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	<title>Roman Catholic Spiritual Direction &#187; Aridity or Dryness</title>
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		<title>Dark night or depression?</title>
		<link>http://rcspiritualdirection.com/blog/2012/01/22/dark-night-or-depression</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Jan 2012 10:00:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sister Carmen Laudis OCD</dc:creator>
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Q: Dear Sister Carmen, I am struggling with prayer &#8211; 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. &#8230; [visit site to read more]]]></description>
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<p><strong>Q: Dear Sister Carmen, I am struggling with prayer &#8211; 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. &#8230; [<a href="http://rcspiritualdirection.com/blog/2012/01/22/dark-night-or-depression">visit site to read more</a>]</p>
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		<title>I discovered my root sin is vanity and I am struggling with this&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://rcspiritualdirection.com/blog/2011/01/20/i-discovered-my-root-sin-is-vanity-and-i-am-struggling-with-this</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Jan 2011 10:00:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Father Edward McIlmail</dc:creator>
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		<title>Dryness in Prayer Series</title>
		<link>http://rcspiritualdirection.com/blog/2009/12/14/dryness-in-prayer-series</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Dec 2009 00:11:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan Burke</dc:creator>
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		<title>Dryness in Prayer &#8211; Part III &#8211; God&#8217;s Part in the Struggle</title>
		<link>http://rcspiritualdirection.com/blog/2009/05/18/dryness-in-prayer-part-iii-gods-part-in-the-struggle</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 May 2009 10:00:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Father John Bartunek</dc:creator>
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		<title>Dryness in Prayer &#8211; Part II &#8211; Our Part in the Struggle</title>
		<link>http://rcspiritualdirection.com/blog/2009/05/04/dryness-in-prayer-part-ii-our-part</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 04 May 2009 10:00:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Father John Bartunek</dc:creator>
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		<title>Prayer of St. Augustine on Aridity</title>
		<link>http://rcspiritualdirection.com/blog/2009/04/28/prayer-of-st-augustine-on-aridity</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Apr 2009 10:00:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan Burke</dc:creator>
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		<title>Dryness in Prayer &#8211; Part I &#8211; What is going on?</title>
		<link>http://rcspiritualdirection.com/blog/2009/04/27/dryness-in-prayer-part-i-what-is-going-on</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Apr 2009 10:00:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Father John Bartunek</dc:creator>
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