“I’d like to think of a retreat as a honeymoon with God. We have the tendency to think we can solve all our problems on our own. But we have to leave things in God’s hands, knowing they’re in very good hands!” Cristina Montes

Cristina Montes

Cristina Montes is a lawyer and a writer from the Philippines who writes for Ignitum Today, a website on the concerns of young Catholic adults. She often shares her own personal walk with Christ as a lay Catholic and believes every member of the faith has an Apostolate.

This month since we’re talking about temptation, spiritual retreats did come up as one of the solutions where you can retreat to God and evaluate your life and decisions.

I spoke to  to Christina Montes about attending spiritual retreats. She explains:
-What happens at a retreat?
-What you can hope to achieve at a retreat?
-How to pick a retreat?
-When must you go on one?
-How to prepare?

Cristina has some fantastic advice about attending retreats. I make them myself at Lent and Advent, at my own parish,wherever I’m based. But Cristina has detailed the steps, the preparation involved, the sacrifices and the rewards of attending a retreat. She aptly calls it a honeymoon with God.