When Spiritual Direction Goes Wrong w/ Fr. Boniface Hicks

[@ChildofGod98765]

Please pray for me. My testimony is one of faith. No matter what we are facing God will give us strength to over come. Even though every month I struggle to pay rent and I struggle to buy groceries for my children. I keep faith. I’m ashamed and discouraged. These past three years have been hard on me. Since suffering a heart attack two years ago and my on going battle with lupus. As a single mom I’m overwhelmed. My sons are autistic and have problems with social communication and interactions but they are thriving now that I’m homeschooling them. Due to me homeschooling them my hours to work are limited like my finances. I’m constantly in fear of homelessness. But I STILL TRUST IN YOU LORD. Faith over fear!

[@albertwilsonpaul8441]

I am sure that I am not someone qualified to give you any sort of spiritual direction. But I don't know why, for I feel like I need to tell you to read Psalms 23 as many times as you want repeatedly. Never lose hope, always have faith in him, for from my own personal experiences I know that he has never disappointed me or turned his face away from me. He will never ask you to carry a cross that you are not capable of carrying. May God bless you.

[@uikmnhj4me]

I hope things have gotten better in the last 7mo! Praying for you ❤

[@christinebravomom5711]

"Not projecting" ... yes, please. I talked with a priest once who, after I told him the two most important things going on in my life, just whisked it away with, "I don't know anything about those things." Then, he recast everything I told him to fit the narrative of the homily he was preparing for the upcoming Sunday.

[@itstymyguy]

"People are all the same in the sense of really needing to be loved, but they need to be loved in their own, individual ways." - Fr. Boniface

[@manuelmurielcagigal9971]

Thanks for all the good work you do Matt. Love your channel. God bless you

[@JP2GiannaT]

Another way it goes bad; when the spiritual director has no personal boundaries and you end up codependent. Or worse. Make sure you end up with someone whos actually trained for it. I speak from painful experience.

[@windsongshf]

Would LOVE to see a James Lindsay interview on Pints!

[@crazyedswonderfulworldofso9370]

People get to know their spiritual director very well over the weeks and months of their direction. Because of this, they are reluctant to tell their director the truth about their thoughts and actions for fear of what the director might think of them. So, in most cases, nothing is accomplished and the one receiving direction does not advance in holiness.

[@GavSmith1888]

THIS IS WHY WE ARE SO GOOD AT art x

[@salusindomino]

true as a therapist defenses are exhausting

[@fsnicolas]

That monk did his Hail Marys pretty fast. Must be super spiritual. Haha!

[@katiealderman525]

Do you think that the inability to let down your defenses is from Satan, allowed and necessary for the greater purpose, or from God at points in our life?

[@uikmnhj4me]

I’m sure there’s a mix that’s nuanced based on the situation.