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:

• 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 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
• IN WHICH OF THESE TWO CHURCHES DO YOU PRACTICE?
• HOW CAN YOU PRACTICE SILENCE IN THE MIDST OF CHAOS?
• TOP FIVE CISTERCIAN INTERNET SITES
• MOVING DEEPER FROM SELF TO GOD
• WHAT IS THE CORE OF YOUR BEING, THE ONE CORNERSTONE OF SACRED SCRIPTURES?
• REFLECTIONS ON WHAT MY ORANGE TREE TAUGHT ME ABOUT GOD
• PRAY FOR ME?
• CREATING A SPIRITUAL PATH FROM SELF TO GOD
• WHAT MAKES JESUS ANGRY?
• DO YOU PLAY GOD GAMES?
• THE THREE RULES OF THE SPIRITUAL UNIVERSE
• I ALWAYS SIT IN THE TAX COLLECTOR’S SEAT
• DO YOU HAVE FIERCE LOVE?
• For Behold, I Make All Things New
• RETIREES, SENIORS AND SEEKING GOD
• Contemplative Practices I practice
• Guido’s Ladder to Heaven
• THE WOMAN WHO CHANGED TIME: SPIRITUALITY AND TIME
• THE TIME TRAVELER: A TRIP TO FOREVER
• A TRIP TO CALIFORNIA
• FORGIVENESS: The Gift only a God could give us.
• WONDER IF…
• DO YOU HAVE SPIRITUAL DEPRESSION?
• YOU HAVE REASON FOR A REASON
• YOU DON’T WANT TO SLEEP IN THIS BED
• YOUR TRIP TO OMEGA
• THE MORE PROFOUND SPIRITUALITY IS, THE SIMPLER IT BECOMES
• SPIRITUALITY FOR PET OWNERS
• WHAT IS YOUR CENTER?
• THRIVING IN THE PRESENCE OF PURE ENERGY
• Wash Me and I Will Be Whiter Than Snow
• REFLECTIONS ON THE SPIRITUAL UNIVERSE
• 10 FACTS ABOUT LAY CISTERCIANS YOU MAY NOT KNOW
• HOW TO ENTER THE REALM OF THE SACRED
• LEARNING POINTS ABOUT MERCY, FORGIVENESS, CONFESSION AND PENANCE
• My life as a poem.
• Fermi’s Paradox
• Reparation: Why waste your time praying?
• Carving out solitude for Contemplation
• A Lay Cistercian reflects on moving from self to God
• HOW DIET REMINDS ME OF CONTEMPLATION
• A Lay Cistercian Reflects on the Practice of Contemplative Practice
• THREE THINGS GOD TOLD ME ABOUT CANCER , WHEN I SAT NEXT TO HIM IN CONTEMPLATION
• THE JESUS CODE: ENTERING THE REALM OF ENLIGHTENMENT
• Seeking God in Daily Life
• How contemplative prayer helped me with cancer.