new translation or paraphrase of a spiritual classic. Rather, he is attempting to express the teachings of the original in a wholly contemporary idiom. Father Meninger has not hesitated to change, omit, or add to the original where necessary, the better to highlight the heart and charisma of St. Francis de Sales's teachings.
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William A. Meninger, O.C.S.O., is a monk of St. Benedict's Monastery in Snowmass, Colorado.
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"Many fine sections on friendship." -- The Living Church, May 13, 2001
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- PublisherContinuum
- Publication date1999
- ISBN 10 0826413218
- ISBN 13 9780826413215
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