The Mature Christian

Msgr. Charles Pope shares the best ways to grow in maturity in the spiritual life, to help others who are spiritually immature, and how to best combat spiritual warfare.

Questions Covered:

• 22:12 - My boyfriend and I are in a long-distance relationship. I feel like one of us should be prepared to move at this point, but neither of us seem to be. How can I maturely and prayerfully approach this? 
• 32:53 - How can I understand spiritual warfare and grow in my ability to combat it? 
• 41:42 - I find myself and my wife at different stages in our spiritual walk. I feel like I am leaving her behind. What should I do? 
• 44:49 - I have noticed that if I go to confession, I am attacked by temptation almost immediately. Is this a common experience? 
• 46:40 - How does cohabitation affect growing in the spiritual life? 
• 49:28 - If we are in our adolescence as Christians, why does God choose to be hidden from us? 
• 51:45 - I was brought up pagan. I was a part of a ritual. How can I get out of this?