Episode 67 - Beating the Summer Noon Day Devil

Topics we discussed:​​

• What acedia is
• How we battle against the noon-day devil
• Why acedia is rooted in an idolatry of ourselves
• Working with our hands
• Taking a cue from Christ and fighting the devil with Scripture 

Resources we mentioned: 

• Daily Rosary Meditations with Holy Family School of Faith 
• The Noonday Devil: Acedia, the Unnamed Evil of Our Times by Dom Jean-Charles Nault
• The Art of Manliness Podcast: The Quest for a Moral Life
• Father Mike Schmitz's video on Acedia
• St. Benedict Knew How to Beat the Blues by Elizabeth Scalia​​
• Acedia and Me by Kathleen Norris
• iBreviary app
• Rebecca K. Renyold's poem about Psalm 23​

​ Find Holy Family School of Faith:

• Online​​​

Images mentioned in this episode:

• L'Angélus by Jean-François Millet

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