Healing Prayer for the World

The other day I found myself weeping over the state of our world. I felt deep grief and pain; I call it being heartsick. I felt moved to seek out another person so I could share this deep pain. As we sat together and I wept, I felt comforted. I told of the troubles I […]

September 09, 2020 by Patience Robbins
Categories: Community, Compassion, Contemplation in Action, Contemplative Living, Contemplative Reading, Contemplative Spirituality, Continuous Prayer, Discernment, Listening, Loss, Love, Non-duality, Prayer, Self Compassion, Service, Spiritual Deepening, spiritual direction, spiritual discipline, spiritual growth, and spirituality in community. Tags: awareness, community, compassion, contemplative tradition, discernment, Dorothy Day, Etty Hillesum, Gandhi, God, grief, grounding, healing, hope, Inspiration, Jerry May, listening, love, Martin Luther King Jr., peace, prayer, presence, richard rohr, silence, spiritual growth, spiritual practice, spirituality, St Francis, St. Clare of Assisi, St. Francis of Assisi, suffering, Therese of Lisieux, Thomas Merton, and trust. Formats: Friday Blog. Interest Areas: Friday Blog.

There is greater comfort in the substance of silence than in the answer to a question.

~Thomas Merton

Categories: Loss, Love, Nature and spirituality, Non-duality, and spiritual growth. Tags: silence and Thomas Merton. Formats: Monday Moment and Quote.

Perhaps I am stronger than I think.

~Thomas Merton

Categories: Nature and spirituality, Prayer, Self Compassion, and spiritual growth. Tags: mountain, nature, strength, and Thomas Merton. Formats: Monday Moment and Quote.

Sighing Through Song

Today’s post is by Jeff Nelson It’s different for everyone, yet all know this experience. A woman driving home after receiving good news at work finds an uplifting song on the radio that speaks to her newfound joy. A man back from a hard visit with his mother in the nursing home starts his Spotify […]

August 08, 2016 by Jeff Nelson 1 Comment
Categories: Body Prayer, Clergy & Congregation, Contemplation in Action, Contemplative Living, Loss, and Love. Tags: joy, lament, music, song, and Thomas Merton. Formats: Article and Friday Blog. Interest Areas: Friday Blog.