Over the past year, what I have learned about the discernment of spirits – as taught by St. Ignatius of Loyola – has given me a heavy and joyful heart. I have been reading the book “The Discernment of Spirits: An Ignatian Guide for Everyday Living” by Fr. Timothy Gallagher, and it is so powerful!

Just 2 years ago, on this day, I released my new ministry: St. Therese’s Vision for Disability Giftedness. By that time, I had fallen in love with a new book on St. Therese’s spirituality by Fr. Michael Gaitley, called 33 Days to Merciful Love. Why did this book speak to me so much? How did it have such a strong effect on me – prompting me to make St. Therese of Lisieux the patron saint of my ministry – anyway?

The Power of Silence: Against the Dictatorship of Noise by Cardinal Robert Sarah

What does a book on Silence have to do with helping those of us with various disabilities or mental health issues, or for those of us for whatever reason feel so broken in so many different ways? Why am I giving it such a huge recommendation?