How Can a Rule of Life Help Me With Difficulties in Prayer? – Spiritual Reflections | What happens when you have a storm in your soul and it seems you just can’t pray? How can a rule of life help you to navigate these storms of the soul?
How Can Sacred Space in my Home Help Me to Pray? – Spiritual Reflections | Beauty in sacred space is very powerful and its impact on us as we seek to draw our heart and mind to prayer. How can we have this kind of impact in our own home?
Do I Need to Know Where I am In my Spiritual Growth? – Spiritual Reflections | Some people criticize those seeking to understand where they are in their spiritual growth (purgative, illuminative, unitive, etc.), is this appropriate? Should we know where we are spiritually? Is it ok to pursue this kind of knowledge?
I am Frustrated with Distractions in Prayer! How Can I Deal With This? | Spiritual Reflections – This morning I was distracted and struggled with prayer…
How Can I Find Peace in this Noisy World? | Spiritual Reflections – Are there ways we can adjust how we live in order to increase our peace or prayerfulness even in the midst of a busy environment?
Some insist that we must be balanced in our lives and especially in our spiritual commitments. A seminarian once reported that a family member said he was trying to be too holy and this is not necessary – is this a healthy perspective?
Why is the feast of the dedication of the Archbasilica of Saint John Lateran so important to the Church and its Catholicity? Find out when Liz Estler presents an excerpt from a catechetical instruction by Saint Cyril of Jerusalem.
Two of the most troubling moments of my life as a Catholic occurred this year. The first was when I was editing an editorial of
Dr. Anthony Lilles expounds on the battle of contemplative prayer in reclaiming the heart of the Church.
“Is there a demonic attack against priests?“ Is there a demonic attack against priests? Why emphasize prayer rather than action during this turbulent time in
