

Struggles in the Spiritual Life
Their Nature and Their Remedies
Author: Fr. Timothy Gallagher, O.M.V.
Narrator: Tom McElroy
Unabridged: 4 hr 36 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Tantor Media
Published: 07/04/2023
Categories: Nonfiction, Religion, Prayer
Synopsis
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. You'll 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. You'll also learn the forms of spiritual dryness and of the Dark Night—and how to respond to them.
Fr. Gallagher presents a particular struggle and then provides the advice he gives to those who come to him for spiritual direction about that struggle.