Tame your restless heart

For over four hundred years, Francis de Sales’s Introduction to the Devout Life has served as a guide for walking more vibrantly and authentically in Jesus’s footsteps. In his book Tame Your Restless Heart, Father Burns gives this classic a fresh new look. Using clear yet modern language, he interprets the saint's meditations and invites us to embark on a ten-day spiritual pilgrimage. Along the way, alongside Francis de Sales, the Virgin Mary, and our guardian angel, he encourages us to actively strive for holiness and devotion.

To begin, we must acknowledge all our limits and restrictions, and ask God for help and strength. Only then can we venture into more challenging topics such as death, judgment, and heavenly bliss versus eternal sorrow. During this journey, we learn to distinguish between good and evil, and reorganise our values to better reflect our love for God and our neighbours. We adopt an attitude of gratitude and understand our dependence on God. Finally, filled with the beauty of heavenly paradise, we long to act as Jesus did.

So let us not hesitate – let us start or restart our spiritual life and go out to meet heaven here on earth.

The original English edition of this book received an Imprimatur.