Acedia, Episode 3: The Two Definitions
St. Thomas Aquinas gives acedia its two defining marks: a sadness about a spiritual good, and a disgust with activity.
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Acedia, Episode 2: The Remedies of the Desert
From the desert come five remedies for acedia, the weapons by which Cassian, Syncletica, and St. Benedict held their ground against it.
Acedia, Episode 1: The Noonday Devil
Father Nicolás Despósito introduces Acedia, the noonday devil that drove the desert monk from his cell and the temptation every Christian shares as a solitary before God.
The Spiritual Exercises, Episode 28: Rules for Discernment of Spirits – The Second Set
Fr. Trauner explains the eight rules for discernment proper to the Second Week and beyond, addressing consolation without preceding cause, the devil’s disguise as an angel of light, and the careful scrutiny of spiritual...
The Spiritual Exercises, Episode 27: Making a Sound Decision
Fr. Trauner presents St. Ignatius’s practical instruction on making good decisions, covering the three occasions for a sound choice, two complementary methods of discernment, and the reformation of life within an already chosen state....
The Spiritual Exercises, Episode 26: The Three Classes of Men
Fr. Trauner meditates on three types of souls and their degrees of detachment from earthly possessions, calling the retreatant to the freedom of the third class, indifferent to all but God’s will. To best...
The Spiritual Exercises, Episode 25: The Two Standards
Fr. Trauner presents the central meditation of the Second Week contrasting the banners of Christ and Lucifer, exposing the enemy’s strategy of wealth, power, and pride against Christ’s call to poverty, humility, and service....
The Spiritual Exercises, Episode 24: The Hidden Life
Fr. Trauner contemplates the trials of the Holy Family: the Presentation in the Temple, the Flight into Egypt, and the long hidden years in Nazareth. Drawing the retreatant toward imitation of the humility, patience,...
The Spiritual Exercises, Episode 23: The Nativity
The second contemplation of the Second Week is the birth of Christ in Bethlehem. Fr. Trauner guides the meditation on the persons, words, and actions of the Holy Family modeling poverty, humility, and detachment...
The Spiritual Exercises, Episode 22: The Incarnation
Fr. Trauner opens the First Day of the Second Week with St. Ignatius’s contemplation on the Incarnation, drawing the retreatant into the moment the three Divine Persons decree the redemption of mankind and the...
