Sign up to save your podcasts
Or
Share Episode 19 -- Spiritual Combat c12 -- Twofold Battle within Us
Share to email
Share to Facebook
Share to X
Share to email
Share to Facebook
Share to X
Or
Episode 19 -- Spiritual Combat c12 -- Twofold Battle within Us
But why is it so hard to want to love God with a pure intention?
In our previous reading, Fr Scupoli mentioned four different kinds of considerations that can help us want to please God. How do I know that Christ cares for me?
- Gifts from Creation
God shows his love for us in creating us, in redeeming us, in offering us help right now, and in the sacraments, above all the Eucharist.
- Why did God make me?
He wants our good. He loves us. He wants to be loved in return. The path to wanting to please God is by considering how much he cares for us
In this episode, we will look at the source of tension in our human nature, a two-fold tension. Our higher part of the soul (reason + will) looks up to God. But the inferior part of the soul (our passions/sensitive nature) has its own object. Our reason and will are pulled and drawn in two directions.
View all episodes
By Fr Michael Eades of the Toronto Oratory
5
22 ratings
But why is it so hard to want to love God with a pure intention?
In our previous reading, Fr Scupoli mentioned four different kinds of considerations that can help us want to please God. How do I know that Christ cares for me?
- Gifts from Creation
God shows his love for us in creating us, in redeeming us, in offering us help right now, and in the sacraments, above all the Eucharist.
- Why did God make me?
He wants our good. He loves us. He wants to be loved in return. The path to wanting to please God is by considering how much he cares for us
In this episode, we will look at the source of tension in our human nature, a two-fold tension. Our higher part of the soul (reason + will) looks up to God. But the inferior part of the soul (our passions/sensitive nature) has its own object. Our reason and will are pulled and drawn in two directions.