Roman Catholic Spiritual Direction » Suffering 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 River of suffering – St. John of the Cross http://rcspiritualdirection.com/blog/2012/02/28/river-of-suffering-st-john-of-the-cross http://rcspiritualdirection.com/blog/2012/02/28/river-of-suffering-st-john-of-the-cross#comments Tue, 28 Feb 2012 10:00:24 +0000 Dan Burke http://rcspiritualdirection.com/blog/?p=7628 And I saw the river over which every soul must pass to reach the kingdom of heaven and the name of that river was suffering: and I saw a boat which carries souls across the river and the … [visit site to read more]]]>

And I saw the river over which every soul must pass

to reach the kingdom of heaven

and the name of that river was suffering:

and I saw a boat which carries souls across the river

and the … [visit site to read more]

]]> http://rcspiritualdirection.com/blog/2012/02/28/river-of-suffering-st-john-of-the-cross/feed 34 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 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 How can I pray when I can’t even think straight? http://rcspiritualdirection.com/blog/2011/10/29/how-can-i-pray-when-i-cant-even-think-straight http://rcspiritualdirection.com/blog/2011/10/29/how-can-i-pray-when-i-cant-even-think-straight#comments Sat, 29 Oct 2011 20:18:02 +0000 Dan Burke http://rcspiritualdirection.com/blog/?p=6431 Q: How do I pray when I am sick and can’t think? I feel as though my words are just going out into thin air and no one in heaven hears me. What words do I use and Who will … [visit site to read more]]]>

Q: How do I pray when I am sick and can’t think? I feel as though my words are just going out into thin air and no one in heaven hears me. What words do I use and Who will … [visit site to read more]

]]> http://rcspiritualdirection.com/blog/2011/10/29/how-can-i-pray-when-i-cant-even-think-straight/feed 35 How do the suffering pray? http://rcspiritualdirection.com/blog/2011/10/26/how-do-the-suffering-pray http://rcspiritualdirection.com/blog/2011/10/26/how-do-the-suffering-pray#comments Wed, 26 Oct 2011 11:59:02 +0000 Anonymous http://rcspiritualdirection.com/blog/?p=6438 ]]>

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]]> http://rcspiritualdirection.com/blog/2011/10/26/how-do-the-suffering-pray/feed 12 I need peace, I need your prayers… http://rcspiritualdirection.com/blog/2011/09/29/i-need-peace-i-need-your-prayers http://rcspiritualdirection.com/blog/2011/09/29/i-need-peace-i-need-your-prayers#comments Thu, 29 Sep 2011 10:00:14 +0000 Dan Burke http://rcspiritualdirection.com/blog/?p=6265 Dear Mother Luisita, I am deeply troubled by things that seem so trivial and I can’t seem to shake a sense of impending doom. My anxiety is constant. I need peace, I need your … [visit site to read more]]]>

Dear Mother Luisita, I am deeply troubled by things that seem so trivial and I can’t seem to shake a sense of impending doom. My anxiety is constant. I need peace, I need your … [visit site to read more]

]]> http://rcspiritualdirection.com/blog/2011/09/29/i-need-peace-i-need-your-prayers/feed 9 Sleep eludes me… http://rcspiritualdirection.com/blog/2011/09/17/sleep-eludes-me http://rcspiritualdirection.com/blog/2011/09/17/sleep-eludes-me#comments Sat, 17 Sep 2011 15:15:00 +0000 Anonymous http://rcspiritualdirection.com/blog/?p=6113 Sleep eludes me Night encompasses me without rest Oh the glorious day when I can peacefully rest in His … [visit site to read more]]]>

Sleep eludes me
Night encompasses me without rest
Oh the glorious day when I can peacefully rest in His … [visit site to read more]

]]> http://rcspiritualdirection.com/blog/2011/09/17/sleep-eludes-me/feed 14 Theology of suffering in song… http://rcspiritualdirection.com/blog/2011/07/01/theology-of-suffering-in-song-his-mercies-in-disguise http://rcspiritualdirection.com/blog/2011/07/01/theology-of-suffering-in-song-his-mercies-in-disguise#comments Fri, 01 Jul 2011 10:00:06 +0000 Dan Burke http://rcspiritualdirection.com/blog/?p=5737 ]]>