Contemplative Summer

This week we're looking at contemplative prayer and how to incorporate it into our faith lives. In addition, there's an important update on the podcast, so please give this one a careful listen.

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Here are some resources I hope will help you to engage with this week's topic in a deeper way for yourself:

1. "The Inner Journey: Thomas Merton's Contemplative Spirituality," by MattandJojang's Blog

2. "Jesus Was a Contemplative," by St. Joseph's College Online Theology

3. "How to Practice Contemplative Meditation," by U.S. Catholic

4. Book: Seeds of Contemplation, by Thomas Merton

5. Book: Liturgy of the Ordinary: Sacred Practices in Everyday Life, by Tish Harrison Warren

6. Book: Here and Now, by Henri Nouwen

7. Contemplative prayer resources and history from contemplativeoutreach.org

8. Song: Be Thou My Vision, by Audrey Assad

9. Song: The Embrace, by Ashana

10. Video: What is Contemplative Prayer?, with Fr. Mike Schmitz and Called to More