Coffee, Distractions, and Prayer
The Distractions and Dryness Recently, a directee shared with me her distress about experiencing dryness during her prayer time. She...
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Discernment of Spirits & Decision-Making from St. Ignatius' Spiritual Exercises
All decisions are a means to an end, but where? and with who? and for Who? In the fields of cognitive research, psychologists and...
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Distractions and Attention in Mental Prayer: Understanding Our God-given Brains
Many times, I hear from directees who say they have trouble sitting for an hour for mental prayer. And during that time, they describe...
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Mental Prayer in the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius
What is Mental Prayer The practice of mental prayer is a time where we are with God in solitude and silence for sharing love in loving...
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Growing in Holiness through the Virtue of Gratitude: The Particular Examine
"Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is...
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How to Pray when Stressed
As we center our attention on Christ or Mary, who brings us to Jesus, our brain/body automatically enters into a reset, process of...
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Resting the Body to Care for the Soul
Many directees have shared how they find themselves more distracted in prayer these days or too tired to pray at the end of the day or to...
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To Be Known: God's Desire for Us
Healing with Christ in the Present from the Past for the Future These 8 God-given human desires are written in every heart and are basic...
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THE EXAMEN - Daily Prayer of Reflection in 'Finding God in All Things'
The Examen is a window of time for prayer, where we reflect upon how we encountered others in God in the everyday. It is a simple daily...
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The 14 Rules for Discernment of Spirits
Translation from Original & Fr. Gallagher's Summary The 14 Rules for Discernment of Spirits summarized from Fr. Timothy Gallagher* Rules...
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How to Address Distractions in Prayer
Many times, I hear from directees who say they have trouble sitting for an hour for Lectio, mental prayer, or a meditation in the...
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Dryness in Prayer? Study, Read, Pray
Several of my new directees have expressed a distress in having a ‘dryness’ in their prayer life. They wonder why their prayers leave...
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