Let Your Embodied Self Be Loved
Claire Dwyer
November 4, 2025
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“We are called to live within and even learn to love the limitations of our emotional and physical selves.” – Claire Dwyer
What Does it Mean to Have a “Personal Relationship with Christ?”
Fr. John Bartunek, LC
October 28, 2025
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“Why do you carve time out of your busy schedule to pray and worship God the Father through Jesus Christ in union with the Holy Spirit?” – Fr. John Bartunek
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
Spiritual Direction and the Remodeling of the Heart Part 2: What should I look for in a spiritual director?
Debra Black
October 9, 2025
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“Scripture illuminates the importance for a spiritual director to not only be experienced in direction and the spiritual life, but also to be learned and prudent.” – Debra Black
Solitude of the Heart: A Spiritual Director Reflects (Part 4)
Fr. Jeremiah Shryock CFR
October 6, 2025
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“The difference between a soul that is truly on fire and growing in genuine holiness, as opposed to a soul who is just coasting along, is the quality of solitary prayer that is present in their life.” – Fr. Jeremiah Shryock
The Solitude of The Heart: A Spiritual Director Reflects (Part 2)
Fr. Jeremiah Shryock CFR
September 21, 2025
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“The truth about ourselves and God can only be known and experienced when we stand alone before God and enter this solitude of the heart.” – Fr. Jeremiah Shryock
Solitude of the Heart: A Spiritual Director Reflects (Part 1)
Fr. Jeremiah Shryock CFR
September 11, 2025
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“A few days before the retreat begins, I ask them to pray with this question, ‘Where are you?’ from Genesis 3:9.” – Fr. Jeremiah Shryock
Spiritual Direction and the Remodeling of the Heart Part 1: The Nature and Purpose of Spiritual Direction
Debra Black
August 30, 2025
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“The director acts like guardrails on the narrow road that winds up the steep mountain.”- Debra Black
Should I Still Go to Confession if I Have Nothing to Confess?
Fr. John Bartunek, LC
August 7, 2025
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“Here we can enter a gray area between venial sin, for which we are in some way directly responsible, and what spiritual writers call “imperfections,” for which we are only remotely responsible, if at all.” – Fr. John Bartunek
Rerouting: When God Asks Something Unexpected
Helen Syski
July 23, 2025
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“Being infinite, God sees so many more options than we do. We can learn to delight in them rather than be deflated by the unexpected.” – Helen Syski