Fr. Timothy Gallagher, an expert in the discernment of spirits, explores the tactics of the enemy of human nature and emphasizes the importance of revealing one's spiritual burdens to prevent the enemy from succeeding. He shares stories of St. Therese of the Child Jesus and a missionary priest to illustrate the significance of speaking openly about doubts and seeking spiritual guidance. This chapter highlights the value of confession, retreats, spiritual direction, and the support of conjugal spirituality and family prayer.
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Secrecy Fuels Spiritual Deception
The enemy prefers our spiritual burdens remain secret because secrecy lets temptations continue unchecked.
Revealing them to a wise spiritual person exposes the enemy's deceit and undermines his plan.
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Speaking Frees The Burdened Heart
Speaking about deep spiritual burdens often produces visible freedom and healing.
Creating safe spaces where people can voice hidden weights sets captives free.
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Find A Competent Spiritual Confidant
Do speak about burdens with a 'good confessor' who knows the enemy's tactics and whom you trust.
Or find 'another spiritual person' skilled in these deceits to gain clarity and relief.
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Likewise, he acts as a licentious lover in wanting to be secret and not revealed. For, as the licentious man who, speaking for an evil purpose, solicits a daughter of a good father or a wife of a good husband, wants his words and persuasions to be secret, and the contrary displeases him much, when the daughter reveals to her father or the wife to her husband his licentious words and depraved intention, because he easily gathers that he will not be able to succeed with the undertaking begun: in the same way, when the enemy of human nature brings his wiles and persuasions to the just soul, he wants and desires that they be received and kept in secret; but when one reveals them to his good Confessor or to another spiritual person that knows his deceits and evil ends, it is very grievous to him, because he gathers, from his manifest deceits being discovered, that he will not be able to succeed with his wickedness begun..
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Father Timothy M. Gallagher, O.M.V., was ordained in 1979 as a member of the Oblates of the Virgin Mary, a religious community dedicated to retreats and spiritual formation according to the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius. Fr. Gallagher is featured on the EWTN series “Living the Discerning Life: The Spiritual Teachings of St. Ignatius of Loyola”.
For more information on how to obtain copies of Fr. Gallaghers’s various books and audio which are available for purchase, please visit his website: www.frtimothygallagher.org
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