Ignatius’ Rules for Discernment Journey to God VII

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Rule 11

Eleventh Rule. Be humble in consolation and in desolation remember we have sufficient grace taking strength from God: · Let one who is consoled seek to humble himself and lower himself as much as he can, thinking of how little he is capable in the time of desolation without such grace or consolation. · On the contrary, let one who is in desolation think that he can do much with God’s sufficient grace to resist all his enemies, taking strength in his Creator and Lord.

Striving for equilibrium. Glowing embers endures to set a fire.

Rule 10

Tenth rule. When in consolation prepare for desolation and what will do when in it. Let the one who is in consolation think how he will conduct himself in the desolation which will come after, taking new strength for that time.

Living in a world of corruptibility and finitude.

Spiritual discern 5,6,7,8 different realities with each desolation. Do the next good thing pertinent to our state of grace. Strength to resist. Residual grace. Fortified in the fights. Patience, Abandonment of Divine Providence, everything our Lord does in its season and perfection. Patience consolation God’s time is perfect.

Rule 9 Ninth rule. The 3 potential causes of desolation. There are three principal causes for which we find ourselves desolate. · The first is because we are tepid, slothful or negligent in our spiritual exercises, and so through our faults spiritual consolation withdraws from us. · The second, to try us and see how much we are and how much we extend ourselves in his service and praise without so much payment of consolations and increased graces. · The third, to give us true recognition and understanding so that we may interiorly feel that it is not ours to attain or maintain increased devotion, intense love, tears or any other spiritual consolation, but that all is the gift and grace of God our Lord, and so that we may not build a nest in something belonging to another, raising our mind in some pride or vainglory, attributing to ourselves the devotion or the other parts of the spiritual consolation.

Does not lead with this, Why a good God permits this?, self-intuitive. Miles Chrisiti Ignatian retreats. Pondering and meditating before applying to life.

1. Liberation from captivity to discouragement and deception in the spiritual life. The Lord came to set us free and give us His joy so that ours might be cull/ plenary/ abundant.

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