The very reason why Christ sent out his love on the first Pentecost day was so that it could enter into all who would receive
There are no better words, nor a better way to describe what we must do on earth to bring about God’s Kingdom of love, than
Part Five – Our Lady and Mystical Contemplation Everyone has experienced what it feels like to be captivated by a wonderous landscape or a gloriously
Voltaire once said that God created man in his own image and likeness and man has returned the compliment. Although first fervour or first enthusiasm
When something big is about to happen, and I mean really big and important, God has a habit of choosing the person we would not
Dean Swift, the author of Gulliver’s Travels said that we have just enough religion to make us hate, but not enough to make us love
What is prayer and how ought we to pray? It is nearly impossible to hear a homily or read a religious article without receiving the
In this time of pandemic, when many of us find ourselves limited in our ability to go out and interact with others, I encourage you
It only took a few months for Christ to become a massive celebrity who everyone wanted to see. The many miracles that he performed added
In its discussion of Christian prayer, the Catechism of the Catholic Church distinguishes between meditation and contemplation. Meditation is described as a quest in which
When we pray the Rosary, we’re called contemplate Christ’s life and to “pray with the heart” by Our Lady. St. John Paul II told us,
I just received a devastating email from a one-time fan to say that in my most recent article, ‘some of the stuff’, I wrote in
In 1968 Bishop Casey of Brentwood appointed me director of his retreat and conference centre at Chingford in North London. The centre, otherwise known as
One of the fundamental characteristics of contemplation for a Carmelite is the understanding that it is an invitation: an invitation into another’s presence. God invites
Pope Francis’s recent apostolic exhortation, Gaudate et exsultate, on holiness in the modern world, initially seems to privilege charitable action over prayer and contemplation, saying
When Charles Dickens wrote, “God is love,” on the workhouse wall, he was, of course, being sarcastic. He knew there was no love in that
Some time ago, I was speaking about what I called Mystical Premonitions or Touches of God when one of the audience asked, “Are we talking about something that
“We had the experience but missed the meaning, / And approach to the meaning restores the experience / In a different form, beyond any meaning
One perfect Word, and a world full of noise; one perfect proof of love, yet millions of lonely-hearted souls; one perfect God, and a bewildering
Earlier this evening, I decided to drive north on Colorado Boulevard during rush hour. I had to run a few errands along that route and
Twenty-five years ago, my husband discovered a book entitled \”Guidelines to Mystical Prayer\” by a British Carmelite nun, Ruth Burrows. That book changed our lives.
