From the desert come five remedies for acedia, the weapons by which Cassian, Syncletica, and St. Benedict held their ground against it. Video and audio versions available. A special note of thanks to Nicholas...
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. Video and audio versions available. A special...
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...
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....
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...
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....
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 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...
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...
Fr. Trauner opens the Second Week of The Spiritual Exercises with St. Ignatius’s meditation on the earthly king and the eternal King, drawing the retreatant toward a generous offering of self in the service...
