Dear Father John, I was wondering if you could give me a bit of perspective. I recently asked a director to help me in my discernment
Dear Father John, I remember reading long ago St. Vincent Ferrer’s “Treatise on the Spiritual Life”, which near the end says that those who cannot
Dear Dan, I am hesitant to go to a local priest for spiritual direction because I am worried about his submission, or lack of submission
Dear Father John, I understand that we need to defer to the judgment of the Church on matters of private revelations. It only stands to
Dear Father John, I’m a new Catholic as of April, 2012. I received spiritual direction that was immensely helpful with a priest about four times,
Dear Dan, My director is a wonderful, caring person but is also quite a bit less inclined to follow the magisterium than I am. I
Dear Father John, I haven’t been able to find a spiritual director yet (which is kind of frustrating). I am still looking, but what should
Dear Father John, what is the best way to find a Spiritual Director? Should it be your pastor? A friend? Or someone whom you do
Foundational to any sound spiritual direction is the idea that there actually is a tangible direction to discover. That is, the practice presumes that spiritual
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