The Reign of Jesus: Being an Abridgment of the Work of the Blessed Jean Eudes (Classic Reprint) - Softcover

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Before teaching, our Lord Jesus Christ began by putting into practice what He was to enjoin on others. Thus the holy Gospel is but the manifestation of the life of Jesus Christ - a life resplendent with holiness and light as was fitting for the only-begotten Son of the Father.

The holy Founders of Orders have followed in the steps of the Master. The Rules of S. Benedict and of S. Francis of Assisi were the programme of their own lives before becoming the programme of the lives of their disciples.

In the same way, those books which set forth a method of spiritual life, approved by the Church, have been lived before being published. Thus, the admirable book of the Exercises of S. Ignatius is but the expression of his soldier's soul, striving by strategy to attain the final goal, the glory of God.

What is stranger still, the Introduction to the Devout Life existed already, unknown to its author, before it assumed the form of a book. 8. Francis of Sales was quite surprised at having compiled this masterpiece. He had only to put in order and to complete the counsels he had given, out of the treasure of his heart, to meet the needs of his penitent.

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