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Rules for Discernment – Talk #3 [podcast 051]

August 3, 2017 Ellen Hogarty Leave a Comment

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I call it consolation when some interior movement is caused in the soul, through which the soul comes to be inflamed with love of its Creator and Lord…

Likewise when it sheds tears that move to love of its Lord, whether out of sorrow for one’s sins or for the passion of Christ our Lord, or because of other things…

Finally, I call consolation every increase of hope, faith, and charity, and all interior joy that calls and attracts to heavenly things and to the salvation of one’s soul… 

Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius of Loyola #316

Blessed Sacrament in monstrance

Part 3 of a series of talks I gave on St. Ignatius of Loyola’s rules for discernment of spirits, drawing on Fr. Timothy Gallagher’s material as well as the actual rules from the Spiritual Exercises.

In this talk, we look at what St. Ignatius calls spiritual consolation.

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Writer. Spiritual director. Lay missionary with The Lord's Ranch Community. President of Our Lady's Youth Center. Follow me on Twitter.

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