![]() ![]() We can’t be our own spiritual director because we all have “blind spots” about ourselves. The central aim of spiritual direction is to help guide the directee to purposefully, consistently and substantively grow in their relationship with God and neighbor. The main focus of spiritual direction is union with God. Spiritual direction is a relationship between three persons: the Holy Spirit, the director and the directee. ![]() … The director and the directee work together, through the grace and guidance of the Holy Spirit, to understand God’s will, and then determine how to follow that leading … on a day to day basis, into deeper intimacy with God.” Daniel Burke (see above) ![]() “Simply put, spiritual direction is a relationship through which we come to better know, love and follow Christ through the help of a kind of spiritual coach. ![]() In Navigating the Interior Life: Spiritual Direction and the Journey to God, Daniel Burke makes this striking statement, “Outside of the sacraments, there is no greater or more important tool available to help us nurture our relationship with God and to grow in grace than spiritual direction.” If this statement is true (and I think it is) than it is easy to see why Pope Francis said recently that all Catholics should be in spiritual direction. ![]()
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