Our mission as the faith community of Christ the King parish is to grow in holiness by giving Christian witness to the world and a warm welcome to all. With joy and gratitude we practice Christian stewardship of God's gifts. We live out the rich tradition and spirituality of the Catholic faith by celebrating the Lord's presence in the Word and Sacraments, and by loving God in our neighbor.
During the course of the series, Father Gallagher will look at the 14 Ignatian rules for discernment of spirits. Through his real-life examples, the rules come alive for the panel on each show and for you at home. Join in this wonderful retreat experience and learn how to become more attuned to the spiritual life.
This week Fr. Tim continues to examine the Discernment of Spirits Ignatian Rule 6; where the individual, aware of their former closeness with God, all the while battling temptation to turn away, to give up, to cease the journey, is encouraged to persevere in the spiritual life of prayer, charity, denial of self and perhaps even intensify his or her efforts as a result.
During the course of the series, Father Gallagher will look at the 14 Ignatian rules for discernment of spirits. Through his real-life examples, the rules come alive for the panel on each show and for you at home. Join in this wonderful retreat experience and learn how to become more attuned to the spiritual life.
Fr. Tim Gallagher finishes Ignatian Rule 5 and begins 6th focusing on changing ourselves intensely against the desolation.
During the course of the series, Father Gallagher will look at the 14 Ignatian rules for discernment of spirits. Through his real-life examples, the rules come alive for the panel on each show and for you at home. Join in this wonderful retreat experience and learn how to become more attuned to the spiritual life.
This week, Fr. Tim discusses Ignatian Rule 5 using an example of a retreatant.
During the course of the series, Father Gallagher will look at the 14 Ignatian rules for discernment of spirits. Through his real-life examples, the rules come alive for the panel on each show and for you at home. Join in this wonderful retreat experience and learn how to become more attuned to the spiritual life.
This week, Father Tim Gallagher finishes discussing Ignatian Rule 4 using a message from St. Teresa Rejadell.
This week in our on-going video series with Father Tim, we move from the Second rule of discernment to the Third. We have looked at those things which draw us away from life in Christ and how the Spirit will move to bring us back through those nagging, twinges of conscience that are attempts to get our attention.
This week, we examine the experience of growing positively in faith and prayer and how temptation can seep in, and we can find ourselves doubting experiences of God and growth in the Christian life using examples from St. Therese of Lisieux and Russian philosopher Raissa Maritain.
During the course of this series, Father Gallagher will look at the 14 Ignatian rules for discernment of spirits. Through his real-life examples, the rules come alive for the panel on each show and for you at home. Join in this wonderful retreat experience and learn how to become more attuned to the spiritual life.
This week, Father Tim looks at those times when we find ourselves turned so quickly from a zealous and passionate experience of faith, perhaps in prayer, at Mass or on retreat, to distraction or dryness in faith to the point where we begin to doubt such zeal or passion in faith ever really existed at all;
Our video retreat with Father Tim Gallagher continues as he invites us into a deeper understanding of Ignatius' first rule of discernment; namely, how is it that we become caught up in the distractions and trappings that get in the way of a deepening relationship with God, and how does God act to draw us back into His presence?
Using examples from our modern lived experience as well as stories of St. Augustine's own spiritual journey, Father Tim helps us to understand and apply this first rule in our own lives.
Our video series on St. Ignatius' Discernment of Spirits led by Father Tim Gallagher. This next in the series invites us to simply become aware of the process, aware of those times when we feel close to God, and when God feels far off, second, to understand what is happening within us, and finally, take action based on this new understanding.
Just prior to Christmas I stumbled across the most amazing video series being offered through CatholicTV.com, a 26 - episode series simply titled "Discernment of Spirits". What is this 'Discernment of Spirits' you ask. The answer is both simple, and sublime.
St. Ignatuius, through the course of his own journey of conversion and spiritual growth realized that he was caught in the grip of a series of upward and downward movements in his relationship with God. Perhaps you've experienced something similar? In fact, Ignatius guarantees you have...he realized quickly that this was a spiritual cycle every human being went through, whether they were aware of it own not!
Here's a situation; Moved by the celebrations of Christmas, I make a personal resolution to attend Mass more regularly in the New Year. It feels so good when i make that decision! I feel energized, filled with joy I find myself feeling excited about going next Sunday. Maybe I even find myself keeping track of the days. I'm in a really good space, and at times it feels like I'm walking on air...you know what I mean, this is such a natural human experience that you've certainly felt it too.
As the week goes on, that 'glow' begins to fade. I start to question whether I'll really be able to stay consistent with my resolution. I'm always doing that you know. I get excited about things, I think 'This is it...I'm going to make a change!' and then I get distracted. Oh...it's going to be cold this weekend, maybe snow. I'll have to blow out the driveway. Boy, it's been a crazy week at work! I'm so tired, and Sundays are really the only day I get to sleep in. I start to feel discouraged, maybe I even begin to doubt how good I felt at those Christmas celebrations. I was probably just exaggerating things (I do that too!).
You've just witnessed the movement of two spirits, Ignatius calls them 'good' spirits and 'bad' spirits. They are those dispositions, ideas, imaginations and emotions that move us towards a deeper relationship with God, or further away. They are ALWAYS active and ALWAYS in flux and the first step for us is to simply become aware that it is going on.
Over the next 26 weeks we invite you to journey with Fr. Tim as he opens up this spiritual dialogue that we are embroiled in, turning our eyes inward and outward as a means of discerning how and where God is moving and living and breathing in our lives.
This first episode identifies the dialogue, talks about how Ignatius himself was made suddenly aware of these movements in his own life and identify what this process of discernment is, and what it is not. Enjoy!
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During the course of the series, Father Gallagher will look at the 14 Ignatian rules for discernment of spirits. Through his real-life examples, the rules come alive for the panel on each show and for you at home. Join in this wonderful retreat experience and learn how to become more attuned to the spiritual life.
