Welcome!

Sep 3, 2020

Welcome to Purple Habit!  I hope that this website will offer you some answers, information and interest into the world of spiritual direction.  It’s a very old practice, one I find most satisfying to my heart, mind and soul.  Welcome.  💜

 

Are you looking for a companion, a safe place to talk about the presence and workings of God in your life?  A place where you can be confident that what is shared isn’t going to be repeated anywhere?  A space where you can be vulnerable, honest, open about the spiritual side of yourself that is sometimes most difficult to share with another.  A space where questions of life are matched with the presence of the Holy and explored towards a deeper understanding of who you are in God’s eyes.

 

Some questions you might want to ask of a potential spiritual director:

 

  1. What enrichment, spiritual formation and theological education do you have in spiritual direction?
  2. What is your personal experience tending your own prayer, meditation, and contemplative life?
  3. What is your experience as a spiritual director? How many years?  In what environments?  What are you most interested in spiritually?
  4. How do you continue your education and supervision for your spiritual direction ministry?
  5. What ethical guidelines do you abide by, such as those published by Spiritual Directors International or your local diocese? Have you ever been accused or convicted of misconduct?
  6. What type of engagement agreement will we establish to clarify roles and responsibilities in our spiritual direction relationship, such as samples provided to members of Spiritual Directors International or other certified formation groups such as St. Scholastica Monastery?

 

“O Holy Spirit, descend plentifully into my heart. Enlighten the dark corners of this neglected dwelling and scatter there Thy cheerful beams.”
— St. Augustine

 

“The strength of the soul consists in its faculties, passions and desires, all of which are governed by the will. Now when these faculties, passions and desires are directed by the will toward God, and turned away from all that is not God, then the strength of the soul is kept for God, and thus the soul is able to love God with all its strength.”

— St. John of the Cross, p. 259

AN EXCERPT FROM

Ascent of Mt. Carmel