Contemplative Life
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“To Make My Heart a Home for the Beloved”
I’ve added a reflection on the mystery of mutual indwelling that lies, in a profound way, at the heart of Christian prayer, and of the Gospel itself. I speak about how the Trinity desires to make his home within us, and in this way to take us to find our Home in his own tender embrace…and how through this intimacy we can also open our hearts and lives for the many thirsting hearts in this world.
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On Contemplative Life: “Authentic Fruitfulness”
This reflection is the next in the series on contemplative life, though it really applies much more broadly and universally. Here, having looked at the “root” of childhood and the “flower” of spousal union, I begin to examine more deeply the fruitfulness that spring forth from these.
Authentic Fruitfulness: To Be Good Soil for the Seed of the Word
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On Contemplative Life: “Three Relationships”
I’ve added the next reflection on the contemplative life (though I don’t actually speak of contemplative life in this one). Here I continue building on the dynamics of relationship I’ve been speaking of in the previous reflections, defining the three primary relationships of childhood, spousehood, and parenthood in the interconnectedness.
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On Contemplative Life: “The Nuptial Dimension of Christian Life”
I’ve added another reflection on the contemplative life, especially on how it manifests in a unique and profound way the universal vocation to an intimate spousal union with Christ.
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Rays of the Single Light of Christ
I have added a reflection on the “constellation” of the different vocations within the Church, and how they complement one another within the harmony of the mystical Body of Christ. This is a follow-up to the two previous meditations in the “Contemplative Life” section, though it can stand alone too–and it continues the reflection, particularly, on the contemplative vocation within the Church.