I was asked to give a talk at Saint Mary’s on Contemplative Spirituality, and I recorded it so as to be able to share it. The title I preferred to give it is “The Contemplative Heart of All Spirituality.” The link below will take you to where you can listen to the talk, or download the mp3 file. Â Let me know if you have any questions.
Joshua
I know that your heart yearns, little one, to create something beautiful, a testament of love, a reflection, in the dimness of this world, of the radiant beauty of my own eternal light. I know the longing within to give birth without, the desire to create, sharing in eternal creativity. I want you to know, beloved, and to feel that the greatest masterpiece which I desire for you is the unspeakable beauty which is you yourself. You, the one whom I infinitely love, are the icon, transparent to my shining glory, enfolded in my grace, a blaze of fiery light bursting through the eyes, a figure whose countenance, whose heart, whose life is a reflection of the life, the heart, the face which is my own.