I received my certificate as a Spiritual Director last May. A lot of the training focused on how to listen. During 18…
How to Listen Like Jesus
Posts Categorized: Prudence
My Wavy Line to Holiness
I came crashing into the Catholic Church in 1990, two years after reading St. Thérèse of Lisieux’s autobiography, The Story of a…
Beauty or the Beast: Choose Wisely!
Have you noticed how some people seem invested in ugliness? A visit to Facebook or the evening news is evidence enough. But…
Taking You With Me on Retreat
I enjoyed the yearly retreat in Pennsylvania led by my pastor, Fr. Dan Leary, last weekend. I’m thrilled to share with you…
When You’re Too Busy
Someone said to my husband today, “When you’re too busy, you’re too busy.” I laughed hard when I heard it because it’s…
Prudence: Situation Awareness 360
Virtues are good habits of character. No one’s come up with a better way to be happy than to discover how to…
Winning the Adrenaline Wars
My emotions have been pulled every which way during the last few days. Happiness in listening to things I agree with. Unhappiness listening…
Hand to Hand in Mercy
I committed a sin of omission this week. That’s a fancy name for chickening out. Here’s what happened. It started out all…
Prudence to the Rescue
My friend Dave’s sister died last week. But instead of travelling to Tennessee for the funeral, he stayed home. This was his dilemma: if…
Loving With Everything We’ve Got
We used to hear a lot about “repression.” That meant that if you limit the expression of your emotions, there would be…
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