Contemplative Prayer and Receptivity
Fr. Jeremiah Shryock CFR
August 21, 2022
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“In contemplative prayer one does not so much approach God, but is approached by God.” – Fr. Jeremiah Shryock
Fr. Jeremiah Shryock CFR
Fr. Jeremiah Myriam Shryock CFR, is from Barto, PA, and entered the Community of Franciscan Friars of the Renewal in 2002. He was ordained a priest in 2011 by Cardinal Timothy Dolan in St. Patricks’ Cathedral in New York City and several years later completed studies in spiritual direction at Our Lady of Divine Providence School of spiritual direction in Clearwater, FL. Throughout his time as a Franciscan, he has participated in his community’s charism of hands-on work with the poor and preaching, while also directing and preaching retreats all across the country and serving as a spiritual director. He currently lives in San Juan Diego Friary in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
He is author of Amid Passing Things: Life, Prayer, and Relationship with God, Mary and the Interior Life, and Let Him Lead: Following Jesus in the Gospels (2025).
The Call to Contemplation as a Call to Deeper Conversion
Fr. Jeremiah Shryock CFR
July 22, 2022
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“Contemplation invites us to an intimacy with God that transcends our senses and is, therefore, beyond words, ideas, and images.” – Fr. Jeremiah Shryock
Solitude: A Deeper Revelation
Fr. Jeremiah Shryock CFR
June 19, 2022
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Fr. Jeremiah Shryock, CFR, gives a homily to the nuns of the monastery of Bethlehem in Livingston Manor, New York, where he serves as chaplain. Here he offers insight into the vast difference between solitude and isolation. The deepest revelations of God, Father Jeremiah points out, take place in solitude, “a place of intimacy and
Preparing for Pentecost with Mary
Fr. Jeremiah Shryock CFR
May 29, 2022
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“As the Father and Son are completing the Paschal Mystery and preparing to give them the Holy Spirit, it is Mary who is preparing her children for this great event. And of course, what she does with them is what she wants to do with us.” – Fr. Jeremiah Shryock
Allowing Ourselves to be Led
Fr. Jeremiah Shryock CFR
May 8, 2022
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“The voice of the Good Shepherd calls us beyond our own resistance and beyond the life that we think will make us happy and towards the life that He wants, which is nothing else than a life of intimacy with Him.” – Fr. Jeremiah Shryock
The Wounds of Love
Fr. Jeremiah Shryock CFR
April 24, 2022
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“Jesus’ wounds are a visible sign of His total gift of self.” – Fr. Jeremiah Shryock
The Presence of Mary
Fr. Jeremiah Shryock CFR
April 1, 2022
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“Mary’s presence is always a comfort and a consolation, even to God.” – Fr. Jeremiah Shryock
Letters to Brian: Learning to Look at Jesus
Fr. Jeremiah Shryock CFR
March 21, 2022
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“Christian prayer is not a self-help exercise, a stress reduction program, or a therapeutic tool to help us cope with our problems.” – Fr. Jeremiah Shryock
Letters to Brian: Disarming Anxiety
Fr. Jeremiah Shryock CFR
March 6, 2022
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Fr. Jeremiah Shryock offers a “spirituality towards anxiety.”
Contemplative Prayer: A Deeper Listening
Fr. Jeremiah Shryock CFR
February 24, 2022
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“How necessary then is this deep listening. Without it, we miss God. We miss our vocations. And we miss the intimacy and the depth to which He is calling each one of us.” – Fr. Jeremiah Shryock
