Welcome to Day 19 of the Spiritual Exercises. Today we have a conference on the Rules for Discernment of Spirits for Week II. The first set of rules we heard in Week 1 remain valid, but here we have some additional rules to account for the fact that the devil is wont to present himself as an ‘angel of light’ in the second week. In other words, rather than tempting with outright evil, he may engage in inviting the soul to do something ‘lesser’, than what God is asking, or to delay in response. With these additional rules, St. Ignatius helps arm us with tools for discerning the action of God in our lives.