thecenterforcontemplativepractice

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I am a Professed Lay Cistercian, retired from life, former US Army Chaplain, Ordained RC Priest (Laicized), who will spend whatever time He has left seeking God where I am and as I am so that I can move from self to God.

Posts by thecenterforcontemplativepractice:

• WHAT’S IN IT FOR ME?
• waiting for the master
• THE SEDUCTION OF FALSE SILENCE AND SOLITUDE
• GOD IS NOT FAIR BUT HE IS JUST
• YOU CAN’t BE CONTEMPLATIVE IN YOUR SPIRITUALITY BY YOURSELF
• HATERS ANONYMOUS
• POWER AND GLORY
• moving from self to god…slowly but surely
• CHAPTER 4: rENOUNCE YOURSELF IN ORDER TO FOLLOW CHRIST
• I HAVE HEART PROBLEMS
• IF YOU ARE A ROOM…
• WHAT HELPS ME RECITE THE LITURGY OF THE HOURS?
• THE GATHERING
• how long can you hold your spiritual breath?
• SILENCE: THE ENTRANCE TO FOREVER
• wonder-filled resources that fill up the emptiness of my heart while i age in place.
• seeking god during covid-19
• HOW TO SEEK GOD IN THREE UNIVERSES
• seeking god at the va clinic
• HOW GOD SPEAKS TO ALL OF US.
• SLOW DOWN! lISTEN TO YOUR HEART
• SHARING INTERNET SITES I USE
• Youtube clips that have helped me in contemplation
• TEARING DOWN RATHER THAN MAKING ALL THINGS NEW
• STRENGTH TRAINING FOR BECOMING MORE LIKE CHRIST
• THE MYSTERIOUS WHY QUESTION
• THE SIXTY-SECOND CATHOLIC
• LECTIO DIVINA: ENHANCEMENTS
• THE TRINITY: ARCHETYPE FOR FOREVER
• YOU may be ASKING THE WRONG QUESTION?
• LESSONS AVOIDED
• EMAIL FROM JESUS
• 10 questions about WHAT HEAVEN will BE LIKE?
• HERE IS A TEMPTATION FROM SATAN YOU MAY NOT SEE COMING
• THE HAPPINESS OF DOING NOTHING
• TEN MISCONCEPTIONS PEOPLE HAVE ABOUT BEING A CATHOLIC
• MY new END TIME
• COSMIC RESONANCE: WHY JESUS IS THE MESSIAH?
• THE CONSEQUENCES OF SEEKING GOD DAILY
• FOCUS: AT THE NEXUS OF THE STRUGGLE BETWEEN SPIRIT AND FLESH
• WHAT DOES IT MEAN FOR US TO LOVE OTHERS AS CHRIST LOVES US?
• RELAX!
• MONOS
• THE MARTYRDOM OF seeking god every day
• WHAT I WILL PACK FOR THE TRIP TO HEAVEN: SPIRITUAL READING
• wHERE ARE THOSE OLD WEDDING PICTURES NOW
• TEN THINGS YOU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT THE DEVIL
• WHY CHRIST DOESN’T MAKE SENSE
• WE ARE DEFINED BY OUR CHOICES.
• I SAW AND HEARD JESUS YESTERDAY
• AT THE CORE CENTER OF MY LIFE IS NOT THE CATHOLIC CHURCH
• THE RESURRECTION ENIGMA
• in THE STILLNESS OF TIME
• FILLING HOLES, FILLING TIME, FILLING SPACE
• contemplative prayer as you wait out the coronavirus19
• PROFOUND LISTENING
• POPE FRANCIS ON PRAYER AND FASTING
• WONDER IF….
• SeekING GOD AT COSTCO
• KERNELS OF FAITH
• ONE SOLITARY LIFE
• i have a problem
• SIMPLICITY of contemplation
• LINKING life’s lessons
• A LAY CISTERCIAN REFLECTS ON WEALTH AND HAPPINESS
• THE TOWER OF BABEL rEDUX: the INEXPLICABLE race by our race toWARDS ignorance and self delusion
• SIXTY SECOND CATHOLIC: aRE YOU WASTING TIME JUST WAITING TO DIE?
• liturgy of the hours:GUIDE TO PRAYING WITH THE CHURCH UNIVERSAL TO THE FATHER THROUGH CHRIST
• Liturgy of the Hours: WWW.DIVINE OFFICE.ORG
• FIVE PITHY SAYINGS THAT PACK A CONTEMPLATIVE PUNCH
• MOVING FROM SELF TO GOD
• CONTEMPLATION: Sharing
• A SPIRITUAL AUDIT
• CANTICLE OF PURE ENERGY
• CONTEMPLATION: Focus on Christ alone
• SLOW DOWN YOUR PRAYER
• CRAZY THOUGHTS IN MY LECTIO DIVINA
• DO YOU LOVE GOD MORE THAN YOUR SPOUSE?
• ARE YOU A SPIRITUAL HORDER?
• May the Peace of Christ be with you.
• HOW GOOD ARE YOU AT FILLING HOLES?
• ALL SOULS’ DAY
• COME, SHARE YOUR LORD’S JOY
• NOW WHAT?
• CHAPTER 4: Entitlements?
• TEN REASONS PEOPLE FALL AWAY FROM THE FAITH
• The Mystery of Faith
• MY GROWTH IN CHRIST JESUS
• THE SHIBBOLETH OF GOOD WORKS
• HEROES AND HEROINES
• BIRTHDAY THOUGHT FROM A BROKEN-DOWN, OLD, LAY CISERCIAN
• SPIRITUAL READING
• A PRAYER BY THOMAS MERTON
• YOU ARE RETIRED, NOW WHAT?
• WHERE ARE THOSE OLD WEDDING PICTURES, NOW?
• BLUE SKYS
• CONCENTRATED ORANGE JUICE
• READINGS IN CONTEMPLATIVE THOUGHT
• THE POLITICS OF HATRED
• MAKE A CONTEMPLATIVE RETREAT
• JOIN THE SCHOOL OF LOVE
• SLOW DOWN
• LUMEN GENTIUM: The Mystery of the Church
• ALL IN
• YOU HAVE NO IDEA
• DO WHAT YOU SAY
• MEAN WHAT YOU SAY
• ARE YOU LISTLESS?
• THE DIDACHE
• TEMPTATION AND FALLING AWAY FROM THE FAITH
• WHAT LAS VEGAS HAS TO SAY ABOUT MY FAITH
• THE END
• USING SCRIPTURE AS A TOOL FOR PRIDE
• HERITAGE LOST
• MERCY AND CONTEMPLATION
• 10 THING YOU MAY NOT KNOW ABOUT CHRIST
• LISTEN WITH THE EAR OF THE HEART
• 7 Pillars of Cistercian Spirituality
• THE SIXTY SECOND CATHOLIC- Don’t forget!
• WHAT IS GREATER THAN FAITH?
• 10 THINGS YOU MAY NOT KNOW ABOUT MARY, MOTHER OF GOD
• WHO DOES GOD THINK HE IS, ANYWAY? God?
• WHO ROWS YOUR BOAT?
• The Passive Man
• PRAYING WITH PERSONALITIES
• TWEEKING MY LAY CISTERCIAN PRAYERS
• GROWING DEEPER IN YOUR FAITH: Five Levels of Spiritual Awareness
• TEN THINGS YOU MAY NOT KNOW ABOUT THE POPE
• 10 THINGS YOU MAY NOT KNOW ABOUT TEMPTATIONS
• THE DEEPEST LEVEL OF BEING CATHOLIC UNIVERSAL
• GOD SPEAK
• FIVE PRACTICES THAT MAKE A LAY CISTERCIAN: WHAT DOES YOUR CONTEMPLATIVE PRACTICE LOOK LIKE?
• 10 THINGS YOU MAY NOT KNOW ABOUT GOD
• THE SIGN OF CONTRADICTION
• GET SPECIFIC IN YOUR PRAYER
• 10 THINGS YOU MIGHT NOT KNOW ABOUT LAY CISTERCIANS
• CONTEMPLATION IS…
• THE POWER OF DISCERNMENT
• GROWING DEEPER IN FAITH
• EXSULTET JAM ANGELICA, TURBA COELORUM…
• THE RESURRECTION ENIGMA
• CHAPTER 4: To make peace with one’s adversaries before the Sun sets.
• SEVEN WAYS OF DIVINE LOVE
• A SIGN OF CONTRADICTION
• REACHING PERFECTION
• SOME DAYS ARE BETTER THAN OTHERS
• CHAPTER 4: A Great Horror of Hell
• Mr. McCarrick
• FORGIVE THOSE WHO HURT YOU
• Eh?
• SIMPLICITY
• PROGRESS
• SPIRITUAL DIRECTOR
• THE LIFE OF A HERMIT
• MAKING SENSE OF THE SACRED
• WAYS TO LOOK AT SIN
• FAST AND PRAY
• SIC TRANSEAT GLORIA MUNDI
• FIVE TIPS TO HELP WITH PRAYER
• THE CONTEMPLATIVE APPROACH TO SPIRITUALITY
• THE SIXTY SECOND CATHOLIC
• Lay Cistercian Litany of Praise and Glory
• ASSUMPTIONS ABOUT CONTEMPLATIVE SPIRITUALITY
• CHAPTER 7: Fear of the Lord
• SEEKING GOD IN MY BACK YARD
• MAKE A CONTEMPLATIVE RETREAT
• THREE WAYS TO SEE GOD
• SEEKING GOD THROUGH YOUTUBE
• THE INTIMACY OF GOD
• You Are What You Were, When, Again
• CHAPTER 4: DO WHAT YOU SAY YOU WILL DO
• The Covenant
• CHAPTER 4: If you have a dispute with someone…
• Fidelity and Endurance
• YOU HAVE JUST MADE YOUR PROFESSION OF FAITH. NOW WHAT?
• MAKING A CONTEMPLATIVE RETREAT
• RESPECT OUR JEWISH HERITAGE
• PEACE BEYOND ALL TELLING
• THREE QUESTIONS THAT MAY ESCAPE YOU IN THE SEASON
• FOUR QUALITIES FOR CONTEMPLATIVE SPIRITUALITY
• HOW WELL DO YOU KEEP THE LAW?
• INTERNET RESOURCES YOU MAY USE TO MAKE ALL THINGS NEW
• GREAT GIFTS FOR CHRISTMAS
• OBEDIENCE: The Archetypal Sin
• WAYS TO APPROACH THE MYSTERY OF FAITH WITHOUT FRYING YOUR NEURONS A Lay Cistercian reflects how to approach the Mystery of Faith for those who wait before the Blessed Sacrament.
• THE ART OF SPIRITUALITY
• THE SMELL OF SIN
• SIXTY SECOND CATHOLIC: Serving Two Masters
• MAKING RETIREMENT MEANINGFUL: Do you have the discipline to love others as Christ loves us?
• THE SIXTY SECOND CATHOLIC: Don’t get too cocky.
• FUN WITH THE PSALMS
• THE CHRIST IMPERATIVES
• FAST AND PRAY, THAT YOU MAY NOT ENTER INTO TEMPTATION
• THREE TALES OF WONDER FROM HURRICANE MICHAEL
• ARE YOU ASKING THE RIGHT QUESTION?
• WOE TO YOU POLITICIANS AND SCRIBES
• CONTEMPLATIVE THOUGHTS ABOUT LIFE AND LOVE FROM SAINTS AND SINNERS II
• SOMETHING IS NOT RIGHT, HERE.
• LEARNING HOW TO LOVE: A Lay Cistercian reflects on what it means to love others as Christ loved us.
• THE SIXTY SECOND CATHOLIC: HOW TO UNLOCK THE MYSTERY OF FAITH
• CONTEMPLATIVE THOUGHTS ABOUT LIFE AND LOVE FROM SAINTS AND SINNERS
• WHAT DO YOU SEE
• PANGE LINGUA GLORIOSI
• DOES GOD HAVE LIMITATIONS?
• SEVEN LESSONS WE NEED TO LIVE IN THREE UNIVERSES
• DO WHAT HE TELLS YOU
• JUST BECAUSE YOUR PATH IS ROCKY, DOESN’T MEAN YOU ARE ON THE WRONG ROAD
• THINKING OF LEAVING THE CATHOLIC CHURCH?
• TOP TEN PLAINSONG AND CHANT FAVORITES
• A CONTEMPORARY LITANY OF THE SAINTS BEFORE THE THRONE OF THE LAMB
• CONFESSIONS OF A RANDOM WONDERER
• LIVING IN THREE UNIVERSES: The basis of Moral Living
• CONVERSATIONS ON A PARK BENCH: TIME AND THE MYSTERY OF FAITH
• THE SIXTY SECOND CATHOLIC: The complexity of the Church Universal
• BOOKS AND PEOPLE WHO HAVE INFLUENCED MY THINKING
• A TALE OF NO
• LECTIO DIVINA: DON’T KICK THE HABIT
• DISCERNMENT: Seeking God as a Lay Cistercian
• THE SIXTY SECOND CATHOLIC: Looking at Reality with Three Universes
• THE SIXTY SECOND CATHOLIC: What does reality look like?
• WHAT DO YOU SEE?
• THE TOWER OF BABEL
• CINO
• MERCY AND JUSTICE: The perils of judging others.
• PROCLAIM THE DEATH OF THE LORD UNTIL HE COMES
• BUILDING LAY CISTERCIAN CHARACTER: To hold one’s self aloof from worldly ways.
• CHAPTER 4: To dash at once against Christ the evil thoughts which arise in one’s heart.
• INSTAGRAM FROM THE EDGE OF TIME
• ANTICIPATING LOVE
• RULE OF ST. BENEDICT: Reflections on Zeal
• RETIREMENT: Preparing to die. Now what?
• A GOOD WAY TO START EACH DAY
• CHAPTER FOUR:To deny one’s self in order to follow Christ.
• FOUR WORDS THAT DESCRIBE THE DEPTH OF YOUR FAITH
• THE TIME YOU TAKE TO PRAY, THE DIFFICULTIES YOU ENDURE TO THINK ABOUT CHRIST IS ITSELF PART OF PRAYER
• WHICH ONE WOULD YOU CHOOSE?
• ST. MARY MAGDALENE
• MORNING OFFERING AND DAILY INTENTIONS
• SUICIDE MAKES PERFECT SENSE
• I’ll Get By With a Little Help from My Friends
• LAY CISTERCIAN RESOURCES
• THE SPACE RACE
• ARE YOU CALLED TO BE A LAY CISTERCIAN?
• ST. BENEDICT: THE LEGACY OF THE HEART
• THE DOOR NO ONE WANTS TO UNLOCK
• THREE DIVORCES YOU WON’T BELIEVE HAPPENED
• INTERVIEW WITH BROTHER ELIAS
• IS GOD LEFT HANDED?
• CAN YOU PASS THIS TEST?
• WHAT DO YOU SEE?
• CHAPTER 4: Place your hope in God alone.
• PLANNING A CONTEMPLATIVE APPROACH TO PRACTICE
• ARE YOU ASKING THE WRONG QUESTION?
• IF THERE IS NO RESURRECTION, HOLD ON TO YOUR SEATBELT
• LECTIO DIVINA: Actio
• SEVEN CISTERCIAN PRACTICES I DO EVERY DAY
• CHARLES KRAUTHAMMER AND CIVIL DISCOURSE
• HABIT: The Practice of Contemplative Practice
• ALWAYS LOOK DEEPER: Silence and Solitude
• LONGING: Do you do it?
• TOP TEN FAVORITES: Songs
• MY TOP TEN FAVORITES: Movies
• ANTHONY BOURDAIN AND SUICIDE
• WHAT IS YOUR CENTER?
• SIX THINGS I HATE
• GOD’S TATTOO.
• SEVEN CAVEATS FOR NOVICE CATHOLICS
• GENESIS: A story of Life..Forever
• FIVE STRANGE GIFTS FROM GOD TO HELP YOU GET TO HEAVEN: THE CUP OF LIFE.
• REFELECTIONS ON HOW SENDING EMAIL TAUGHT ME ABOUT CONTEMPLATION
• THE CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD
• FRAGMENTS IN A BASKET
• NEW PENTECOST
• THE NOBLE ART OF RECEIVING
• THE PLACE IN REALITY WHERE STEPHEN HAWKING COULD NOT LOOK.
• FIVE LEVELS OF SPIRITUAL AWARENESS
• WHAT IS A CHARISM?
• OBEDIENCE: The Archetypal Sin
• MAY THE PEACE OF CHRIST BE WITH YOU.
• THE RULE OF ST. BENEDICT: Chapter 4 MY WORST FAULT
• WHAT DOES NOT MAKE SENSE.
• THE CUP OF SALVATION
• SEVEN CISTERCIAN MARTYRS OF ATLAS
• I ATE MEAT ON GOOD FRIDAY.
• CAN YOU ANSWER THESE QUESTIONS?
• WHAT IS REAL?
• ACT YOUR NATURE!
• The Resurrection: Making All Things New
• LOCKED FROM THE INSIDE
• WHAT STEPHEN HAWKING TAUGHT ME ABOUT REALITY
• THREE WISHES
• WHAT’S IN IT FOR ME?
• PRAY FOR ME.
• WHAT DO YOU SEE?
• WHAT WERE YOU DOING ON MARCH 1, 2007?
• SIMPLICITY IN PRAYER
• Ash Wednesday: Sober reminder of our destiny
• REFLECTIONS ON THE LAY CISTERCIAN RETREAT– 2018
• SPIRITUALITY FOR ATHEISTS AND AGNOSTICS
• PRAYER: KEEP IT SIMPLE
• ITSY BITSY PRAYERS
• DID HUGH HEFNER GO TO HEAVEN?
• I TOOK INSTRUCTIONS TO BE AN ANGLICAN
• HOW TO ORGANIZE AND FOCUS ON THE LIFE OF CHRIST
• TEN CONTEMPLATIVE WEBSISTES THAT WILL KNOCK YOUR SOCKS OFF
• THE ONE PLACE NO ONE WANTS TO GO
• THE RULE OF ST. BENEDICT: CHAPTER 4, No. 20. To become a stranger to the world’s ways
• THE DARK SIDE OF LOVE
• HOW DOES IT ALL FIT TOGETHER?
• RULE OF ST. BENEDICT: Chapter 4. Prefer nothing to the love of Christ
• HOW TO START YOUR OWN CHURCH IN FIVE EASY STEPS
• RULE OF ST. BENEDICT: Chapter 4–Instruments of Good Works #10 DENY YOURSELF
• THE BOOK OF LIFE
• YOU ARE WHAT YOU READ!
• PRAY AS YOU CAN
• ODDS AND ENDS
• HAVE YOU THOUGHT ABOUT THIS?
• EVER HEARD OF ORVILLE KAHL?
• WHAT DOES REALITY LOOK LIKE?
• CAN YOU PASS THIS TEST?
• REFLECTIONS ON THE RULE OF ST. BENEDICT: The purpose of life.
• THE CHRISTMAS CONUNDRUM
• SO, WHERE DID EVIL COME FROM?
• LECTIO DIVINA: Pray as you can
• WHY DO PEOPLE FALL AWAY FROM THE FAITH? HOW TO RECOVER FAITH.
• HOW TO LOSE YOUR FAITH AND HOW TO GET IT BACK.
• THE DARK SIDE OF SERVICE
• HOW TO PLAN YOUR MOVE FROM SELF TO GOD
• SENTINILES OF THE DAWN
• DO YOU STILL BABEL?
• I SING OF LIFE AND LOVE: My story
• HOLINESS IN THE MIDST OF ORGINAL SIN
• THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE
• MEETING CHRIST FOR BREAKFAST
• BLACK FRIDAY REPLACES GOOD FRIDAY
• PENANCE: Fast and Pray
• WHAT IS HEAVEN LIKE?
• BY THEIR FRUITS YOU SHALL KNOW THEM
• THEN WHAT?
• WHO IS NUMBER ONE?
• IT’S ALL PRAYER!
• LAY CISTERCIAN JOURNEY: Life in Christ
• REFLECTIONS ON THE LAY CISTERCIAN SPIRITUAL JOURNEY:Formation and Transformation
• REFLECTIONS ON THE LAY CISTERCIAN SPIRITUAL JOURNEY: The Community as a Means of Growth
• REFLECTIONS ON THE LAY CISTERCIAN SPIRITUAL JOURNEY: The Response
• REFLECTIONS ON LAY CISTERCIAN SPIRITUAL JOURNEY: The Call
• LIVING THE CHRIST LIFE IS NOT EASY
• Follow Me
• WONDER IF….
• PRAYER: Our Father