Francis de Sales reminds us about virtue

Introduction To The Devout Life
Part III, Chapters 10 - 20
Caesar Dizon, Joseph Minja, Showrilu Chinnabathuni

Reminding us of the Virtues: Obedience, Purity, Poverty and the Friendship.

• What strikes us:

• Though he is writing to the lay people about those virtues, to us Religious , Obedience, Purity and Poverty are not just virtues but THE VOWS we have professed before God.
• Jesus, Christ has to be always our model and we must struggle to imitate Him for he lived such life.
• Francis talks about the fragility of the Purity which he compares with a glass or a ripe fruit, and he says it has to be handled with care.

• Francis mentions about the consequences which may follow after the curiosities.
  
• To avoid externals or senses which can lead to impurity. But why he insists that the married people should be watchful of their purity?
  
• Is there some negative concerns about appreciation of the sex?

On Purity, we thought of Don Bosco and how he used to remind the Youngsters about the importance of Purity and dangers [...avoid bad companians, ...leave your eyes behind and when you come back to get them back..]

We got used to the word PURITY as we were sharing . Refering to chapters XII and XIII the word used is Purity: On Purity, and How to maintain Purity. We are strongly convinced that Purity is connected to Chastity.

(Joseph)