Video – Intro & Outer Court – Spiritual Stages 1/5 – CONF 469
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Ave Maria!
Fr Ignatius gives the first of five talks for the retreat on the Stages of the Spiritual Life at Bloomington, IN from Jan 18th to the 20th 2019. He gives a quick review of the outline for the course and then covers the first spiritual stages also called mansions according to St. Theresa of Avila and then the spiritual nights. He mentions:
Fundamentals of the Spiritual Life, love ascending
Knowing the stages helps us to keep going and not get discouraged when encountering difficulties.
Outer Court those who have not even begun the spiritual journey,
Spiritual journey is mysterious and complex but at the same time is simple, everyone is different, diversity.
Fear and Love, Love is better and becomes stronger with progress. Fear fades.
Body and Soul everyone is different and God wants us to become unique saints, but there will be similarities and thus
Outer Court includes lukewarm, lax Catholics, but most are in mortal sin.
Avoidance of Hell and damnation, revelations of Hell
Ignorance of spiritual things without malice
People are looking for a little bit of encouragement
Weak will
Preventing relapse
Weakness based on Temperaments
Cold and Indifference, actively ignoring helps and grace
Sin through Malice stubbornly and energetically sin and blaspheme. Need for prudence when trying to convert. Need for prayer and sacrifice to bring about a moral miracle.
Questions and Answers (Q&A), If no striving for spiritual progress then we will regress, Role of Mary, Souls of infants, Indifference vs Opposition to God, Miraculous Medals,
For more videos from this retreat: https://airmaria.com/tag/3-stages-spiritual-life-retreat-2019/
Mother of the Redeemer Retreat Center: http://motheroftheredeemer.com/
And YouTube: https://youtu.be/baX_Yw_6z-o
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