Letters to Brian: Encountering God More Deeply in Your Life
Fr. Jeremiah Shryock CFR
January 25, 2022
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Fr. Jeremiah Shryock offers two invaluable tools for a deeper encounter with God.
Fr. Jeremiah Shryock CFR
Fr. Jeremiah Myriam Shryock, CFR entered the Community of Franciscan Friars of the Renewal in 2002. In 2011, Timothy Cardinal Dolan ordained him a priest at St. Patrick’s Cathedral in New York City. He currently lives as a hermit at the Monastery of Bethlehem in Livingston Manor, New York, where he serves as a chaplain to the nuns.
He is author of Amid Passing Things: Life, Prayer, and Relationship with God, blogs at From the Friars and has a podcast: https://soundcloud.com/franciscan-friars/sets/fr-jeremiah-shryock-cfr. His new book,now available, is Mary and the Interior Life.
Spiritual Direction: My Greatest Joy
Fr. Jeremiah Shryock CFR
January 10, 2022
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“Despite the enormous love and gratitude I have for my vocation to the priesthood, my ministry of spiritual direction remains, unexpectedly, the greatest joy of my life.” – Fr. Jeremiah Shryock
Post-Retreat Depression
Fr. Jeremiah Shryock CFR
January 5, 2022
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“No matter how blessed a time the retreat was, most of us are not called to live on the mountain alone with God. We have families, jobs, and communities that, whether we like it or not, are waiting for us. The key, I emphasize, is to integrate our experience on retreat into our daily lives.” – Fr. Jeremiah Shryock
An Unusual Christmas
Fr. Jeremiah Shryock CFR
December 22, 2021
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“Suddenly, in this small trailer, without any of the usual bells and whistles, I felt myself being led to a deeper experience of Christmas than I ever had before.” – Fr. Jeremiah Shryock
Waking Up
Fr. Jeremiah Shryock CFR
November 21, 2021
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“What exactly is the New Testament exhorting us to wake up from? Essentially it is any life or any part of our life, that does not have God at its center.” – Fr. Jeremiah Shryock
The Work of God: On Letting the Lord Reveal Our Path
Fr. Jeremiah Shryock CFR
October 28, 2021
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“By opening ourselves to God’s will, we allow God to take us beyond ourselves into something much deeper than we could have imagined.” – Fr. Jeremiah Shryock, CFR
Mistaken Identity
Fr. Jeremiah Shryock CFR
October 17, 2021
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“St. Paul’s message is clear. We belong to God. All the many roles and functions we might play in this world cannot add to or alter the identity God has imprinted within us.” – Fr. Jeremiah Shryock
