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Oct 2022
25m 12s

Day 3: By God’s Grace (Introduction to t...

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Fr. Gregory and Fr. Jacob-Bertrand continue discussing how to begin the journey towards the devout life. They explain how God’s grace moves through all of it. Lastly, they go through three of St. Francis de Sales’ meditations to help us develop better contrition.

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