Sometimes a hymn can speak to you, almost as if from heaven. Such a hymn is “O Love That Wilt Not Let Me Go.” It has haunted, yet calmed me over the years. I even wrote music for it. It is inspired and worthy to gently meditate: Oh Love, that wilt not let me go, […]
Archives for September 2023
Risk Believing in Yourself
One risk worth taking, is to believe in yourself. To believe in yourself does not mean to think you are always right; it does not entail a self-defensive stance of pride, which only gets in your way and masks you from the truth. To believe in yourself does not include feeling superior to others. Actually, […]
Contemplative Prayer
We come to the final and ultimate stage of prayer in this life: contemplation. You are ready for contemplative prayer when your heart seeks to commune with God directly, when nothing and no one but God alone will satisfy you. Psalm 73:24-26 well expresses this life-changing realization: “Whom have I in heaven but you? And […]
About Contemplative Prayer
You are ready for contemplative prayer when your heart seeks to commune with God directly, when nothing and no one but God alone will satisfy you. Psalm 73:24-26 well expresses this life-changing realization: “Whom have I in heaven but you? And there is nothing on earth that I desire other than you. My flesh and […]