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August 2014

August 31, 2014

When Prayer becomes Mortification

I first started praying the Liturgy of the Hours in the mid-winter of 2008, a...

February 2014

February 23, 2014

Persevering in Prayer

One of the hardest things to do in the interior life is to persevere: to...

February 16, 2014

Dryness: When God Seems Far Away

The interior life is just like anything else that you begin with excitement and enthusiasm:...

February 09, 2014

Adore: Live in the Presence

Several months ago, I discovered that the Catholic church around the corner from where I...

February 02, 2014

Body: The Outward Affects The Inward

It's tempting to think of the interior life as something that takes place entirely within...

January 2014

January 26, 2014

Listen: Hearing God’s Voice

Usually in this series I've talked about things that have worked for me; today I'm...

January 19, 2014

Practice: Living the Interior Life From Day To Day

Reading about the interior life is not the same as living it. (Neither is writing...

January 12, 2014

Divine Office, Part III: Fruit for Meditation

The Rosary is not just a prayer, it's a meditation on the life of Christ....

January 05, 2014

Service

I'm going to step away from the Divine Office for a moment, and talk about...

December 2013

December 29, 2013

Bootstrapping the Interior Life: Divine Office, Part II

Last week, I began talking about the Divine Office as a daily devotion. Today I...

December 22, 2013

Bootstrapping the Interior Life: Divine Office, Part I

A few days ago I talked about the value of regular devotions to the interior...

December 15, 2013

Bootstrapping the Interior Life: Rosary

I actually picked up the Rosary before I returned to the Catholic Church. A non-Catholic...

December 08, 2013

Bootstrapping the Interior Life: Devotions

Last time I talked about how spontaneity fails, at least for me, as an approach...

December 01, 2013

Bootstrapping the Interior Life: Spontaneity

So far in this series I've focussed on things that have worked for me in...

November 2013

November 24, 2013

Bootstrapping the Interior Life: Time

So you've begun to pursue the interior life. You're learning to respond to the Lord's...

November 21, 2013

UPDATED: Listening to God

I've often been told that prayer is talking with God, not talking to God, and...

November 17, 2013

Bootstrapping the Interior Life: Direction

A couple of weeks ago I compared the interior life to a kitchen remodel. You've...

November 10, 2013

Bootstrapping the Interior Life: Feelings

When you embark on the interior life, you'll find that feelings come with it. Sometimes...

November 03, 2013

Bootstrapping the Interior Life: Cooperation

Looked at one way, the interior life is a long series of repairs. We are...

October 2013

October 27, 2013

Bootstrapping the Interior Life: Grace

Pursuing the interior life—a life of holiness—is not easy, but fortunately God doesn't leave us...

October 20, 2013

Bootstrapping the Interior Life: Hunger

I do not often resemble the following scriptures: Blessed are those who hunger and thirst...

October 13, 2013

Bootstrapping the Interior Life: Respond

Reprinted from my old blog. The first thing to do in pursuing the interior life...

October 07, 2013

Fumbly, Stumbly, Wooly-headed, Thick-tongued Prayers

Prayer is a massive, wonderful, frightening thing. God is there and wants to hear from...

October 06, 2013

Bootstrapping the Interior Life

This is a the first post in a series that appeared on my old blog...