Addressing a very new and often willful Christian community in Galatia, St. Paul offered the community a tool of discernment ...

By Deacon Ryan Burchett For The Catholic Messenger DAVENPORT — During Advent, the Church prays with a special kind of ...Read ...

The spiritual life is an arduous task. God cloths himself in mystery and so the process of discerning his will and knowing what he’s asking of us can be daunting. We all need help and such help begins ...

Pope Francis has launched a new catechesis series on spiritual discernment. The pope announced on Aug. 31 that he will provide reflections in his upcoming Wednesday general audiences on the “demanding ...

When I tell people I have a spiritual direction practice the most common response I hear is: “what is spiritual direction?” Below is a brief explanation of spiritual direction as I practice it.

The Montserrat Jesuit Retreat House at Lake Dallas, Texas, where Father Tetlow previously served as director. (jesuits.org) The reason is they do it constantly, but don’t reflect on it and might not ...

Discernment can be defined as the ability to understand obscurity. If you are discerning, it means that you’re a strong judge of other people’s character. Influencer Cassie Blanko believes that ...

Spirituality turns the mind’s eye inward to examine “direction, meaning, inner wholeness, and connectedness.” 1 Often confounded with religion, which is a more collective consideration of the spirit ...