In this segment, Mark and Frances delve into more of the particulars of the transition from active mental prayer to passive contemplative prayer. We start with a discussion of how to prepare for the gift of infused contemplation. St. Teresa of Avila recommended the practice of the prayer of recollection. What do we need to do to get recollected? What does the transition from the active prayer degrees to the passive contemplative prayer degrees look like? What signs does St. John of the Cross give us to help us know when we are being called to leave discursive prayer and mental reasoning and practice more simplicity in prayer? What signs does he give to indicate we have entered the “Passive Night of the Sense”? What should the soul do when we are in this transition period? What should the soul be cautious about?
Resources:Brochure:
“St. Teresa’s Prayer of Recollection” by St. Teresa of Avila, brochure; ICS Publications.
Scripture:
Ps. 46:11
Books:
“Divine Intimacy” by Fr. Gabriel of St. Mary Magdalen, OCD; Tan Books.
“The Ascent of Mt. Carmel” ( Book 2, Ch. 13) by St. John of the Cross from “The Collected Works of St. John of the Cross” translated by Kieran Kavanaugh, OCD and Otilio Rodriguez, OCD; ICS Publications.
“The Dark Night” (Book I, Ch. 9) by St. John of the Cross from “The Collected Works of St. John of the Cross” translated by Kieran Kavanaugh, OCD and Otilio Rodriguez, OCD; ICS Publications.
“The Practice of Contemplation According to John of the Cross” by James W. Kinn; ICS Publications.
“God, Be Yourself My Sanctity.” (Part 2)
“God, Be Yourself My Sanctity” (Part 1)
The Beatitudes Connection to the Ten Commandments (and Carmel)
A Model for Parents: Sts. Louis and Zélie Martin
Replay: Testing and Discerning a Vocation to the Secular Order of Discalced Carmelites with Guest, Colleen Sollinger, OCDS
An Analogy of Spiritual Childhood and a Reflection on the Rosary, with Deacon Mark Danis, OCDS
Detachment: An Essential for Divine Intimacy, with Deacon Rusty Baldwin, OCDS
The Prophetic Life and the Call of Discalced Carmelite Seculars to the Living Flame of Love, Homily by Deacon Rusty Baldwin, OCDS
Homily for the feast Day of Our Lady of Mount Carmel, with Deacon Rusty Baldwin
Reparation with Deacon Mark Danis, OCDS
Silence…the Language of God, with Deacon Rusty Baldwin, OCDS
Work: The Road to Holiness, with Tim Bete, OCDS
A Radiance of the Holy Spirit: St. Mary of Jesus Crucified, OCD, with Frances Harry, OCDS
The Holy Trinity, with Deacon Rusty Baldwin, OCDS
St. Joseph the Worker and the Work of Prayer,Deacon Mark Danis, OCDS
The Church Prepares, Year after Year, for the Anniversary of Her Birth: The Church and the Holy Spirit, with Jean Crowley, OCDS
Pray without Ceasing: Fulfilling the Lord’s Precept through the Liturgy of the Hours ; Part 2, with Marika Zimmerman, OCDS
Pray without Ceasing: Fulfilling the Lord’s Precept through the Liturgy of the Hours, with Marika Zimmerman, OCDS
Personal experiences of suffering, with Frances Harry, OCDS, and Deacon Rusty Baldwin, OCDS
Go to Joseph, by Deacon Rusty Baldwin, OCDS
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