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Episode 33 -- Spiritual Combat c20.2 -- How to Combat Sloth Continued
What are the main ways to combat SLOTH?
Last episode we began speaking of the vice of SLOTH.
Sloth is a disordered desire for peace and rest and ease. Sloth (acedia, accidie) is a spiritual sadness about the effort required to be close to God. Fr Scupoli urges us to the following:
- Avoid escaping sadness by curiosity, vain amusements, all kinds of things that have nothing to do with our state in life.
In this episode we will look more deeply at this vice of Sloth.
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By Fr Michael Eades of the Toronto Oratory
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What are the main ways to combat SLOTH?
Last episode we began speaking of the vice of SLOTH.
Sloth is a disordered desire for peace and rest and ease. Sloth (acedia, accidie) is a spiritual sadness about the effort required to be close to God. Fr Scupoli urges us to the following:
- Avoid escaping sadness by curiosity, vain amusements, all kinds of things that have nothing to do with our state in life.
In this episode we will look more deeply at this vice of Sloth.