The Center for Contemplative Practice
A Lay Cistercian Looks at Spiritual Reality
Month: October 2025
TRENDS AND TRANSFORMATIONS OF THE AUTHENTIC CHURCH OF CHRIST
Because the Church Universal is not a building but the living Body of Christ, whose scope is those in Heaven enjoying the Beatific Vision. Those on earth must convert their lives daily (conversio morae) so that Jesus might increase and they decrease (capacitas dei).… Continue Reading “TRENDS AND TRANSFORMATIONS OF THE AUTHENTIC CHURCH OF CHRIST”
DIGGING FOR HEAVENLY GOLD ON EARTH: THE THREE LONGINGS OF THE HUMAN HEART
I have noticed that my penchant for digging, bordering on an obsession, has not waned with age, unlike many of my New Year’s Resolutions. Like those early settlers of the West who were seduced by gold fever, I packed up everything and began the… Continue Reading “DIGGING FOR HEAVENLY GOLD ON EARTH: THE THREE LONGINGS OF THE HUMAN HEART”
DIGGING FOR HEAVENLY GOLD ON EARTH: REALIZING WHAT IT MEANS TO BE HUMAN AT THE NEXT LEVEL OF OUR EVOLUTION.
WARNING: This blog is long and requires reading once or twice to dig out its gold. Don’t blame me, I only type it. Erich Fromm, an existential psychologist and author of The Art of Loving, is one of the great influencers in how I view… Continue Reading “DIGGING FOR HEAVENLY GOLD ON EARTH: REALIZING WHAT IT MEANS TO BE HUMAN AT THE NEXT LEVEL OF OUR EVOLUTION.”
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