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Podcast: Crystal Sparks' Podcast
Episode: 204. [Lent Study] Acedia And The Noonday Demon
Description: Restlessness has a way of disguising itself as normal. Sometimes it looks like scrolling before we even get out of bed. Sometimes it looks like a packed calendar and a “successful” life that still feels hollow. Today we name that ache for what it is: acedia, the ancient spiritual struggle the early church called the noonday demon.We walk through the meaning of acedia as more than laziness. It is resistance to the demands of love, a heart that stops caring about the right things. Drawing from John Cassian and Thomas Aquinas, we explore why acedia can show...