TradCatKnight Radio: Fr. Voigt, "An Evening Of 3's"
Talk given November 10th, 2015
Topics included in the talk: Trinity's 9 expressions of love for us, three stages of the spiritual life: Purgative and its characteristics; Illuminative and its marks and finally the Unitive and its signs, three expressions of Disorder in the Spiritual life and what to do. How these three expressions of disorder are affecting the world in which we live, what do we have to look forward to in the near future, St. Therese on self surrender, see God expressed all around us, chastisements as an expression of love?, importance of thanksgiving, forgiveness, purifying our intention, ordering our hearts back unto God, keep the spark of grace alive and keep it growing, consolations/desolations, oscillation between joy and sorrow, doing God's Will is true joy and happiness, meditating upon sin, death, hell and judgement, suffering and mortification, various analogies to describe the interior life, growth in virtues, eagles seek perfection, moving away from distractions and the temporal, losing is to gain, Vatican II, man centered thus disordered, disordered society and much more!
The division of the spiritual life which has been adopted since the time of the Pseudo-Dionysius into the "purgative way", the "illuminative way", and the "unitive way". (See St. Thomas, II-II:183:4; Francisco Suárez, "De Religione", Tr. VIII, lib. I, c, xiii). St. Thomas well explains the reason for this division when he says:
The first duty which is incumbent on man is to give up sin and resist concupiscence, which are opposed to charity; this belongs to beginners, in whose hearts charity is to be nursed and cherished lest it be corrupted. The second duty of man is to apply his energies chiefly to advance in virtue; this belongs to those who are making progress and who are principally concerned that charity may be increased and strengthened in them. The third endeavor and pursuit of man should be to rest in God and enjoy Him; and this belongs to the perfect who desire to be dissolved and to be with Christ.
TradCatKnight Radio: Fr. Voigt, "An Evening Of 3's"