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Podcast: Catholic Classics
Episode: Day 24: Mortification for Purification (Introduction to the Devout Life)
Description: In today’s episode, Saint Francis de Sales addresses the importance of external mortifications and, in particular, the practice of fasting and sleeping. He explains that mortification is a tool for purification. Fr. Gregory and Fr. Jacob-Bertrand discuss the importance of putting to death the desires in our lives that have become idols.
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