Confession and spiritual direction are like partially overlapping circles: they share some common characteristics, but their centers, their essences, are distinct.
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Dear Father John, what is the difference between confession and spiritual direction? Confession and spiritual direction are like partially overlapping circles: they share some common
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Dear Father John, I am helping a woman in her spiritual growth (mainly through helping her come up with a program of life), and something
Lay people often overlook a source of deep spirituality and safety. One of the spiritual secrets of those in the religious life is a kind
Dear Father John, Is it right to relax one’s Rule during a holiday period (or a day off)? If so, what should we hang on
Dear Father John, Is it right to relax one’s Rule during a holiday period (or a day off)? If so, what should we hang on
Dear Father John, I am not in spiritual direction right now, but I am trying to put together a program of life anyway. Can you
Dear Father John, How much of a discussion in spiritual direction should focus on moral issues, such as habitual sin and possibly that of grave
