Who Can I Trust?
Dan Burke
November 4, 2013
31 Comments
About a decade before I converted to Catholicism, I was struggling with aridity. Former Protestants can attest to the fact that there is little help
Why are We so Afraid to be Afraid of Hell?
Ralph Martin
October 31, 2013
24 Comments
Editors’ Note: We are grateful to have one of the Church’s brightest lights join us at Roman Catholic Spiritual Direction. Ralph, in his book, The
Is My Prayer Good Enough?
Carmelite Sisters
October 25, 2013
5 Comments
Dear Sisters, my prayer experiences don’t seem good enough or holy enough, long enough or intense enough. Do you have any suggestions as to how
Longing for the Face of God: Navigating the Interior Life (I/IV)
Dan Burke
October 16, 2013
10 Comments
As the Leadership Conference of Women Religious continues to demonstrate that they are without mooring in the heart of Christ and the Church, it is
How to Pray like Jesus
Patti Maguire Armstrong
September 30, 2013
9 Comments
How to Pray Like Jesus Monsignor Thomas Richter, who was the vocations director of the Diocese of Bismark for eleven years, became the pastor at Cathedral
How can I Avoid False Teachings on Prayer? (III of III)
Dan Burke
August 2, 2013
20 Comments
…A faithful follower of the Lord asks: Dear Dan, I enjoy reading more modern writers about prayer and the spiritual life but I am always
Our Lady of Mount Carmel, Queen of Carmel, Pray for Us
Dan Burke
July 16, 2013
3 Comments
Our Lady of Mount Carmel, Pray for Us! + Queen of Carmel, Our Lady of Mount Carmel, Pray for Us! “Father, may the prayers of
Theology and Contemplative Prayer
Anthony Lilles
May 12, 2013
7 Comments
Contemplative Prayer and Theology Contemplation needs scientific theology and theologians need contemplation. Historically, contemplatives who have presumed otherwise unwittingly submitted themselves and those they influenced
An Answer to a Question: What is Contemplation?
Anthony Lilles
April 1, 2013
19 Comments
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
Forsake Not the Discipline
Anthony Lilles
February 26, 2013
7 Comments
“Forsake not the discipline.” These words are reported as among the very first and very last teachings of St. Antony of the Desert by his