More wisdom from Jean-Charles Nault, O.S.B.

 
 
 

It can happen, for example, that external commitments made by a father or a mother of a family, even in the parish community, may be in reality a flight from the duties of their state and from everyday life at home.

—Jean-Charles Nault, O.S.B.

from his book The Noonday Devil

 

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The noonday devil is the demon of acedia, the vice also known as sloth. Acedia is a gloomy combination of weariness, sadness, and a lack of purposefulness. Abbot Nault says it is the most oppressive of demons. In The Noonday Devil, the abbot details not only the symptoms and effects of acedia, but also remedies for it.

 
 
 
 
 
 

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