#ContemplativePrayer 3/6

Feb 16, 20191 min read

Who?

You. And only you. You are the Christ, the Son of the Living God. Lead me to you. Teach me to shun everything that is not of you. There...

Feb 14, 20191 min read

Where, O Lord?

Where will they find you, O Lord? With their money? By their status? Through their opinions? In their power? The illusiveness of life....

Feb 12, 20191 min read

When, O Lord?

When will they turn to you, O Lord? Sad. Angry. Frustrated. Alone. Our words don't matter. Our prayers do. Only because you make it so....

Feb 7, 20191 min read

How, O Lord?

How, O Lord, do we draw closer to you? How do we teach others to grow in you? How do we fight their fear and anguish? Teach us to pray...

Jan 30, 20191 min read

Do this...

Meditate on the Most Holy Trinity every day. Sleep, eat, and exercise well. Study Sacred Scripture and the writings of the spiritual...

Jan 28, 20191 min read

Know this...

You are an interior being. Your body is God's temple. Your mind was made for God's wisdom, not mankind's reason. You were made to seek...

Jan 25, 20193 min read

A Ladder Rising Wondrously to Heaven

"The first step is that of purest prayer. From this there comes a warmth of heart, And then a strange, a holy energy, Then tears wrung...

Jan 23, 20191 min read

St. Gregory of Nyssa, Pray for Us

St. Gregory of Nyssa, good shepherd of Cappadocia and teacher of mystical theology, pray that we give ourselves over to a true search for...

Jan 18, 20191 min read

St. John the Baptist, Pray for Us

St. John the Baptist, Prophet and Forerunner of Christ, pray for us that we too may become burning and shining lights (John 5:35). You...

Jan 16, 20191 min read

Gifts that Quench the Desert Within

When we lift up our hearts, minds, and souls to the Most Holy Spirit of God and ask to be saved from ourselves by His sanctification, He...

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