58 - Spiritual Warfare and How to Fight It Pt. 2

How do the devil's tactics change as we progress in the spiritual life?  How do we fight against temptation? What are the signs that I am progressing in the spiritual life?

In this episode,  we wrap up our discussion of spiritual warfare, and the ways that we can fight it.

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References and further reading/listening/viewing:

• C.S. Lewis, The Screwtape Letters
• St. Teresa of Avila, The Interior Castle
• St John of the Cross, Dark Night of the Soul
• Thomas Merton, The Seven Storey Mountain
• Henri Nouwen, Out of Solitude: Three Meditations on the Christian Life
• Dan Burke, The Devil in the Castle: St. Teresa of Avila, Spiritual Warfare, and the Progress of the Soul
• The Catholic Encyclopedia, 
  • "State or Way (Purgative, Illuminative, Unitive)"
  • "Ecstasy"
  • "Recollection"
  • "Christian Perfection"
• Fr. William Peckman, A Young Catholic's Guide to Spiritual Warfare
• Bishop Robert Barron, 
  • The Spiritual Life is a Battle
  • Bishop Barron on the Devil
  • Revisiting the Spiritual Warfare
• St John of the Cross, The Dark Night of the Soul (Book)
• St John of the Cross, The Dark Night of the Soul (Poem)
• Ascenscion Press, "The Dark Night of the Soul"
• St Josemaria Escriva, The Way, Point 307
• Fr Thomas Dubay, Fire Within
• Bishop Fulton Sheen, "The Devil and the Diabolic"
• The Litany of Humility
• St Faustina, The Diary of St Faustina