Chastity
Dan Burke
March 4, 2019
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Why is chastity for everyone? And, what kind of chastity should we practice?
Last Chance to Join Us!
Kristin Priola
February 28, 2019
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Register today for two upcoming spring courses called Introduction to St. Thérèse of Lisieux and Angels and Demons. You don’t want to miss out on the opportunity to take these School of Spiritual Formation courses that will give you insights and wisdom about Saints and the spiritual realm.
Living the Hidden Years
Claire Dwyer
February 25, 2019
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Not only is the Christian life redeemed in all its moments by a God who entered them to make them holy – but it is also meant to mysteriously extend Christ’s own life, throughout time, in our own. Claire Dwyer reflects on the hidden years.
My Father Needs Your Prayers
Dan Burke
February 21, 2019
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This is a story of a miracle of the most important kind. My father is near the end of his life. He is 79 –
Will You Be 1 of the 25?
Dan Burke
February 7, 2019
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There are only 25 seats left for this year’s Summit. Will be one of the 25? Don’t miss out on this opportunity!
Awake: Spiritual Warfare – Pushing Back the Darkness
Dan Burke
January 31, 2019
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Registration for Avila Summit 2019: Awake is officially open to the public. The Summit will be held this coming July 12-14 at the Shrine of the Most Blessed Sacrament in Hanceville, AL, and will be your chance to join together as an Avila family and be inspired.
I Would Like To Take You On a Pilgrimage this July (At No Cost to You)
Dan Burke
January 17, 2019
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Blessed New Year to you! I have exciting news. For the past few years, it has been my hope to renovate SpiritualDirection.com into a site
Feast of the Holy Family of Jesus, Mary and Joseph
Dan Burke
December 30, 2018
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On this day for the last time in the cycle of the liturgical year, the Church invites us to contemplate the mystery of Jesus’ humble, hidden life.
He Speaks into Our Silence
Claire Dwyer
December 27, 2018
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“The silence of prayer is a surrendering of our own words and the noise surrounding us so that something far fuller can rush in – so that we can be “filled with all the fullness of God” (Eph 3:19). So that the creative, powerful and eternally self-donating Word, the one Word that matters, the eloquent Word that contains perfectly within it all our poor scattered syllables of truth, can be spoken. And in speaking, transform us within that silence to be a little bit more like Him. In speaking, reduce our interior and exterior storms to obedient breezes.”
Claire Dwyer reflects on the necessity of silence in the spiritual life.