Spiritual growth

The title of this book by Father Daniel Horan, OFM, Dating God: Live and Love in the Way of St. Francis, is intriguing. Its primary audience is young adults, and the book grew from a primary question: How can I know and love God today? Read more...

Our “yes” to consecrated life participates in God’s divine energies that continue to both animate the universe and to make all things new. Read more...

The Lord and I had a sort of chess match wherein I tried to beat him by proving how awful the situation was. Read more...

We are “unstuck” when we recapture our awareness of God’s love—the lavish, “you are my beloved” sort of love. Read more...

The vibrant faith of our founders and foundresses is an ongoing source of inspiration. Our founders provide us with direction and guidance. Read more...

We tend to see success purely in terms of what we can achieve by our own efforts. God has a very different idea of success, and it is so hard, impossible without his grace, to see things God’s way. Read more...

Breaking through to God—”ground without ground”—is a path to detachment and true prayer. Read more...

No single act of love for God will be lost, no generous effort is meaningless, no painful endurance is wasted. All of these encircle our world like a vital force. Read more...

It is a sacred moment to accompany another person on the journey toward self-understanding and spiritual awareness. Let’s do it consciously. Read more...

A chance encounter gets Father Kevin DePrinzio, O.S.A. thinking about the story of the rich young man and its wealth of implications for vocation ministry. Read more...

Mentors do best when they are prepared and self-aware. The best mentors also bring particular skills and qualities to the relationship. Read more...

What is accompaniment? What are the particulars of this encounter between seeker and mentor? Read more...

With honesty and charm, Sister Helen Prejean, C.S.J. weaves together the threads of her spiritual journey in the book River of Fire (Random House, 2019). Read more...

Religious life candidates need to begin formation at a high level of faith maturity. That’s why vocation directors must delve deeply into this area. Read more...

Forgiveness is foundational to our faith and the starting line for hope. It belongs in vocation ministry in several important ways. Read more...

Even a small indicator of God is still an indicator of God—and therefore an indicator of reason, meaning, and final joy. Read more...

And if we stay with the image of adjacent possible, I think we could easily describe the various prototypes of life in common that we now call religious life. Read more...