And welcome to the final episode of Peregrino Ignatian Pathways. This is number 10.

Today we are doing the last four rules number 19 to 22 in the discernment of spirits from the spiritual exercises of St. Ignatius of Loyola.

We begin with the Sushipay prayer.

In nominate patrice Sipidi, it speedy to Santee, amen. Take, Lord, receive all my liberty, my memory, my understanding,

and my entire will. All I have and call my own, you have given all to me. To you,

Lord, I return it. Everything is yours. Do with it what you will. Give me only your love and your

grace. That is enough for me. In nomadipatri saffili at speedy-tousanti. Amen. Okay, so notice today,

we are covering the last four rules of discernment today when in past episodes we only did a

maximum of two a day and this is the

final of my ten-part series on discernment and life decisions. Rule number 19 reads,

We must carefully observe the whole course of our thoughts. If the beginning and middle and end of the

course of thoughts are wholly good and directed to what is entirely right,

it is a sign that they are from the good angel. But the course of thoughts suggested to us may terminate in something evil or distracting,

or less good than the soul had formerly proposed to do. Again, it may end in what weakens the soul or disquietes it,

or by destroying the peace, tranquility and quiet, which it had before, it may cause disturbance to the

soul. These things are a clear sign that the thoughts are proceeding from the evil spirit,

the enemy of our progress, and eternal salvation. Okay, again, that's St. Ignatius right there in

rule number 19. Now, keep in mind

as we just read that, we're not just talking good versus bad thoughts. We're even talking about,

say, decisions between good actions and neutral actions. Maybe we could say less good actions that

aren't sinful. For example, if at night I read St. Paul with an herbal tea in my

hand, well, I think we all know what happens. I fall asleep faster. I have holier dreams and I wake up

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