Dear Dan, I noticed on your poll that there are a few people (apparently out of thousands) who don’t think they need a spiritual director.
Dear Carmelite Sisters, I feel like I am stuck in somewhere in mansion one or two. Is this normal? Where do most people get stuck
Who are you? You are God’s child (John 1:12) You are Christ’s friend (John 15:15) You are a member of Christ’s Body (1 Corinthians 12:27)
Dear Carmelite Sisters, In the Interior Castle St. Teresa talks about “pesky reptiles” and other creatures. What exactly does she mean when she is saying
Dear Carmelite Sisters, how can I deepen my relationship with God when I am stuck in patterns of sin that I can’t seem to break?
Dear Father John, I thought I once heard you mention that quite often a hatred of oneself runs parallel with a hatred of God. My problem is
“…the soul of the just person is nothing else but a paradise where the Lord says he finds his delight. So then, what do you
Dear Father Edward, I just came to realize through spiritual direction, prayer and many graces that my root sin in vanity!!! And I am having
Thank you, Father John, for your clarification. On the same topic, I find that some of the Christians around me seem to resent my “zeal”.
Editor’s note: In part two, we discussed how silence is important to self-knowledge. What is sacred silence? There are many scripture passages that convey important
