Antidote for Desolation
Ann Radtke
January 3, 2026
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“She would go into the bathroom, shut the door, and sing the Doxology loud and clear: “Praise God from Whom all Blessings flow…” – Ann Radtke
Spiritual Direction and the Remodeling of the Heart Part 3: Spiritual Direction is a Dynamic
Debra Black
October 14, 2025
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The director must maintain a holy indifference to their directee, desiring to satisfy Jesus rather than the directee.” – Debra Black
The Integration of Physical and Spiritual Health
Chase Crouse
August 17, 2025
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“Fall, and then rise. Sweat, and then pray. Be like Jesus, who gave Himself totally and completely to the Father, even unto death.” – Chase Crouse
Humility in Prayer According to St. Teresa of Avila
Msgr. Charles Pope
July 27, 2025
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“St. Teresa summons us to trust in the Lord’s answer to our prayers rather than insisting on our own preferred outcomes and worldly measures of success.” – Monsignor Charles Pope
This Present Paradise: St. Elizabeth of the Trinity
Claire Dwyer
November 7, 2023
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“Elizabeth lived her life with constant awareness of the life of the Trinity within her. In the center of her soul, the ‘secret cellar,’ she found a bottomless depth of the divine.” – Claire Dwyer
Humility in Prayer According to St. Teresa of Avila
Msgr. Charles Pope
October 15, 2020
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Monsignor Pope takes up the topic of humility in prayer as St. Teresa of Avila presents it in her treatise The Way of Perfection.
A Divine Darkness
Claire Dwyer
May 28, 2020
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Claire Dwyer explores the mystical reality of the “Dark Night” through the experience of St. Elizabeth of the Trinity.
The Interior Castle: Part 43 Mini-Course on Prayer
David Torkington
June 15, 2019
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David Torkington explains how The Interior Castle helped him to understand his early experiences of mystical prayer.
The Beginning of Mystical Prayer: Part 25 Mini-Course on Prayer
David Torkington
March 16, 2019
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David Torkington explores the need to connect the charismatic movement to the contemplative way.
This Present Paradise: St. Elizabeth of the Trinity
Claire Dwyer
November 8, 2018
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Claire Dwyer shares the beauty of the spirituality of St. Elizabeth of the Trinity, who makes Carmelite spirituality accessible to the laity.