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		<title>What does St. Teresa mean by &#8220;pesky reptiles&#8221;?</title>
		<link>http://rcspiritualdirection.com/blog/2012/02/21/what-does-st-teresa-mean-by-pesky-reptiles</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Feb 2012 10:00:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sister Carmen Laudis OCD</dc:creator>
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Q: Dear Sister Carmen, In the]]></description>
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<p><strong>Q: Dear Sister Carmen, In the <a ... [<a href="http://rcspiritualdirection.com/blog/2012/02/21/what-does-st-teresa-mean-by-pesky-reptiles">visit site to read more</a>]</p>
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		<title>Sometimes prayer is so frustrating I just give up&#8230; what can I do?</title>
		<link>http://rcspiritualdirection.com/blog/2011/12/26/sometimes-prayer-is-so-frustrating-i-just-give-up-what-can-i-do</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Dec 2011 10:00:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sister Carmen Laudis OCD</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Carmelite Spirituality]]></category>
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<p><strong>Q: Dear Sister Carmen, in the Second Mansion of the <a ... [<a href="http://rcspiritualdirection.com/blog/2011/12/26/sometimes-prayer-is-so-frustrating-i-just-give-up-what-can-i-do">visit site to read more</a>]</p>
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		<title>What is so special about the Interior Castle?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Oct 2011 10:00:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sister Carmen Laudis OCD</dc:creator>
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Q: Dear Sister Carmen, would you share why St. Teresa wrote the “Interior Castle” and why spiritual directors refer to it so often? What makes it so &#8230; [visit site to read more]]]></description>
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<p><strong><em>Q: Dear Sister Carmen, would you share why St. Teresa wrote the “Interior Castle” and why spiritual directors refer to it so often? What makes it so &#8230; [<a href="http://rcspiritualdirection.com/blog/2011/10/14/what-is-so-special-about-the-interior-castle">visit site to read more</a>]</p>
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		<title>I need peace, I need your prayers&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://rcspiritualdirection.com/blog/2011/09/29/i-need-peace-i-need-your-prayers</link>
		<comments>http://rcspiritualdirection.com/blog/2011/09/29/i-need-peace-i-need-your-prayers#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Sep 2011 10:00:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan Burke</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Peace]]></category>
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<p><strong>Dear Mother Luisita, I am deeply troubled by things that seem so trivial and I can&#8217;t seem to shake a sense of impending doom. My anxiety is constant. I need peace, I need your &#8230; [<a href="http://rcspiritualdirection.com/blog/2011/09/29/i-need-peace-i-need-your-prayers">visit site to read more</a>]</p>
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		<title>Our Lady of Mount Carmel and my conversion to Catholicism</title>
		<link>http://rcspiritualdirection.com/blog/2011/07/15/our-lady-of-mount-carmel-and-my-conversion-to-catholicism</link>
		<comments>http://rcspiritualdirection.com/blog/2011/07/15/our-lady-of-mount-carmel-and-my-conversion-to-catholicism#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Jul 2011 10:00:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan Burke</dc:creator>
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		<title>Lectio Divina and the Practice of Teresian Prayer &#8211; Book Recommendation</title>
		<link>http://rcspiritualdirection.com/blog/2009/11/05/lectio-divina-and-the-practice-of-teresian-prayer-book-recommendation</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 10:00:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan Burke</dc:creator>
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