Introduction to the Devout Life

One of the most popular guides to the spiritual life for ordinary people, St Francis de Sales‘ Introduction to the Devout Life has been published in a beautiful edition that will last a lifetime.

Writing for his friend Philothea, St Francis de Sales produced something remarkable: a guide to the spiritual life for ordinary people. Building on St Philip‘s principle that we should all become saints in our own homes, St Francis doesn’t ask us all to leave our homes and families to pursue holiness, but teaches us how to grow in holiness without abandoning our other responsibilities.

For anyone looking to spend more time in prayer, St Francis presents a step by step guide to his method of mental prayer. There are also sections of practical advice on the every day challenges we encounter as we try to follow Christ.

Since its first publication in 1609 this book has never gone out of print. It has always occupied a privileged position in the Church: no guide ever written provides so complete, so balanced and so practical an approach to the spiritual life.

Edited and translated by Allan Ross, this edition has been re-typeset using the text of the 1943 edition originally published by Burns Oates and Washbourne, London.

Leather hardback, 140mm x 216mm, 332 pages
ISBN: 9780343434120
Publisher: Baronius Press