What is spiritual direction?

Spiritual direction is what ChatGPT cannot be.

It's a relationship.

Do you have any kind of obedience to that spiritual director?

When you have external authority and you're in the area of conscience,

that's how you form a cult. We don't like that.

In the beginning, God said, it is good, it is good, it is good, it is very good. The first time he said

it is not good is for man to be alone. Father Boniface Hicks, thanks for joining the podcast.

It's great to be with you, Lila Rose. I feel that I know you, even though I don't really

know you. I feel the same way. Because in part, Christina Waylon now, she's married.

Yes. But one of my dearest friends who you have accompanied for, I don't know, has been 20 years.

She's my first directee. She was your first directee. No way. Yeah. Yeah. 20, yeah, more than 20 years.

Wow. Do she still call you? We just talked a week ago amazing it is amazing

so this is a topic we haven't explored yet on the show in depth and i'm really excited that you're

going to do this with us um spiritual direction great what it is why it's needed all the things but

would love to hear first your background.

Sure.

And also, you are a priest, but more than that, you are a Benedictine.

A Benedictine.

And tell us about that, too.

Yeah.

Well, there's lots of fun chapters in all of that.

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