Overcoming Laziness and Procrastination: The Catholic Battle Against Acedia - Couverture souple

Fortis, Luke

Couverture souple

ISBN 13 : 9798186237051

Editeur : Independently published, 2026

Synopsis

Why do we delay the work we know we should do?

Why do we avoid prayer, postpone duties, drift into distraction, and then feel discouraged by the very life we keep choosing?

The Catholic tradition has a name for a deeper form of this struggle: acedia.

Acedia is more than ordinary laziness. It is the soul’s resistance to the good that God is asking of it. It appears in delay, avoidance, restlessness, distraction, and the quiet refusal to take up the duty of the present moment.

Overcoming Laziness and Procrastination gives a practical Catholic guide to recognizing and resisting this ancient spiritual enemy.

Inside, you will learn how to:

• Understand acedia and how it differs from ordinary tiredness
• Recognize the spiritual roots of procrastination
• Stop confusing avoidance with rest
• Begin difficult duties without waiting for motivation
• Use small acts of obedience to break patterns of delay
• Return after failure without despair
• Build a steadier will through grace and practice

This book does not shame the reader. It tells the truth. Many Catholics are not failing because they do not care. They are struggling because desire alone is not enough. The good must be chosen, begun, and repeated — especially when the soul resists it.

The battle against acedia is won through grace, humility, and the next faithful act.

If you are tired of delaying the life God is asking you to live, this book will help you begin again.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Independently published
• Date d'édition: 2026
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 13: 9798186237051
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 111
• Coordonnées du fabricant: Manufactured by Amazon on behalf of the author; https://www.amazon.fr/hz/contact-us; ; c/o Amazon Media EU S.à.r.l., 38 Avenue John F. Kennedy; Luxembourg; L-1855; Luxembourg