The Center for Contemplative Practice
A Lay Cistercian Looks at Spiritual Reality
Month: May 2026
MOMS AND DADS AS SPIRITUAL DIRECTORS: Internet Resources Every Catholic Must Know.
I know it is a bit ambitious to think that all Catholics will use these resources. Still, I offer them in light of the increase in AI-generated and Avatar versions of the Holy Father and Bishop Barron online, even though they were never produced.… Continue Reading “MOMS AND DADS AS SPIRITUAL DIRECTORS: Internet Resources Every Catholic Must Know.”
CHRIST COMES TO REDEEM THE ANAWIM.
Session 2: Christ Comes to Redeem the Anawim Valued friends: This marks a new type of Lectio Divina, actually more of a contemplative reading to help you listen to “the ear of your heart.” It is not short, so listen to it in bursts,… Continue Reading “CHRIST COMES TO REDEEM THE ANAWIM.”
THE CATHOLIC Church AS ANAWIM: Session 1 of 5
Session 1: The Old Testament Anawim – God Hears the Cry of the Poor Valued friends: This marks a new type of Lectio Divina, actually more of a contemplative reading for you to listen to. It is not short, so listen to it in… Continue Reading “THE CATHOLIC Church AS ANAWIM: Session 1 of 5”
THEORETICAL CATHOLICISM: The sustainer of Absolute Truth in this life.
Having two citizenships (one of the world and one spiritual), both of which I inhabit seamlessly until I die and my spiritual one completes its evolutionary destiny, I can access that spiritual one through an act of will, a choice that I choose the… Continue Reading “THEORETICAL CATHOLICISM: The sustainer of Absolute Truth in this life.”
THE PENITENTIAL CATHOLIC: MULTIPLE LITANIES OF REPARATION AND PENANCE.
NOTICE: This is not a short blog but a prayerful collection of Litanies which I say. I write these as one who does not represent any official Catholic Church, Cistercian, or Lay Cistercian prayers, and should be recited only as a private devotion based… Continue Reading “THE PENITENTIAL CATHOLIC: MULTIPLE LITANIES OF REPARATION AND PENANCE.”
THEORETICAL CATHOLICISM: The enabler of human evolution.
That which was destined to be the nature and Omega destiny (Teilhard map) of all reality, part of which is the movement of humanity, and within it my personal Alpha and Omega, my continuity with the flow of all energy, all matter, all time,… Continue Reading “THEORETICAL CATHOLICISM: The enabler of human evolution.”
THEORETICAL CATHOLICISM: The bringer of boundaries to chaos.
This is a continuation of a previous set of readings about my interactions with the world around me (the physical universe), added to my assimilation of what is meaningful (the mental universe), all encapsulated by the energy to move to my deepest evolution and… Continue Reading “THEORETICAL CATHOLICISM: The bringer of boundaries to chaos.”
THEORETICAL CATHOLICISM: Maybe we are not looking in the right place with the correct assumptions.
A theoretical Catholic is in an existential struggle between what the world says is true and what absolute truth is, as it is on earth as it is in Heaven. Part of where I find myself as I challenge the assumptions that I have… Continue Reading “THEORETICAL CATHOLICISM: Maybe we are not looking in the right place with the correct assumptions.”
WONDER IF…
INSTRUCTIONS: This is a Meditation for you. I find it helpful to read it out loud, even if I do so alone. Wandering down the labyrinthine pathways of the upper room of my inner self, I sometimes have ideas that flit through my consciousness… Continue Reading “WONDER IF…”
PENITENTIAL PRACTICES AS INSPIRED BY OUR LADY OF AKITA: My customized Rosary of Reparation and Restitution and Lectio Divina.
I decided to write out this Rosary, even though it might be tedious to read, to provide you with the traditional Sorrowful Mysteries of the Rosary (in bold), along with my commentary on how I use this unique prayer of penance and reparation. I… Continue Reading “PENITENTIAL PRACTICES AS INSPIRED BY OUR LADY OF AKITA: My customized Rosary of Reparation and Restitution and Lectio Divina.”
THE PENITENTIAL CATHOLIC: The discipline of praying the Sorrowful Mysteries of Christ.
Every Catholic must be rooted in the awareness that they received a tattoo on their soul in the sign of the cross, the same cross on which Jesus died for all humans, that they be released from being mere humans to the fulfillment of… Continue Reading “THE PENITENTIAL CATHOLIC: The discipline of praying the Sorrowful Mysteries of Christ.”
Applications of Contemplative Freedom: Discerning Needs in the Image and Likeness of God – Gentle Practices for Women Seeking Deeper Love, the Incarcerated, Shut-Ins, the Elderly, and Those Facing Death
I asked Grok to comment on the application of the previous blog on the two types of humans as they approach the subject of needs, and how this gives us a tiny glimpse of God. What follows are Grok’s observations. I approve of this… Continue Reading “Applications of Contemplative Freedom: Discerning Needs in the Image and Likeness of God – Gentle Practices for Women Seeking Deeper Love, the Incarcerated, Shut-Ins, the Elderly, and Those Facing Death”
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