Catholic Classics Day 19: The Need for Chastity, Poverty, and Obedience (Introduction to the Devout Life)
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Work Diligently Without Anxious Hurry
- Do handle life's affairs diligently but without eagerness or anxious haste.
- St. Francis de Sales compares gentle, ordered work to rivers that carry ships, warning that haste ruins results and spirit.
The Three Councils Heal and Perfect
- Insight: Obedience, chastity, and poverty are means to charity and rooted in humility rather than privileges only for religious.
- St. Francis explains these are universal virtues that consecrate will, body, and goods to God and lead toward perfection.
Obey Readily Even In Small Matters
- Do obey necessary superiors and, to grow in perfection, follow their counsel, desires, and even indifferent commands.
- Obedience should be meek, prompt, cheerful, and loving, modeled on Christ who became obedient unto death.