Year: 2021

Prayer unites the soul to God, for though the soul may be always like God in nature and in substance restored by grace, it is often unlike him in condition, through sin on our part. Then prayer is a witness …

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Admitting weakness when it comes to the desire to pray is actually a strength! We all need to be encouraged and inspired and the habit of prayer often needs a bit of a prompt. St Augustine reminds us that, even …

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Using an image or object to focus on during prayer is a tried and trusted technique to quiet and still the mind. It can also help with suggesting “avenues” of thought and contemplation. Another helpful tool can be to hold …

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Aelred of Rievaulx (d. 1167) once preached a sermon at the death of a young monk in his community where he compared the inability to understand the death of one so young to looking at the reverse of a tapestry. …

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