It is the Wailing and the Weeping
It is the wailing and the weepingThat wakes the will to repentInfinite happiness is the soul‚Äôs birthrightAnd all unhappiness comesFrom selling it for a pot of porridgeWhich leaves the soul […]
It is the wailing and the weepingThat wakes the will to repentInfinite happiness is the soul‚Äôs birthrightAnd all unhappiness comesFrom selling it for a pot of porridgeWhich leaves the soul […]
Soon I’ll retire for the day and receive the gift of sleep. I’m writing from the Katoski room at the Shalom Retreat Center in Dubuque, Iowa where I’m leading a […]
“Consent” or “surrender-accept.” “Consent to God’s presence and action within.” Sometimes I hear something so often that I cease to actually hear what it says. Consent, surrender, and accept have […]
On the 5th December 2013, seven of us met at Sediba mountain centre for our annual three-day retreat. Sediba (the source) is set in the Magaliesberg Mountains, overlooking Hartebeespoort dam. […]
Q: Please advise on the different between Centering Prayer, contemplative prayer and meditation. A: There are many levels of relation with God that can be manifested by the way we […]
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Q: Please help me understand how Centering Prayer and the charismatic or Pentecostal belief in speaking in tongues as a sign on baptism in the Spirit are related? Can they […]
There is just this witness to observe both inside and outside the body-mind. There is this detachment and I am not identified with either. It feels like my mind […]
What happens whenhe ground on which one standsBecomes a mighty chasmAnd earth a distant land? What happens whenThe new found earthIs not outside but inAnd deafened ears and frigid heartAre […]
Q: I read the other day about a study of the prophets in the Old Testament, where one of the conclusions was that in their contact with God, they never […]
[This homily was delivered on March 2, 2013, at the Sunday Eucharist concluding a 4-day Silent Retreat on Contemplative Living with Mary Dwyer in Arnprior, Ontario, Canada.] O God, you […]
I am grateful to have been practicing centering prayer for several years now. While in Hawaii with my family last summer, I would practice centering prayer on a hammock then […]
I spent 19 years as a lay-brother at St. Joseph‚Äôs Abbey when Father Thomas was my Abbot. He was a wonderful man who helped me develop my spiritual life. I […]