What happens when someone has tried spiritual direction for a couple of years and it doesn’t “work”? Father John Bartunek answers a reader’s question and provides recommendations.
Why are we to rejoice in the Lord and not in the world? Find out in an excerpt from a homily by Saint Augustine wherein he exhorts us to do just that!
Is there any room in our lives for any kind of vanity? Find out as Thomas a Kempis reflects on the imitation of Christ.
Think you might be experiencing desolation in your prayer life? Listen in on this week’s episode as Dan and Melissa explore the meaning of spiritual desolation and how to recognize it through the examen prayer.
Can we receive spiritual direction from the saints? Find out when Patti Maguire Armstrong interviews Linda Rose and Teresa Tomeo.
Dan Burke and Melissa Elson discuss the second rule of Saint Ignatius of Loyola’s Discernment of Spirits, focusing on the movement toward God and recognizing the effect of the enemy on our spiritual progress; Divine Intimacy Radio.
How does God reciprocate us? Find out when Father Gabriel of Saint Mary Magdalen reflects on this gift of God in an excerpt from the Carmelite meditation classic “Divine Intimacy”.
This week Dan and Melissa discuss a follow-up question about the writings of Father Anthony de Mello leading someone to the Catholic Church. Also, Dan answers questions regarding the need to disclose your past during spiritual direction, as well as discerning God’s voice in prayer.
What is mercy? Find out in a video wherein Father Michael Najim begins the first of a three-part “Mercy Mission” which he preached last month, prior to Holy Week.
Easter is upon us! Rejoice in the triumph of Christ! On this edition of Divine Intimacy Radio, Dan Burke and Melissa Elson discuss the glory of the Resurrection and the dramatic changes it brought in the lives of Christ’s disciples.
