The Five Remedies for Acedia
-Tears: The acknowledgment that one needs to be saved, that one cannot go it alone.
-Prayer and work: Especially work with your hands, alternating with prayer
-Antirrhêsis (contradiction): This is about confronting the temptation of acedia by using the method that Christ utilized in the desert against Satan, in other words, the use of a verse from Scripture to confound the devil.
-Memento Mori: Reflecting on one's mortality hepls to push past the sufferings of today and contemplate those of the next life. This idea above all helps us to fight against philautia, or self-love. The thought of death also makes it possible to counteract self-centeredness.
-Perseverance: in Greek hypomone, which is a very active thing. It is an appeal, an increase of fidelity.
