Dcerning Hearts.com in cooperation with the Oblates of the Virgin Mary presents

struggles in the spiritual life, their nature and their remedies with Father Timothy Gallagher.

Father Gallagher is the author of many best-selling books on the theology and spirituality of St.

Ignatius of Loyola. He holds the St. Ignatius' chair of spiritual

formation at St. John Theological Seminary in Denver, Colorado. Struggles in the spiritual life,

their nature and their remedies, with Father Timothy Gallagher. I'm your host, Chris McGregor.

Welcome back, Father. Thank you, Chris.

It's so good to be with you to travel on the spiritual journey with so many people.

And the beauty of this particular book that you have with Sophia Institute,

struggles in the spiritual life, their nature and their remedies.

You give us, as we reflected on before, stories that could take place in any of our lives.

We just have different names, this cast of characters, but I think I could put my name, maybe even

in this one.

Well, these are what I call reflected examples in the sense that these persons that we

watch go through these experiences reflect what we all experience.

So, yeah, we could all put our name and I could put mine in there too.

Well, as this opens, Julie's husband, Bob, calls Father Reed.

He's learned of Father Reed through his wife, Julie, having made the retreat with him and

her sharing just how fruitful and wonderful the retreat was.

And he asks if they can speak this at time and they meet.

And he tells Father Reed that I've been a Catholic all my life,

go to Mass faithfully with Julie and the children.

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