Roman Catholic Spiritual Direction » Aridity or Dryness http://rcspiritualdirection.com/blog Seek Him - Find Him - Follow Him Wed, 23 May 2012 10:00:32 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 What is going on with my prayer life? Should I really just be sitting in silence? http://rcspiritualdirection.com/blog/2012/03/12/what-is-going-on-with-my-prayer-life-should-i-really-just-be-sitting-in-silence http://rcspiritualdirection.com/blog/2012/03/12/what-is-going-on-with-my-prayer-life-should-i-really-just-be-sitting-in-silence#comments Mon, 12 Mar 2012 10:00:38 +0000 Father John Bartunek http://rcspiritualdirection.com/blog/?p=6013 Q: I am struggling with my prayer life. I go to my 30-minute prayer time and nothing happens. But I stick it out anyway, as best I can. It seems like sheer willpower (and invisible grace) … [visit site to read more]]]>

Q: I am struggling with my prayer life. I go to my 30-minute prayer time and nothing happens. But I stick it out anyway, as best I can. It seems like sheer willpower (and invisible grace) … [visit site to read more]

]]> http://rcspiritualdirection.com/blog/2012/03/12/what-is-going-on-with-my-prayer-life-should-i-really-just-be-sitting-in-silence/feed 18 How to give delight to the devil… http://rcspiritualdirection.com/blog/2012/02/09/how-to-give-delight-to-the-devil http://rcspiritualdirection.com/blog/2012/02/09/how-to-give-delight-to-the-devil#comments Thu, 09 Feb 2012 11:46:22 +0000 Dan Burke http://rcspiritualdirection.com/blog/?p=7809 “Let us remember that the devil labors hard to disturb us at the time of meditation, in order to make us abandon it. Let him, then, who omits mental prayer on account of distractions be persuaded … [visit site to read more]]]>

“Let us remember that the devil labors hard to disturb us at the time of meditation, in order to make us abandon it. Let him, then, who omits mental prayer on account of distractions be persuaded … [visit site to read more]

]]> http://rcspiritualdirection.com/blog/2012/02/09/how-to-give-delight-to-the-devil/feed 7 Dark night or depression? http://rcspiritualdirection.com/blog/2012/01/22/dark-night-or-depression http://rcspiritualdirection.com/blog/2012/01/22/dark-night-or-depression#comments Sun, 22 Jan 2012 10:00:19 +0000 Sister Carmen Laudis OCD http://rcspiritualdirection.com/blog/?p=7680 Q: Dear Sister Carmen, I am struggling with prayer – it is very dry and I feel very alone but I have not given up. I believe I am in the dark night but I am also melancholy by temperament. … [visit site to read more]]]>

Q: Dear Sister Carmen, I am struggling with prayer – it is very dry and I feel very alone but I have not given up. I believe I am in the dark night but I am also melancholy by temperament. … [visit site to read more]

]]> http://rcspiritualdirection.com/blog/2012/01/22/dark-night-or-depression/feed 33 I discovered my root sin is vanity and I am struggling with this… http://rcspiritualdirection.com/blog/2011/01/20/i-discovered-my-root-sin-is-vanity-and-i-am-struggling-with-this http://rcspiritualdirection.com/blog/2011/01/20/i-discovered-my-root-sin-is-vanity-and-i-am-struggling-with-this#comments Thu, 20 Jan 2011 10:00:21 +0000 Father Edward McIlmail http://rcspiritualdirection.com/blog/?p=4991 ]]>

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]]> http://rcspiritualdirection.com/blog/2011/01/20/i-discovered-my-root-sin-is-vanity-and-i-am-struggling-with-this/feed 11 Dryness in Prayer Series http://rcspiritualdirection.com/blog/2009/12/14/dryness-in-prayer-series http://rcspiritualdirection.com/blog/2009/12/14/dryness-in-prayer-series#comments Tue, 15 Dec 2009 00:11:50 +0000 Dan Burke http://rcspiritualdirection.com/blog/?p=2355 A good friend of Catholic Spiritual Direction alerted me to a few broken links with our]]>

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]]> http://rcspiritualdirection.com/blog/2009/12/14/dryness-in-prayer-series/feed 0 Dryness in Prayer – Part III – God’s Part in the Struggle http://rcspiritualdirection.com/blog/2009/05/18/dryness-in-prayer-part-iii-gods-part-in-the-struggle http://rcspiritualdirection.com/blog/2009/05/18/dryness-in-prayer-part-iii-gods-part-in-the-struggle#comments Mon, 18 May 2009 10:00:49 +0000 Father John Bartunek http://rcspiritualdirection.com/blog/?p=499 ]]>

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]]> http://rcspiritualdirection.com/blog/2009/04/28/prayer-of-st-augustine-on-aridity/feed 0 Dryness in Prayer – Part I – What is going on? http://rcspiritualdirection.com/blog/2009/04/27/dryness-in-prayer-part-i-what-is-going-on http://rcspiritualdirection.com/blog/2009/04/27/dryness-in-prayer-part-i-what-is-going-on#comments Mon, 27 Apr 2009 10:00:40 +0000 Father John Bartunek http://rcspiritualdirection.com/blog/?p=83 ]]>

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