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	<title>Roman Catholic Spiritual Direction</title>
	
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		<title>I am struggling with resentment towards the Church, what should I do?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 10:00:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan Burke</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Forgiveness]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Questions and Answers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Frustration]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Resentment]]></category>

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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Q: Dear Dan, I have been Catholic for three years now, and am very grateful for the gift of faith. However, I have recently been struggling with resentment towards the Church &#8211; feeling that &#8230; [visit site to read more]<br/>
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		<title>Anxiety and Contemplation</title>
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		<comments>http://rcspiritualdirection.com/blog/2012/02/05/anxiety-and-contemplation#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Feb 2012 13:02:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan Burke</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Contemplation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Prayer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Anxiety]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://rcspiritualdirection.com/blog/?p=7785</guid>
		
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[&#8230;too many people are distressed [have anxiety] because they are not contemplatives. They do not take the time to nourish their own hearts and return them to peace by gazing with love &#8230; [visit site to read more]<br/>
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		<title>Catechism – Vocal Prayer – 2703</title>
		<link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CatholicSpiritualDirection/~3/JPVovzxzhTU/catechism-vocal-prayer-2703</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 10:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan Burke</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Catechism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Prayer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Vocal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Vocal Prayer]]></category>

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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[&#8230;God seeks worshippers in Spirit and in Truth, and consequently living prayer that rises from the depths of the soul. He also wants the external expression that associates the body with &#8230; [visit site to read more]<br/>
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		<title>97. Prayer and Action (Mark 1:29-39)</title>
		<link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CatholicSpiritualDirection/~3/5MYjjSWCI9g/97-prayer-and-action-mark-129-39</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 10:00:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Father John Bartunek</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Fr. John Bartunek]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Meditations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Better Part]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://rcspiritualdirection.com/blog/?p=7525</guid>
		
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[“If you seek to know where you can stay, stay close to Christ, because he is the way.”  - St. Thomas Aquinas<br/>
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		<title>Marital Conscience Exam – Marriage Spirituality Part 3 of 4</title>
		<link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CatholicSpiritualDirection/~3/kHvRLd-kDb8/marriage-examination-of-conscience-marriage-spirituality-part-iii</link>
		<comments>http://rcspiritualdirection.com/blog/2012/01/31/marriage-examination-of-conscience-marriage-spirituality-part-iii#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 10:00:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan Burke</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Marriage Spirituality]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Examination of Conscience]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Marriage Examen]]></category>

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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[So, if you are back for more I think it is safe to assume that we agree that we are our spouses “keeper.”<br/>
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		<title>Consolation &amp; Desolation: What are “spiritualized capital sins”?</title>
		<link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CatholicSpiritualDirection/~3/LRvYAHQ3sVU/consolation-desolation-what-are-spiritualized-capital-sins</link>
		<comments>http://rcspiritualdirection.com/blog/2012/01/30/consolation-desolation-what-are-spiritualized-capital-sins#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2012 10:00:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Father John Bartunek</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Capital Sins]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Consolation/Desolation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fr. John Bartunek]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Questions and Answers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sin]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Attachment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Consolation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Desolation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Greed]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pride]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sensuality]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Vanity]]></category>

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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Q: Dear Father John, You used the phrase &#8220;spiritualized capital sins&#8221; in your post on consolation and desolation. I have never heard this idea before. What are spiritualized capital &#8230; [visit site to read more]<br/>
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		<title>Should I ask my spiritual director (a priest) to also be my confessor?</title>
		<link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CatholicSpiritualDirection/~3/ROZ8dxuDJvw/should-i-ask-my-spiritual-director-a-priest-to-also-be-my-confessor</link>
		<comments>http://rcspiritualdirection.com/blog/2012/01/29/should-i-ask-my-spiritual-director-a-priest-to-also-be-my-confessor#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Jan 2012 13:45:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Becky</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Penance/Confession]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Perspective & Expectations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Questions and Answers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sacraments]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Spiritual Direction]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Confessor as Spiritual Director]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Spiritual Director as Confessor]]></category>

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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Q: Dear Becky, I have a question for you. I have a priest spiritual director that I usually travel more than an hour to see every month. I go to confession weekly and am wondering if it would &#8230; [visit site to read more]<br/>
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		<title>Navigating the Interior Life – Upcoming Webinar Invitation</title>
		<link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CatholicSpiritualDirection/~3/x3t6oU7zdOw/navigating-the-interior-life-upcoming-webinar-invitation</link>
		<comments>http://rcspiritualdirection.com/blog/2012/01/28/navigating-the-interior-life-upcoming-webinar-invitation#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Jan 2012 18:41:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan Burke</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Events]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Navigating the Interior Life]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Webinar]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Webinar on Prayer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Webinar on Prayer and the Interior Life]]></category>

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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Dear Friends, Please read this carefully as I will be traveling and will not likely be able to answer questions about this before the webinar. Many of you &#8230; [visit site to read more]<br/>
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		<title>Catechism – Vocal Prayer – 2702</title>
		<link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CatholicSpiritualDirection/~3/2L963wDP0g0/catechism-vocal-prayer-2702</link>
		<comments>http://rcspiritualdirection.com/blog/2012/01/26/catechism-vocal-prayer-2702#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 10:00:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan Burke</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Catechism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Prayer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Vocal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Vocal Prayer]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://rcspiritualdirection.com/blog/?p=6053</guid>
		
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[The need to involve the senses in interior prayer corresponds to a requirement of our human nature. We are body and spirit, and we experience the need to translate our feelings &#8230; [visit site to read more]<br/>
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		<title>96. The Devil Cares (Mark 1:21-28)</title>
		<link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CatholicSpiritualDirection/~3/GaJ5yoIXWdw/96-the-devil-cares-mark-121-28</link>
		<comments>http://rcspiritualdirection.com/blog/2012/01/25/96-the-devil-cares-mark-121-28#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 10:00:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Father John Bartunek</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Fr. John Bartunek]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Meditations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Better Part]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://rcspiritualdirection.com/blog/?p=7518</guid>
		
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[“Here it is fitting for us to think of that great, true, eternal light… namely Christ our Savior, the Redeemer of the world, who was made man and &#8230; [visit site to read more]<br/>
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