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
The Graces of God
Fr. James Brent O.P.
August 16, 2022
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“Regardless of their forms, created graces are given to us to open our hearts to God so that we can personally receive him and freely respond to him when he pours himself out upon us in Love.” – Fr. James Brent, O.P.
Jesus’ Place in the Assumption
Thomas Griffin
August 14, 2022
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“Her Assumption reveals a key aspect of what it means to be Christian. We do not follow Christ because he is a great moral philosopher, but because being attached to him makes us who we were made to be.” – Thomas Griffin
The God of Grace
Fr. James Brent O.P.
August 10, 2022
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“Grace, in the first and most important sense, is God’s gift of himself to us. Grace is first of all the mystery of God saying: ‘here, have Me.’” – Fr. James Brent, O.P.
There is no “Deserve”
Lani Bogart
August 9, 2022
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“In the wake of Evan’s death, the sadness I experience because I didn’t live up to my own expectations as his mom is probably the hardest to let go. It seems I deserve it. But why should I cling to my failures when life and love await?” – Lani Bogart
The Gospel of Grace
Fr. James Brent O.P.
August 2, 2022
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“There is a name for the wonderful act by which God reveals his inner secret to us, calls us into his inner life and transmits something of his divine Life to our very souls. The name is grace.” – Fr. James Brent, O.P.
The Kingdom of Grace
Fr. James Brent O.P.
July 28, 2022
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“God works to increase his grace or supernatural life in our souls, but God also calls us to participate in the process of growth through our free choices and various practices. Every one of us is called to go on a journey from the land of our bondages to the land of the living God in the heavenly places.” Fr. James Brent, O.P. invites us on a spiritual journey in the first post of his new series.
The Letters of St. Paul of the Cross: “Remain Wholly Concealed”
Amy Knight
July 28, 2022
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“The hidden years are “crucifying” in the sense that this anonymity kills selfish ambition and self-driven agendas that are mostly unseen by ourselves. The hidden wilderness season is meant to drive out all that hinders Love and foster a complete and total dependence on God alone.” – Amy Knight
Is the Perfect the Enemy of the Good?
Will Wright
July 26, 2022
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“The enemy of the Good is not the perfect. For the Perfect One is the Good itself. What is the enemy of the good is perfectionism.” – Will Wright
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
