Do you sit down to pray and find yourself reaching for your phone? In this episode, Fr Chris Gault goes back to the Desert Fathers to explain acedia, the restless "what's the point?" thought that attacks our joy in prayer, work and daily routine. Drawing on the desert tradition and St Thomas Aquinas, he offers three remedies: soaking your life in Scripture, answering temptation with the Word of God, and joyful perseverance. If prayer feels dry and you want to run away from it, this is a simple place to begin again.

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0:00 Introduction
1:02 The Desert Fathers
3:26 Meeting Acedia
5:03 Why Acedia Attacks Joy
7:21 Your Place of Spiritual Combat
9:05 Fighting Back With Scripture
11:07 Joyful Perseverance
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