What’s dangerous about centering prayer? How is it different from true contemplation? Discover the Church’s true explanation as Connie Rossini delves into how centering prayer advocates gets contemplation wrong, in an excerpt from her book: Is Centering Prayer Catholic? Fr. Thomas Keating Meets Teresa of Ávila and the CDF.
St Teresa of Avila has thoughts on spiritual warfare, and they’re much needed today. Find out what they are in this excerpt from 30 Days with Teresa of Avila.
Saint or Tyrant? A Spiritual Growth Plan for Your Choleric Child Hippocrates noted four patterns of behavior: choleric, sanguine, phlegmatic and melancholic. Author, mother
Life-Changing Reading Program I teach a course called “Foundations of Prayer and Union with God” for the Avila Institute for Spiritual Formation. In this
Of Six Things Necessary to Prayer “These are the exercises and meditations, Christian reader, wherewith every day you may feed your soul, which if you
The Power of Prayer Power of prayer: By prayer the soul is cleansed from sin, replenished with charity, confirmed in faith, strengthened, and refreshed in
In Conversation with God: Book Recommendation from Father Michael Najim Father Michael Najim recommends the tool of daily spiritual reading as a wonderful thing
The inestimable virtue of prayer is able to obtain all good, and remove all hurtful things. If thou wilt patiently endure adversity, be a man
In 1577, St. Teresa of Avila completed what is heralded as her seminal work on mental prayer, meditation, and contemplation in the Interior Castle. This
Using the Catholic Faith As Part of Recovery Being Catholic is a walk with resolutions. Every confession and examination of conscious ends with the resolve
