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Spiritual Dryness & Detachment: Fr. Robert Nixon OSB on Thomas à Kempis, Sports, Politics, and Divine Consolation
Why do faithful Christians who pray and attend Mass regularly sometimes experience a lack of spiritual joy or consolation? On The Son Rise Morning Show, host Matt Swaim welcomes back Fr. Robert Nixon, OSB, Benedictine monk at New Norcia Abbey in Australia and translator of TAN Books' Thomas à Kempis series (Solitude and Silence: The Cloister of the Heart). Fr. Nixon explains that spiritual dryness often signals an over-reliance on external, worldly consolations. Drawing parallels to sports fandom, politics, careers, and video games, they discuss Thomas à Kempis's practical…
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