Part of the Contemplative Prayer practice is to begin by turning your attention to the task at hand. A moment to turn your thoughts and your vision inward to this time of silence, of sitting in whole acceptance, and one-on-one communion. Most folks start with a bell or gong. I use a well-worn Tibetan singing ...
Peter writes: Watch over those who are entrusted to you, not simply as a duty, * but with gladness of heart. * According to God’s will. 1 Peter 5:1-4 Keep the Faith! – Amen (The asterisk marks shown above are breath marks. As used when reading Psalms aloud, at that mark you ...
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This short item is more of a conversational piece that is not really a prayer as we may know it. The words, silently repeated when your thoughts fall on them, remind us of the continual conversation – the Relationship – between us and that which is our Maker. Nothing is asked for; nothing is ...
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Cathedra Everywhere J.S. Bach wrote that “to sing once is to pray twice.” When I sing, and when I hear singing, I am surrounded by the presence of the angels and the prayers of the saints. I am in communion, even if in a community of one. I remember today one of the Advent meditations ...
This is the story of an old friend who passed from us this week: the morning of New Years Day. I’m not much on writing eulogies until called upon, but in this case, Douglass Hunt and I had “a history,” you might say. 30-some years in the making, and all the great surprises were saved ...
