August 6, 2023: Acedia Part 3- Boredom

In this final homily on the vice of “Acedia”, Father Loomis discusses how we can know when Acedia has begun… when life feels meaningless. Father Richard Heilman says. “For more than 50 years, we have been peddling a weak and watered-down religion; a religion that denies the power of God; a religion of “activism” that seems to abhor the call to advance in the spiritual life. It almost seems like the proponents of this modern-day Catholic religion were (and are), themselves, plagued with acedia.” Father Loomis explains how Acedia can take a form of Nihilism where “nothing has meaning”. But what is the antidote for this vice? Father Loomis gives us that answer in saying, “Life is not the prison, Acedia is, and surrender to Christ is what frees us from it.” Feast of the Transfiguration First Reading- Daniel 7:9-10, 13-14 Responsorial Psalm- Psalms 97:1-2, 5-6, 9 Second Reading- Second Peter 1:16-19 Gospel- Matthew 17:1-9