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A Lay Cistercian Looks at Spiritual Reality
Month: February 2019
Lay Cistercian Litany of Praise and Glory
One of the great prayer traditions in the Church Universal is the Liturgy of the Saints. I was thinking, during one of my recent Lectio Divina meditations about how I should praise God for his supreme act of Love to become one of us… Continue Reading “Lay Cistercian Litany of Praise and Glory”
ASSUMPTIONS ABOUT CONTEMPLATIVE SPIRITUALITY
What follows is an exerpt from two of my books, THE PLACE NO ONE WANTS TO LOOK: Six questions all of us must answer before we die, and, SEEKING GOD AT PREMIER GYM IN TALLAHASSEE FLORIDA.What seems like nonsensical titles are actually at the… Continue Reading “ASSUMPTIONS ABOUT CONTEMPLATIVE SPIRITUALITY”
CHAPTER 7: Fear of the Lord
In one of my Lectio Divina meditations on Philippians 2:5, I marveled at the key role that humility plays in the divine economy of salvation. Not only does this seem to be the cornerstone of any way of thinking with Jesus as the center,… Continue Reading “CHAPTER 7: Fear of the Lord”
SEEKING GOD IN MY BACK YARD
I must share this incident with you. Last week, we replaced an old, wooden deck with a new one. It took a long time to ask three or four contractors to give us estimates (my wife is the brains, I am just old). Last… Continue Reading “SEEKING GOD IN MY BACK YARD”
MAKE A CONTEMPLATIVE RETREAT
This coming August 19-22, 2019, (Monday through Thursday), there will be an opportunity for you to make a retreat at Our Lady of the Holy Spirit Retreat Center, Conyers, Georgia. If you have been to the Monastery for a retreat, you know that silence… Continue Reading “MAKE A CONTEMPLATIVE RETREAT”
THREE WAYS TO SEE GOD
This title may be a misnomer. There are many ways to see God and this is a reflection from my Lectio Divina (Philippians 2:5) about three of them that come to mind. My next door neighbor, now deceased, God rest his soul, was a… Continue Reading “THREE WAYS TO SEE GOD”
SEEKING GOD THROUGH YOUTUBE
Like everything else in life, seeking God on Youtube can be authentic or unauthentic. In terms of secular thinking, you determine what is authentic or unauthentic (the knowledge of good and evil in Genesis 2-3). As a Lay Cistercian seeking God in everyday living,… Continue Reading “SEEKING GOD THROUGH YOUTUBE”
THE INTIMACY OF GOD
One of my friends (I do still have a few of them) asked me last year how I know that God loves me. In reflecting on my Lectio Divina (Philippians 2:5), I put this question to God. For those who know me, you know… Continue Reading “THE INTIMACY OF GOD”
You Are What You Were, When, Again
If I think back on it, it was at Ft. Sill, Oklahoma in 1979, when I first saw Dr. Morris Massey and listened to his presentation entitled, “You Are What You Were, When.” This will date me, but I watched it on a 16mm… Continue Reading “You Are What You Were, When, Again”
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