Verse 17 How We Should Hear and Read God's Word

Revere God's Word, whether you hear it in familiar conversation with your spiritual friends or in a sermon. Choose certain particular saints so that you might better appreciate and imitate their lives. Always have in hand a good devotional book such as those of Saint Bonaventure,. Jean-Gercin, Dennis the Carthusian, Louis de Bois, Louis de Granada, Dego Stella, Francisco Arias, Luca Penelli, Louis de la Puente, Tresse of Avila. Adapt their actions to your own benefit in your particular state of life. Although many deeds of the saints cannot be directly imitated by men and women living in the midst of the