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Dear Father John, My spiritual director recommended that I do some spiritual reading. He said spiritual reading is just reading about spiritual things. I don’t have a lot of extra time, and I am finding it hard to motivate myself to squeeze this new obligation into my schedule – it’s hard enough for me to get my daily meditation in! Can you give me some advice?
It sounds like you have found a wise spiritual director. If daily meditation is like the bread and butter of your spiritual diet, spiritual reading is your multivitamin supplement. First, let’s reflect on why that is the case, then we can make some practical recommendations for squeezing it into your schedule.
What Is Spiritual Reading?
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It sounds like you have found a wise spiritual director. If daily meditation is like the bread and butter of your spiritual diet, spiritual reading is your multivitamin supplement. First, let’s reflect on why that is the case, then we can make some practical recommendations for squeezing it into your schedule.
What Is Spiritual Reading?
Continued below.
What's Spiritual Reading? How Do Busy People Find Time for This?
Father John Bartunek defines spiritual reading in answer to a reader's question; links to spiritual books.
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