The Center for Contemplative Practice
A Lay Cistercian Looks at Spiritual Reality

January 2019

CONVERSIO MORAE: Reaching maturity as a human

At the heart of Lay Cistercian spirituality, or the way each person, each day seeks God by having in them the mind of Christ Jesus (Philippians 2:5), is conversion. I share with you some of the readings that have made me ponder my morality and immortality during Lent. https://www.goodcatholic.com/your-guide-to-the-seven-deadly-sins/ Whenever I think of converting myself […]

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THE CHIRST PRINCIPLE: LINKING THE VINE TO THE BRANCHES

Here are some thoughts about how the Christ Principle links all peoples to himself. The Coming of Jesus’ Hour.*20Now there were some Greeks* among those who had come up to worship at the feast.n21* They came to Philip, who was from Bethsaida in Galilee, and asked him, “Sir, we would like to see Jesus.”o22Philip went and told […]

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ARE YOU FULL OF HATRED?

I know that I am.  Being full of hatred, depending on your assumptions, means different things to different readers (or writers). Here are some reflections on hatred and some contexts in which they might be good or evil.  Once, when I was thinking about having in me the mind of Christ Jesus (Phil 2:5), I […]

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