Struggles in the Spiritual Life: Their Nature and Their Remedies - Paperback

by Timothy Gallagher (Author)

Here is a powerful, life-changing book that will help you understand and conquer the struggles you face in your spiritual life. Itï 1/2ï 1/2ï 1/2s a book for those who love the Lord and desire holiness yet often feel adrift or stagnant in their search for spiritual growth.

All of us encounter valleys on our journey with the Lord - those periods of spiritual desolation that are a painful yet unavoidable feature of our prayer life. Spiritual desolation is as complex as we are, so understanding what is happening and responding to it properly are critical to reaching the heights of holiness.

With warmth and understanding, Fr. Gallagher carefully identifies in this book the various forms of spiritual and nonspiritual desolation and supplies the remedy for each. Youï 1/2ï 1/2ï 1/2ll learn how to discern whether your struggles derive from medical or psychological conditions or whether those struggles are spiritual and permitted by the Lord for reasons of growth. In each case, youï 1/2ï 1/2ï 1/2

Author Biography

Timothy M. Gallagher, O.M.V. is an American Roman Catholic priest and the Denver-based author of many bestselling books on the theology and spirituality of Ignatius of Loyola. He served for ten years as provincial superior of his Catholic religious congregation, the Oblates of the Virgin Mary.