 Well, let's just say very few words about them then. Rule 8, the enemy wants us to believe that desolation is going to go on forever. It never does. Ignatius says, in desolation, call to mind that consolation is going to come back a lot sooner than the enemy wants you to believe. Rule 9, Ignatius addresses the question, why does a God who loves us permit us to go through spiritual desolation?