Episode 75 -- Spiritual Combat c46 -- Meditation

If I want to spend longer in silent mental prayer, say 30 minutes or an hour, what can I do?

In this episode we will read a fascinating little chapter on how to spend 30 minutes to an hour pondering Our Lord’s scourging at the pillar. Fr. Scupoli teaches us a little method of meditating, reflecting on, pondering over this scene in Our Lord’s passion. He teaches us how to practice Christian meditation in order to grow in the virtue of patience.

In the previous episode, Fr Scupoli’s treatment of “mental prayer” is so important. He is describing what many Christians already do throughout the day as they silently turn to the Lord in their needs. How crucial to present ourselves before him as:

1. unable on our own to avoid sin.
2. unable on our own to do truly supernaturally good. things.