The most challenging phase of our spiritual journey is the transition from meditative prayer to contemplative prayer. This transition literally requires us to begin to abandon the comfortable methods of prayer, and the use of our faculties, that we have come to rely on. In this conversation, Mark and Frances explain the disposition the soul must adopt when it discerns the Lord is calling it to this more intimate encounter in prayer. Here the soul moves to a condition of receptivity, silence, waiting and surrender or abandonment to God’s will, which most especially includes His timing. Here the lover is asked to increase its desire for the Beloved, not through its own activity or efforts, but rather by waiting on her Beloved to take the initiative. This program is very helpful for those beginning to experience the first stages of contemplative prayer.
Books:
“Saint John of the Cross: Master of Contemplation” by Fr. Donald Haggerty; Ignatius Press.
“The Collected Works of St. John of the Cross” by John of the Cross; ICS Publications.
Fr. Daniel Chowning
The Holy Face Part 2
Mary as Virgin
Devotion to the Holy Face Part 1
Carmelite Books
Divine Mercy and the Carmelites, Part Two
Divine Mercy and the Carmelites, Part One
Devotion to the Holy Face – Part 1
Brother Lawrence’s Letters
Brother Lawrence’s Teachings On Detachment
The Writings of Fr. Beaufort
Elizabeth of the Trinity III
Blessed Elizabeth of the Trinity II
Blessed Elizabeth of the Trinity II
Purgatory
St. Therese of Lisieux
St. Therese – Suffering
Changes to the Missal – Fr. Tony
St. John of the Cross
St. John of the Cross – Active night of the Spirit
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