a summary of the last chapter of Rejoice and be Glad, the apostolic exhortation of Pope Francis.

1. GAUDETE ET EXULTATE
Ch 5. SPIRITUAL COMBAT,
VIGILANCE & DISCERNMENT

2. Chapter Five
SPIRITUAL COMBAT,
VIGILANCE AND DISCERNMENT
Combat and vigilance [159]
More than a myth [160-161]
Alert and trustful [162-163]
Spiritual corruption [164-165]
Discernment [166]
An urgent need [167-168]
Always in the light of the Lord [169]
A supernatural gift [170-171]
Speak, Lord [172-173]
The logic of the gift and of the cross
[174-177]

3. We need strength and courage
to withstand the temptations of the devil
and to proclaim the Gospel.
GE 158

4. We are not dealing merely with a battle against
the world and a worldly mentality. GE 159

5. We are not dealing merely with a battle
against the world and a worldly mentality. GE 159

6. More than a myth
the conviction that this malign power is present in our midst
that enables us to understand how evil can at times
have so much destructive force.

7. Jesus taught us to ask daily for deliverance from him,
lest his power prevail over us. GE 160

8. we should not think of the devil as a myth,
a representation, a symbol, a figure of speech or an idea.
This mistake would lead us to let down our guard,
to grow careless and end up more vulnerable

9. He poisons us with the venom of hatred, desolation, envy and vice.
When we let down our guard, he takes advantage of it
to destroy our lives, our families and our communities. GE 161

10. Alert and trustful
For this spiritual combat, we can count on
the powerful weapons that the Lord has given us:
faith-filled prayer,
meditation on the word of God,
the celebration of Mass, Eucharistic adoration,
sacramental Reconciliation,
works of charity,
community life,
missionary outreach. GE 162

11. Along this journey, the cultivation of all that is good,
progress in the spiritual life and growth in love are
the best counterbalance to evil. GE 163

12. Spiritual corruption
Since they see nothing serious
to reproach themselves with,
they fail to realize that their spiritual life
has gradually turned lukewarm.
They end up weakened and corrupted. GE 164

13. Spiritual corruption is worse than the fall of a sinner,
for it is a comfortable and self-satisfied form of blindness.
Everything then appears acceptable: deception, slander, egotism
and other subtle forms of self-centredness, for
“even Satan disguises himself as an angel of light” 2 Co 11,14). GE 165

14. we ask with confidence that the Holy Spirit grant us this gift,
and then seek to develop it through prayer,
reflection, reading and good counsel. GE 166
Discernment

15. contemporary life offers immense possibilities for action and distraction,
and the world presents all of them as valid and good. GE 167
An urgent need

16. when some novelty presents itself in our lives.
Then we have to decide whether it is new wine brought by God
or an illusion created by the spirit
of this world or the spirit of the devil.

17. At other times, the opposite can happen,
when the forces of evil induce us not to change,
to leave things as they are, to opt for a rigid resistance to change.
Yet that would be to block the working of the Spirit.

18. We are free, with the freedom of Christ.
Still, he asks us to examine what is within us –
our desires, anxieties, fears and questions

19. and what takes place all around us –
“the signs of the times” – and thus to recognize
the paths that lead to complete freedom. GE 168

20. to help us recognize God’s timetable,
lest we fail to heed the promptings of his grace
and disregard his invitation to grow. GE 169
Always in the light of the Lord

21. A supernatural gift
spiritual discernment does not exclude
existential, psychological, sociological
or moral insights drawn from
the human sciences.
At the same time,
it transcends them.
GE 170

22. we simply cannot do without the silence of prolonged prayer,
which enables us better to perceive God’s language,
to interpret the real meaning of the inspirations
we believe we have received,
to calm our anxieties and
to see the whole of our existence
afresh in his own light. GE 171

23. Speak, Lord
prayerful discernment must be born of a readiness to listen:
to the Lord and to others, and to reality itself,
which always challenges us in new ways. GE 172

24. this attitude of listening
entails obedience to the Gospel
as the ultimate standard,
but also to the Magisterium
that guards it,
as we seek to find
in the treasury of the Church
whatever is most fruitful
for the “today” of salvation.
GE 173

25. discernment is a growing understanding
of God’s patience and his timetable,
which are never our own. GE 174
The logic of gift and of the cross

26. Discernment is not about discovering
what more we can get out of this life, but about
recognizing how we can better accomplish
the mission entrusted to us at our baptism.
This entails a readiness to make sacrifices,
even to sacrificing everything. GE 174

27. We need, though, to ask the Holy Spirit to liberate us
and to expel the fear that makes us ban him
from certain parts of our lives . GE 175

28. . Mary our Mother does not need a flood of words.
She does not need us to tell her
what is happening in our lives

29. All we need do is whisper,
time and time again: “Hail Mary…” GE 176

30. Let us ask the Holy Spirit to pour out upon us
a fervent longing to be saints
for God’s greater glory, and
let us encourage one another
in this effort. GE 177

31. LIST OF PRESENTATIONS IN ENGLISH
Advent and Christmas – time of hope and peace
Amoris Laetitia – ch 1
Amoris Laetitia – ch 2
Amoris Laetitia – ch 3
Amoris Laetitia – ch 4
Amoris Laetitia – ch 5
Amoris Laetitia – ch 6
Amoris Laetitia – ch 7
Amoris Laetitia – ch 8
Amoris Laetitia – ch 9
Amoris Laetitia – general introduction
Carnival
Familiaris Consortio (FC) 1 – Church and Family today
Familiaris Consortio (FC) 2 - God’s plan for the family
Familiaris Consortio (FC) 3 – 1 – family as a Community
Familiaris Consortio (FC) 3 – 2 – serving life and education
Familiaris Consortio (FC) 3 – 3 – mission of the family in society
Familiaris Consortio (FC) 3 – 4 - Family in the Church
Familiaris Consortio (FC) 4 Pastoral familiar
Football in Spain
Gaudete et exultate
Haurietis aquas – devotion to the Sacred Heart by Pius XII
Holidays and Holy Days
Holy Spirit
Holy Week – drawings for children
Holy Week – glmjpses of the last hours of JC
Inauguration of President Donald Trump
Juno explores Jupiter
Laudato si 1 – care for the common home
Laudato si 2 – Gospel of creation
Laudato si 3 – Human roots of the ecological crisis
Laudato si 4 – integral ecology
Laudato si 5 – lines of approach and action
Laudato si 6 – Education y Ecological Spirituality
Love and Marriage 1-
Love and Marriage 2 – growing up to sexual maturity
Love and Marriage 3 – psychological differences and complimentarity
Love and Marriage 4- causes of sexual attraction
Love and Marriage 5- freedom and intimacy
Love and Marriage 6 - human love
Love and Marriage 7 - destiny of human love
Love and Marriage 8- marriage between Christian believers
Love and Marriage 9 – sacrament of marriage
Lumen Fidei – ch 1
Lumen Fidei – ch 2
Lumen Fidei – ch 3
Lumen Fidei – ch 4
Medjugore Pilgrimage
Misericordiae Vultus in English
Mother Teresa of Calcuta – Saint
Pope Francis in America
Pope Francis in the WYD in Poland 2016
Resurrection of Jesus Christ –according to the Gospels
Russian Revolution and Communismo 3 civil war 1918.1921
Russian Revolution and Communism 1
Russian Revolution and Communismo 2
Saint Patrick and Ireland
Sunday – day of the Lord
Thanksgiving – History and Customs
The Body, the cult – (Eucharist)
Valentine
Vocación
Way of the Cross – drawings for children
Winter Olympics – Korea2018
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32. LISTA DE PRESENTACIONES EN ESPAÑOL
Abuelos
Adviento y Navidad, tiempo de esperanza
Amor y Matrimonio
Amor y Matrimonio 1 - el mundo de hombres y mujeres
Amor y Matrimonio 2 – crecer hastala madurez sexual
Amor y Matrimonio 3 – sicología – diferencias y complementariedad
Amor y Matrimonio 4 – causas de la atracción sexual
Amor y Matrimonio 5
Amor y Matrimonio 6
Amor y Matrimonio 7
Amor y Matrimonio 8
Amor y Matrimonio 9
Amoris Laetitia – cap 1
Amoris Laetitia – cap 2
Amoris Laetitia – cap 3
Amoris Laetitia – cap 4
Amoris Laetitia – cap 5
Amoris Laetitia – cap 6
Amoris Laetitia – cap 7
Amoris Laetitia – cap 8
Amoris Laetitia – cap 9
Amoris Laetitia – introducción general
Carnaval
Domingo – día del Señor
El camino de la cruz de JC en dibujos para niños
El Cuerpo, el culto – (eucaristía)
Espíritu Santo
Familiaris Consortio (FC) 1 – iglesia y familia hoy
Familiaris Consortio (FC) 2 - el plan de Dios para la familia
Familiaris Consortio (FC) 3 – 1 – familia como comunidad
Familiaris Consortio (FC) 3 – 2 – servicio a la vida y educación
Familiaris Consortio (FC) 3 – 3 – misión de la familia en la sociedad
Familiaris Consortio (FC) 3 – 4 - participación de la familia en la iglesia
Familiaris Consortio (FC) 4 Pastoral familiar
Fátima – Historia de las Apariciones de la Virgen
Feria de Sevilla
Gaudete et exultate
Haurietis aquas – el culto al Sagrado Corazón
Hermandades y cofradías
Hispanidad
Laudato si 1 – cuidado del hogar común
Laudato si 2 – evangelio de creación
Laudato si 3 – La raíz de la crisis ecológica
Laudato si 4 – ecología integral
Laudato si 5 – líneas de acción
Laudato si 6 – Educación y Espiritualidad Ecológica
Lumen Fidei – cap 1
Lumen Fidei – cap 2
Lumen Fidei – cap 3
Lumen Fidei – cap 4
Madre Teresa de Calcuta – Santa
María y la Biblia
Medjugore peregrinación
Misericordiae Vultus en Español
Papa Francisco en México
Papa Francisco – mensaje para la Jornada Mundial Juventud 2016
Papa Francisco – visita a Chile
Papa Francisco – visita a Perú
Papa Francisco en Colombia 1 + 2
Papa Francisco en Cuba
Papa Francisco en Fátima
Papa Francisco en la JMJ 2016 – Polonia
Resurrección de Jesucristo – según los Evangelios
Revolución Rusa y Comunismo 1
Revolución Rusa y comunismo 2
Revolución Rusa y Comunismo 3
Santiago Apóstol
Semana santa – Vistas de las últimas horas de JC
Vacaciones Cristianas
Valentín
Vocación
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