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Jan 14, 20191 min read

St. Basil, Pray for Us to Know the Spirit

St. Basil, good shepherd of Cappadocia and defender of the Holy Spirit; pray for us so that we too may find intimacy with the Advocate,...

Jan 11, 20191 min read

Breathing is Important

In theological terms, we speak of the Holy Spirit as the ruah Yahweh, the breath of God, who was spirated, is spirating, and will spirate...

Jan 9, 20191 min read

Try Withdrawing to Pray

"Jesus often withdrew to lonely places and prayed" (Luke 5:16). Do as He did. Don't wait. Reality is found in the eternal darkness....

Dec 31, 20181 min read

Only One Resolution

There's only one new year's resolution worth making. That is: resolve to pray by using more silence and stillness. You will not be good...

Dec 28, 20181 min read

Slow is Good

Except during the few days between Christmas and the new year, the world demands great speed from us at work, at home, at school, on the...

Dec 26, 20181 min read

Find Your Cave

The Savior was offered a cave in which He was born. This is scandalous, of course, because the child Christ, His Mother Mary, and His...

Dec 19, 20181 min read

St. Nicholas, Pray for Us

St. Nicholas, please pray for us so that we can contemplate the gift of God incarnate. Help us to shun unnecessary activity, resist...

Dec 17, 20181 min read

Strangers to the Word of Life

"The Virgin's gift to us of 'the Word of God' was different from that of the prophets, and the relationship that was formed and endured...

Dec 14, 20181 min read

Embody Christ, Don't Merely Teach

There is a great difference between teaching about Christ and embodying Him. This is the difference between Mary and the rest of us. She...

Dec 10, 20181 min read

Humility is Everything

Humility is the only way that we grow in union with God. #humility #theosis #ContemplativePrayer

HOLY SILENCE