Dear Saint Teresa, I have read a number of books on prayer that advocate methods of suppressing, shutting down, or eliminating thinking altogether during prayer.
Affective Meditation Defined Navigating the Interior Life AFFECTIVE MEDITATION Defined: Often the result of discursive meditation, affective prayer occurs when the heart and mind
Recently, Dan received an interesting question and after we talked about it, I asked whether I might respond. Here is the question: “Is the terminology
Dear Father John, there is just too much to read! I feel like I should be reading more about my faith and the spiritual life, because
Dear Father John, there is just too much to read! I feel like I should be reading more about my faith and the spiritual life, because
Dear Father John, there is just too much to read! I feel like I should be reading more about my faith and the spiritual life, because
Christ the Divine King Oh, divine King, most amiable Jesus, my Redeemer, my Savior, my Spouse, my Master, and model, I renew today the total
The mind with all its powers would like to hold first place among all the instruments employed by God, but it must, like a dangerous