{"id":248,"date":"2023-09-30T11:12:56","date_gmt":"2023-09-30T10:12:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dangates.uk\/?page_id=248"},"modified":"2025-04-06T21:30:02","modified_gmt":"2025-04-06T20:30:02","slug":"spiritual-direction-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/dangates.uk\/index.php\/spiritual-direction-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Spiritual Direction"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"248\" class=\"elementor elementor-248\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b496233 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"b496233\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ac08f3e elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"ac08f3e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"100\" src=\"https:\/\/dangates.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/2.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-554\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dangates.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/2.png 700w, https:\/\/dangates.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/2-300x43.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4b2e6ba e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"4b2e6ba\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e61cc69 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"e61cc69\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-eafbe7a e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"eafbe7a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d7ed6b8 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d7ed6b8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">You might be wondering what spiritual direction is. That&#8217;s a good question! Spiritual direction has a long history in the Christian tradition, going back to the Desert Fathers and Mothers who would welcome those who came seeking guidance and wisdom. The hope in following this practice today is to help people discover for themselves what God might be saying. Through a process of careful listening and gentle asking of questions, a spiritual director accompanies a person as they listen for the voice of God in their lives.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bb944ab elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"bb944ab\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"235\" src=\"https:\/\/dangates.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/benedict-quote-e1743971174156-768x235.png\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-703\" alt=\"A quote: Let all guests who arrive be received like Christ, for He is going to say, \u201cI came as a guest, and you received Me.\u201d\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dangates.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/benedict-quote-e1743971174156-768x235.png 768w, https:\/\/dangates.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/benedict-quote-e1743971174156-300x92.png 300w, https:\/\/dangates.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/benedict-quote-e1743971174156.png 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-95ca4f1 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"95ca4f1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"284\" height=\"100\" src=\"https:\/\/dangates.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Heres-where-you-can-get-in-touch.-2-e1729156082701.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-565\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a71fd79 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a71fd79\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">If you&#8217;d like to explore this more or have some questions about spiritual direction, please feel free to <a title=\"Contact\" href=\"https:\/\/dangates.uk\/index.php\/contact\/\">get in touch<\/a> with me.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2b9940f e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"2b9940f\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You might be wondering what spiritual direction is. 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