Authentic Awakening in Prayer
I used to curse my emotions. The chill of fear, the pang of disappointment, or being momentarily happy only to eventually fall from cloud nine…
contemplation
Before Everything Became Automatic (And Clouds Were Still Tunics)
In my last post, I drew a connection between my mental fumblings (throwing the wrong things away, losing car key possession) and my living on…
BRIAN – DAY 20: Balance
At the beginning of Lent, I was convinced the best way for me to feel close to God was in silent, contemplative solitude. I still…
Thomas Merton: Pivotal Modern Contemplative
Country: United States
Born: January 31, 1915
Died: December 10, 1968
Religion: Roman Catholic
Born: January 31, 1915
Died: December 10, 1968
Religion: Roman Catholic
Writer, poet, anti-war activist and Trappist monk Thomas Merton helped make Catholicism relevant for a new generation and introduced many to contemplation.
#266 – How do you listen to God?
How do you listen to God? Please give to our Double Your Dollars Holiday Fund Drive @ www.bustedhalo.com. Church Search for the Immaculate Conception. 12-8-10.
Beads On Call
August 15 is the feast of the Assumption. According to Catholic tradition, at the end of Mary’s earthly life, she was assumed body and soul…
Can you give me suggestions about being better able to listen to God?
The word God speaks to us is our life. Sit quietly and ask yourself the following question: What really fills me with joy and passion?…
Look at His adorable face. Look at His glazed and sunken eyes. Look at His wounds. Look Jesus in the Face. There, you will see how He loves us. — St. Therese of Lisieux
Fast from dinner. Pray for those who are unable to enjoy a meal today. Give the cost of your meal to the FPG bowl.
What Works: Meditation
“Oh, I can’t meditate. I tried it. My mind won’t shut up.” This is the most common rejection I hear when counseling people that daily meditation may help them. People think they can’t meditate.
Speaking of Silence
At the beginning of March, Philip Groning’s film Into Great Silence—a two-hour and forty-minute meditation on life in the Grande Chartreuse Carthusian monastery in southeastern…
