Roman Catholic Spiritual Direction » Mental or Interior 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 “Lectio Divina” and will it help my prayer life? – A Guide to Lectio Divina http://rcspiritualdirection.com/blog/2012/04/21/what-is-lectio-divina-and-will-it-help-my-prayer-life-a-guide-to-lectio-divina http://rcspiritualdirection.com/blog/2012/04/21/what-is-lectio-divina-and-will-it-help-my-prayer-life-a-guide-to-lectio-divina#comments Sat, 21 Apr 2012 06:01:42 +0000 Dan Burke http://rcspiritualdirection.com/blog/?p=4044 Q: Dear Dan, can you help me understand Lectio Divina and whether or not I should use it to help me improve my prayer life? I am struggling right now and feel like I need a change but I don’t … [visit site to read more]]]>

Q: Dear Dan, can you help me understand Lectio Divina and whether or not I should use it to help me improve my prayer life? I am struggling right now and feel like I need a change but I don’t … [visit site to read more]

]]> http://rcspiritualdirection.com/blog/2012/04/21/what-is-lectio-divina-and-will-it-help-my-prayer-life-a-guide-to-lectio-divina/feed 24 How can we mature through the first few rooms of the Interior Castle? http://rcspiritualdirection.com/blog/2012/03/27/how-can-we-mature-through-the-first-few-rooms-of-the-interior-castle http://rcspiritualdirection.com/blog/2012/03/27/how-can-we-mature-through-the-first-few-rooms-of-the-interior-castle#comments Tue, 27 Mar 2012 10:00:10 +0000 Sister Carmen Laudis OCD http://rcspiritualdirection.com/blog/?p=8355 Q: Dear Sister Carmen, in your last post you provided a really helpful summary of the first]]>

Q: Dear Sister Carmen, in your last post you provided a really helpful summary of the first visit site to read more]

]]> http://rcspiritualdirection.com/blog/2012/03/27/how-can-we-mature-through-the-first-few-rooms-of-the-interior-castle/feed 7 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 deepen your relationship with Christ this Lenten season http://rcspiritualdirection.com/blog/2012/02/12/how-do-deepen-your-relationship-with-christ-this-lenten-season http://rcspiritualdirection.com/blog/2012/02/12/how-do-deepen-your-relationship-with-christ-this-lenten-season#comments Sun, 12 Feb 2012 13:33:52 +0000 Dan Burke http://rcspiritualdirection.com/blog/?p=7912 Prayer can be a great consolation to us. It is often the means of God’s grace to strengthen, encourage, and guide us. It is also hard work and requires a strong commitment to persevere. This … [visit site to read more]]]>

Prayer can be a great consolation to us. It is often the means of God’s grace to strengthen, encourage, and guide us. It is also hard work and requires a strong commitment to persevere. This … [visit site to read more]

]]> http://rcspiritualdirection.com/blog/2012/02/12/how-do-deepen-your-relationship-with-christ-this-lenten-season/feed 13 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 Prayer Primer: Igniting a Fire Within – Book Recommendation http://rcspiritualdirection.com/blog/2011/12/11/igniting-a-fire-within-book-recommendation http://rcspiritualdirection.com/blog/2011/12/11/igniting-a-fire-within-book-recommendation#comments Sun, 11 Dec 2011 12:00:24 +0000 Dan Burke http://rcspiritualdirection.com/blog/?p=370 Prayer Primer : Igniting a Fire Within – by Thomas DuBay]]>

Prayer Primer : Igniting a Fire Within – by Thomas DuBay

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]]> http://rcspiritualdirection.com/blog/2011/12/11/igniting-a-fire-within-book-recommendation/feed 11 Contemplation and Meditation – What is the difference? http://rcspiritualdirection.com/blog/2011/05/30/contemplation-and-meditation-distinctions-and-interactions http://rcspiritualdirection.com/blog/2011/05/30/contemplation-and-meditation-distinctions-and-interactions#comments Mon, 30 May 2011 10:00:21 +0000 Father John Bartunek http://rcspiritualdirection.com/blog/?p=727 Q. Dear Father John, How is contemplation different than meditation?]]>
Q. Dear Father John, How is contemplation different than meditation?
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