National Jesuit News » Jesuit Father John Murray http://www.jesuit.org/blog Just another WordPress weblog Wed, 16 Jan 2013 14:00:45 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 Jesuit Writes About Life as a Spiritual Director http://www.jesuit.org/blog/index.php/2011/10/jesuit-writes-about-life-as-a-spiritual-director/ http://www.jesuit.org/blog/index.php/2011/10/jesuit-writes-about-life-as-a-spiritual-director/#comments Thu, 13 Oct 2011 13:00:12 +0000 NJN Editor http://www.jesuit.org/blog/?p=3887 Jesuit Father John Murray Jesuit Father John Murray says that when people ask him what it’s like to be a spiritual director, his answer is always the same. “Spiritual director is to be more a companion on the journey, than a person who has the answers to another’s concerns,” he writes in a reflection.

Fr. Murray writes that his life at Eastern Point Retreat House in Gloucester, Mass., where he is director, is a “wild mixture of listening, companioning and managing a good size inn!”

“With our staff of Jesuits and guest directors, we listen and focus and shine some light into darkened hearts,” writes Murray.

He finds managing a retreat house is both a great challenge and a great joy.

“As I reflect on my years as a Jesuit; high school work, then principal, then socius and now as a retreat director, I marvel at how Jesus has become my true love and friend,” he writes.

Read more of Murray’s reflections.

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