An excellent read for wanting to mediate or begin to mediate. The usefulness of these chapters is done by the author and is reflected in a newer updated version of Franci De Sales’ book. Growing up with the original book I found this to be a good book to go back and forth with something that I have not read in many years. A good read.

Useful as St. Francis de Sales' Introduction to the Devout Life might be, it can be both daunting and seemingly irrelevant to modern readers. In this book, Burns takes the major themes of de Sales' book, updates them and guides us through the process the saint outlined.

It's excellent and clearly shows the reader why this book continues to be relevant for lay people.

After the ten chapters based on the meditations in the book there is a detailed outline of the original, so the reader can go back to and benefit from the original work.

Lift Up Your Heart
A 10-Day Personal Retreat with St. Francis de Sales

by John Burns








Religion & Spirituality, Christian

Pub Date 28 Apr 2017
Archive Date Not set

I am voluntarily reviewing a copy of Lift Up Your Heart through the publisher and Netgalley:
Reverend John Burns interepts ten of Francis De Sales Meditations in a way the modern reader can understand. The meditations deal with everything from Our Creation, to the lack of Peace today to the role our faith plays in our lives.
The devotions deal with everything everything from God's Grace to Judgement to the price of freedom.
I give Lift Up Your Heart five out of five stars.
Happy Reading.