Monthly Archives: February 2016
Mercy
…”Mercy “expresses God’s way of reaching out to the sinner, offering him a new chance to look at himself, convert, and believe” (Misericordiae Vultus, 21), thus restoring his relationship with him. In Jesus crucified, God shows his desire to draw near to sinners, however far they may have strayed from him…
MESSAGE
OF HIS HOLINESS POPE FRANCIS
FOR LENT 2016
“I desire mercy, and not sacrifice” (Mt 9:13).
The works of mercy on the road of the Jubilee
Emptiness and Non-Attachment, by Carl McColman.
“Last week I wrote about the difference between how Catholics understand meditation and contemplation, based on material found in the Catholic Catechism. A reader left the following comment on that post:
We rest in God. But we do not empty our minds. We are always in communication with God. Prayer is focusing on God and we praise him for who He is, we intercede for others, and we put our requests to Him. We align our wills with His in prayer. Never do we make our minds a ‘spiritual vacuum’ for something else other than the Holy Spirit to fill it.” Read more.
Catholic Meditation and Contemplative Prayer: What’s the Difference? by Carl McColman.
“A reader of my blog wrote to me and asked this question:
What do you see is the difference between Catholic meditation and contemplative prayer?
It’s a great question, made complicated by the fact that words like meditation and contemplation can be used in a variety of ways, especially in society at large.” Read more
Renewing the Understanding of the Contemplative Tradition
Father Carl Arico wrote a series of questions and answers about the richness of Contemplative Prayer, Centering Prayer and the role of Contemplative Outreach.
I highly recommend you read his article: Renewing the Understanding of the Contemplative Tradition