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Jul 3
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Soul of the Apostolate | Ep. 1 - Active ...

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About this episode

"If God calls me to apply my activity not only to my own sanctification, but also to good works, I must establish this firm conviction, before everything else, in my mind: Jesus has got to be, and wishes to be, the life of these works. My efforts, by themselves, are nothing, absolutely nothing."

Part One of this classic work by the French Trappist monk, Dom Jean-Baptiste Chautard (1858-1935), examines the relationship between exterior works and the interior life of the apostle, demonstrating how the fruitfulness of the former depends entirely upon the vitality of the latter.

Episode 1: Part One

00:00 - Intro

00:38 - Prologue 
 
05:50 - 1. God wants good works, and therefore zealous action
 
13:00 - 2. God wills that the life-principle of our works be Christ
 
20:59 - 3. What is the interior life?
 
42:58 - 4. Ignorance and neglect of this interior life
 
49:55 - 5. Is the interior life lazy?
 
01:04:06 - 6. Is the interior life selfish?
 
01:16:54 - 7. No conflict between the interior life and the salvation of souls

This work will be released in its entirety in episodic format.

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