Roman Catholic Spiritual Direction » Questions and Answers http://rcspiritualdirection.com/blog Seek Him - Find Him - Follow Him Wed, 08 Feb 2012 10:00:49 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 I am struggling with resentment towards the Church, what should I do? http://rcspiritualdirection.com/blog/2012/02/06/i-am-struggling-with-resentment-towards-the-church-what-should-i-do http://rcspiritualdirection.com/blog/2012/02/06/i-am-struggling-with-resentment-towards-the-church-what-should-i-do#comments Mon, 06 Feb 2012 10:00:28 +0000 Dan Burke http://rcspiritualdirection.com/blog/?p=7780 Q: Dear Dan, I have been Catholic for three years now, and am very grateful for the gift of faith. However, I have recently been struggling with resentment towards the Church – feeling that … [visit site to read more]]]>

Q: Dear Dan, I have been Catholic for three years now, and am very grateful for the gift of faith. However, I have recently been struggling with resentment towards the Church – feeling that … [visit site to read more]

]]> http://rcspiritualdirection.com/blog/2012/02/06/i-am-struggling-with-resentment-towards-the-church-what-should-i-do/feed 17 Consolation & Desolation: What are “spiritualized capital sins”? http://rcspiritualdirection.com/blog/2012/01/30/consolation-desolation-what-are-spiritualized-capital-sins http://rcspiritualdirection.com/blog/2012/01/30/consolation-desolation-what-are-spiritualized-capital-sins#comments Mon, 30 Jan 2012 10:00:21 +0000 Father John Bartunek http://rcspiritualdirection.com/blog/?p=7571 Q: Dear Father John, You used the phrase “spiritualized capital sins” in your post on consolation and desolation. I have never heard this idea before. What are spiritualized capital … [visit site to read more]]]>

Q: Dear Father John, You used the phrase “spiritualized capital sins” in your post on consolation and desolation. I have never heard this idea before. What are spiritualized capital … [visit site to read more]

]]> http://rcspiritualdirection.com/blog/2012/01/30/consolation-desolation-what-are-spiritualized-capital-sins/feed 23 Should I ask my spiritual director (a priest) to also be my confessor? http://rcspiritualdirection.com/blog/2012/01/29/should-i-ask-my-spiritual-director-a-priest-to-also-be-my-confessor http://rcspiritualdirection.com/blog/2012/01/29/should-i-ask-my-spiritual-director-a-priest-to-also-be-my-confessor#comments Sun, 29 Jan 2012 13:45:39 +0000 Becky http://rcspiritualdirection.com/blog/?p=7743 Q: Dear Becky, I have a question for you. I have a priest spiritual director that I usually travel more than an hour to see every month. I go to confession weekly and am wondering if it would … [visit site to read more]]]>

Q: Dear Becky, I have a question for you. I have a priest spiritual director that I usually travel more than an hour to see every month. I go to confession weekly and am wondering if it would … [visit site to read more]

]]> http://rcspiritualdirection.com/blog/2012/01/29/should-i-ask-my-spiritual-director-a-priest-to-also-be-my-confessor/feed 8 What is an “attachment”? What are “disordered” attachments? http://rcspiritualdirection.com/blog/2012/01/23/what-is-an-attachment-what-are-disordered-attachments http://rcspiritualdirection.com/blog/2012/01/23/what-is-an-attachment-what-are-disordered-attachments#comments Mon, 23 Jan 2012 10:00:04 +0000 Father John Bartunek http://rcspiritualdirection.com/blog/?p=7576 Q: Dear Father John, I would like to learn more about the idea of attachments. What is a disordered attachment and what is the difference, say, between a normal need for food and a disordered … [visit site to read more]]]>

Q: Dear Father John, I would like to learn more about the idea of attachments. What is a disordered attachment and what is the difference, say, between a normal need for food and a disordered … [visit site to read more]

]]> http://rcspiritualdirection.com/blog/2012/01/23/what-is-an-attachment-what-are-disordered-attachments/feed 33 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 29 Struggling with suffering… Part II of II http://rcspiritualdirection.com/blog/2012/01/16/struggling-with-suffering-part-ii-of-ii http://rcspiritualdirection.com/blog/2012/01/16/struggling-with-suffering-part-ii-of-ii#comments Mon, 16 Jan 2012 10:00:43 +0000 Father John Bartunek http://rcspiritualdirection.com/blog/?p=7618 Q: Dear Father John, I really want to think of God as good but lately I have been struggling]]>

Q: Dear Father John, I really want to think of God as good but lately I have been struggling visit site to read more]

]]> http://rcspiritualdirection.com/blog/2012/01/16/struggling-with-suffering-part-ii-of-ii/feed 7 When is prayer not prayer at all? http://rcspiritualdirection.com/blog/2012/01/13/when-is-prayer-not-prayer-at-all http://rcspiritualdirection.com/blog/2012/01/13/when-is-prayer-not-prayer-at-all#comments Fri, 13 Jan 2012 11:33:31 +0000 Dan Burke http://rcspiritualdirection.com/blog/?p=7649 Q: Dear Dan, I read your post about praying at the speed of light. I … [visit site to read more]]]>

Q: Dear Dan, I read your post about praying at the speed of light. I … [visit site to read more]

]]> http://rcspiritualdirection.com/blog/2012/01/13/when-is-prayer-not-prayer-at-all/feed 24 Struggling with suffering… Part I of II http://rcspiritualdirection.com/blog/2012/01/08/struggling-with-suffering-part-i-of-ii http://rcspiritualdirection.com/blog/2012/01/08/struggling-with-suffering-part-i-of-ii#comments Sun, 08 Jan 2012 22:36:12 +0000 Father John Bartunek http://rcspiritualdirection.com/blog/?p=7579 Q: Dear Father John, I really want to think of God as good but lately I have been struggling with all the suffering I see around me and in my own life.]]>

Q: Dear Father John, I really want to think of God as good but lately I have been struggling with all the suffering I see around me and in my own life. visit site to read more]

]]> http://rcspiritualdirection.com/blog/2012/01/08/struggling-with-suffering-part-i-of-ii/feed 8 Sometimes prayer is so frustrating I just give up… what can I do? http://rcspiritualdirection.com/blog/2011/12/26/sometimes-prayer-is-so-frustrating-i-just-give-up-what-can-i-do http://rcspiritualdirection.com/blog/2011/12/26/sometimes-prayer-is-so-frustrating-i-just-give-up-what-can-i-do#comments Mon, 26 Dec 2011 10:00:30 +0000 Sister Carmen Laudis OCD http://rcspiritualdirection.com/blog/?p=7450 Q: Dear Sister Carmen, in the Second Mansion of the]]>

Q: Dear Sister Carmen, in the Second Mansion of the visit site to read more]

]]> http://rcspiritualdirection.com/blog/2011/12/26/sometimes-prayer-is-so-frustrating-i-just-give-up-what-can-i-do/feed 18 Can God speak to me in my dreams? http://rcspiritualdirection.com/blog/2011/12/20/can-god-speak-to-me-in-my-dreams http://rcspiritualdirection.com/blog/2011/12/20/can-god-speak-to-me-in-my-dreams#comments Tue, 20 Dec 2011 10:00:35 +0000 Father John Bartunek http://rcspiritualdirection.com/blog/?p=7430 Q:  I never had dreams like this before. Only now that I have grown closer to Him in recent months]]>

Q:  I never had dreams like this before. Only now that I have grown closer to Him in recent months visit site to read more]

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