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Tag: Contemplation

Prayer: Ignation Contemplation

Posted on June 14, 2011September 2, 2016 by Michael Rose
This video with Jim Martin SJ provides a brief introduction to Ignatian style of prayer called Contemplation.  This is a rich, creative and very powerful way to experience God in prayer through the scriptures.  Martin describes in very simple terms how we can enter into the stories of the Gospel using our imagination and gain a greater...
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  • Christ Climbed Down
    December 23, 2016

    Christ Climbed Down

    Christ Climbed Down Christ climbed down from His bare Tree this year and ran away to where there were no rootless Christmas trees hung with candycanes and breakable stars Christ climbed down from His bare Tree this Year and ran away to where there were no gilded Christmas trees and no tinsel Christmas trees and...
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  • Re-starting after a Vacation
    September 6, 2011

    Re-starting after a Vacation

    The Labour Day weekend signals the transition from the summer / vacation mindset and serves as the clarion call to return to the office / school and the often maddening pace with programs, activities and new projects beginning!  If you are like me, cranking it up after a long break can be a bit of...
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  • Square Peg in a Round Hole World
    April 19, 2016

    Square Peg in a Round Hole World

    David Hayward, aka as the Naked Pastor posted a cartoon recently (see above).   This cartoon spoke to me, and I am beginning to understand why I resonate with it, and it is for deeply personal reasons. Confession time. I feel like a square peg, and I have all my life.  For most of my...
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