INTRODUCTION TO THE DEVOUT LIFE

| Part-I | Part-II | Part-III | Part-IV | Part-V |

Preface by the Translators, Biographical Note, Preface by SFS, Introduction to IDL

PART I: 01 | 02 | 03 | 04 | 05 | 06 | 07 | 08 | 09 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24

Part One: Containing Counsels And Exercises Necessary For The Guidance Of A Person From The First Desire For The Devout Life Up To A Total Commitment To Live It

Chapter 1: Description Of True Devotion

Chapter 2: The Nature And Exceptional Goodness Of Devotion

Chapter 3: Devotion Is Suitable To Every Kind Of Life-Situation And Occupation

Chapter 4: The Necessity Of A Guide To Begin And To Make Progress In Devotion

Chapter 5: We Must Begin With Self-Purification

Chapter 6: First Of All: Purifying Ourselves From Mortal Sins

Chapter 7: Secondly: Purifying Ourselves From Attachment To Mortal Sin

Chapter 8: The Means To Make The Second Purification

Chapter 9: First Meditation: Our Creation

Chapter 10: Second Meditation: The Purpose For Which We Are Created

Chapter 11: Third Meditation: God’s Blessings

Chapter 12: Fourth Meditation: My Sins

Chapter 13: Fifth Meditation: My Death

Chapter 14: Sixth Meditation: The Final Judgement

Chapter 15: Seventh Meditation: Hell

Chapter 16: Eighth Meditation: Heaven

Chapter 17: Ninth Meditation: Deliberate Choice Of Heaven

Chapter 18: Tenth Meditation: Deliberate Choice Of The Devout Life

Chapter 19: How To Make A General Confession

Chapter 20: A Firm Resolution To Impress Upon Oneself The Decision To Serve God, As A Conclusion To The Acts Of Repentance 1

Chapter 21: Concluding The Firm Resolution

Chapter 22: We Must Purify Ourselves From Attachment To Venial Sin

Chapter 23: We Must Purify Ourselves From Attachment To Useless And Dangerous Things

Chapter 24: We Must Purify Ourselves From Evil Inclinations