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What Is Spiritual Direction and Why Do Catholics Do It?

By Sean Salai — 2016

I recently interviewed Father Barry by email about the Ignatian practice of spiritual direction.

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Affliction is often that thing which prepares an ordinary person for some sort of an extraordinary destiny.

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C. S. Lewis
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It may be hard for an egg to turn into a bird: it would be a jolly sight harder for a bird to learn to fly while remaining an egg. We are like eggs at present. And you cannot go on indefinitely being just an ordinary, decent egg. We must be hatched or go bad.

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C. S. Lewis
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There are far, far better things ahead than any we leave behind.

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C. S. Lewis
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7 Mindsets for Success, Happiness and Fulfilment

Thoughts and feelings that persist over time harden into an attitude. If you live with an attitude long enough, it becomes second nature—a mindset. The wrong mindset could lead you off the path of contentment, joy, enlightenment.

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Swami Mukundananda
2025
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7 Divine Laws to Awaken Your Best Self

Just as heat is inherent in fire, so is our desire to become better. Why is personal growth and life transformation so difficult? Does Creation wish that we fail? Of course not! The purpose behind the Universes grand design is to make us succeed.

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Swami Mukundananda
2025
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Life’s work is to wake up, to let the things that enter into the circle wake you up rather than put you to sleep. The only way to do this is to open, be curious, and develop some sense of sympathy for everything that comes along, to get to know its nature and let it teach you what it will.

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Pema Chödrön
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Inner Divinity: Crafting Your Life with Sacred Intelligence

Inner divinity is the spirit you were born with. It underlies who you are today. By rediscovering your inner divinity, you hold the key to bringing balance, healing, and joy into your life.

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Mara Bishop
2025
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20 Things I Know for Sure: Principles for Cultivating a Peaceful Life

Simple Truths for a Peaceful Life A collection of contemplations on life, spirituality, and peace of mind from a much-loved self-help author. Cultivating a Path Toward Peace. When Karen Casey chose to commit to a spiritual path, her direction in life changed.

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Karen Casey
2019
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52 Ways to Live the Course in Miracles: Cultivate a Simpler, Slower, More Love-Filled Life

Use Karen Casey’s 52 positive affirmations and meditations to find inner peace. We all face struggles that can leave us feeling broken and hopeless. But peace and healing are always available to us if we are open to them.

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Karen Casey
2021
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In God’s Care: Daily Meditations on Spirituality in Recovery

True, lasting recovery requires us to create and maintain inner peace. For many, it springs from a practice of mindfulness, for others from the rituals of religion. But not everyone finds a connection with a Higher Power in those ways.

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Karen Casey, Homer Pyle
1991
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