How to Amend and Transform Our Automatic Behaviors "For I do not do what I want, but I do the very thing I hate.” (Rom 7:15) Have you ever felt like St. Paul and said to yourself: "I keep doing what I do not want, and not what I want to do"? Is there a part of you that you just can't seem to change those automatic responses? Do you desire to grow in holiness, yet just find yourself stuck in a habit? This post is about how we can help ourselves, through the Lord's grace, to become unstuck so...

The Eight Desires Examen Dr. Karen Shields Wright “ Our lives are shaped by the things we desire.” Thomas Merton “Our hearts are restless until they can find rest in you.” Augustine of Hippo Reflection- Desires and Wounds In the book Seven Desires by Mark and Debbie Laaser, they list seven desires, those deep yearnings found within the human heart. They are: to be heard and understood, to be affirmed, to be blessed, to be safe, to be touched, to be chosen, and to be included. Their...

During a recent spiritual direction session, a directee shared her longing to return to a regular routine in her life—particularly in...