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staff member available for spiritual direction is as follows: We bring our own approaches
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Fr. KEITH CLARK: I listen. This seems to help people hear themselves. Occasionally I have some comment or advice to offer from my own experience of trying to be open to God, or from what I have studied, or from what I have learned from listening to people for the past forty years. Mainly I listen for statements of the person which indicate that God's Spirit is active in his or her ordinary life. When I hear such statements, I draw the person's attention to what the Spirit of God may be doing in his or her life. kclark@thecapuchins.org |
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MARSAIA KASTER, FSCC: God loves and has chosen each of us for a
special friendship with Himself and for a unique role in the lives
of those around us. He wants us to have confidence in His
love and in ourselves. It takes courage for each person to
get through life and to grow in the self confidence that God desires
each of us to have. As a spiritual director my role is to
be there, to listen, to encourage, to notice and reflect back to
another the movements of the Spirit that I perceive; to companion
and pray for the person. smarsaiak@yahoo.com |
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CARL SCHAEFER: I believe that God is always looking out for
us. God keeps making the first move in our direction. If we
pay attention to life, we can get an intimation of what God is trying
to bring to our attention. It can be consoling, or scary,
or seeming to be beyond understanding. But it can become accessible
to me if I have the other hearing the same things I am saying to
myself. That other is a listener, and that other can be a fellow
traveler, a companion along the way. A voice of consolation, a voice
of confidence and compassion in the face of scary things, a voice
of understanding and perhaps wisdom. The other can hear the
nuance that comes with an experience of God, the invitation to a
new direction, a celebration of what God has brought. That
is why I have a Spiritual Director. cschaefer@thecapuchins.org |
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