b'OPENING THOUGHTThe spiritual mentors in my life have been skilled at asking the kinds of questions that have caused me to pause, then ponder something I hadnt considered beforetaking me to a depth of contemplation I had not expected.Perhaps therst act of the spiritual mentor is to ask an open-hearted question.The second act, then, is to create the trusted space of silence for that question to be answered.I think of Francisco de Osuna, the spiritual mentor of John of the Cross and Teresa of Avila. When they would come to him for spiritual direction he would ask just one question: How is your heartt oday?What are the open-hearted questions we might ask of young people today?Can we create safe, silent space for them to linger in the question, allowing the Spirit to lead where it will?JOHN VITEK, PRESIDENT OF SAINT MARYS PRESS'