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Two Gifts of Deeper Prayer: Silence and Spaciousness
Archdiocese of Washington ^ | 0-12-15 | Msgr. Charles Pope

Posted on 04/13/2015 7:31:36 AM PDT by Salvation

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To: Grateful2God

A lovely post.

Those who brush off meditative prayer are missing out on a lot.

How I love contemplative prayer, after the chaos of raising eight children!


41 posted on 04/24/2015 2:48:01 PM PDT by miserare ("Reverence for life--life of all kinds--is the first principle of civilization." ~~Schweitzer)
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To: Dutchboy88

Absolutely!!! The Communion of Saints! I pray to them every night in evening prayer!

My parents, St. Richard and St. Elsie. My holy siblings, St. Alice, St. Gloria, St.Florence, St. Charles, St. Richard, St. Ann and St. Catherine.

What a comfort and a joy to know they are always at my side@!!!


42 posted on 04/24/2015 2:54:29 PM PDT by miserare ("Reverence for life--life of all kinds--is the first principle of civilization." ~~Schweitzer)
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To: Dutchboy88

All I can say to you, Dutchboy, with regard to the Communion of Saints, is:

“TRY IT!!! You’ll LIKE IT!!!”


43 posted on 04/24/2015 2:56:22 PM PDT by miserare ("Reverence for life--life of all kinds--is the first principle of civilization." ~~Schweitzer)
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To: miserare

Well, you are speaking to the ceiling, my FRiend.


44 posted on 04/24/2015 3:44:20 PM PDT by Dutchboy88
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To: miserare
Thank you! Wow, 8 children, God bless you! One of the events I love to meditate on the time Jesus spent with the Holy Ones in the Place of Rest. I picture the joy and humility of people like St. Joseph; Moses; John the Baptist, and the kind beckoning of Jesus to Adam and Eve as the Promise of Salvation at last came to pass. Sometimes it's just quiet, contemplating Jesus on the Cross...

I can't even imagine what the contemplative prayer of St. John of the Cross and St. Teresa of Avila were like, it's unimaginable!

God bless you and Mary keep you!

45 posted on 04/24/2015 4:09:46 PM PDT by Grateful2God (Because no word shall be impossible with God. And Mary said: Behold the handmaid of the Lord...)
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To: Grateful2God

Thanks, FRiend!


46 posted on 04/25/2015 4:54:25 PM PDT by miserare ("Reverence for life--life of all kinds--is the first principle of civilization." ~~Schweitzer)
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To: Dutchboy88

Oh, no. That’s way above the ceiling.


47 posted on 04/25/2015 4:55:33 PM PDT by miserare ("Reverence for life--life of all kinds--is the first principle of civilization." ~~Schweitzer)
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To: miserare

Dream on, my FRiend...because your supporting text is I Hesitations 9:11


48 posted on 04/26/2015 9:32:33 AM PDT by Dutchboy88
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To: Dutchboy88

Sweetie, honey, baby boy...Jesus loves you. You can’t say or write anything that will change that.


49 posted on 04/26/2015 1:07:03 PM PDT by miserare ("Reverence for life--life of all kinds--is the first principle of civilization." ~~Schweitzer)
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To: miserare

Okay...awkward.


50 posted on 04/26/2015 1:12:56 PM PDT by Dutchboy88
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To: Dutchboy88

(((((((hugs)))))))


51 posted on 04/26/2015 1:19:59 PM PDT by miserare ("Reverence for life--life of all kinds--is the first principle of civilization." ~~Schweitzer)
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To: miserare

Calling the parental police...get the kid away from me.


52 posted on 04/26/2015 1:23:16 PM PDT by Dutchboy88
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To: Dutchboy88

Love you, my dear.

It’s great-grandma calling here.

Not yet among the Saints in Heaven, but hoping to be...soon.


53 posted on 04/26/2015 1:24:59 PM PDT by miserare ("Reverence for life--life of all kinds--is the first principle of civilization." ~~Schweitzer)
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"Not yet among the Saints in Heaven, but hoping to be...soon."

Sure, kid...if you are among the RCs, then don't forget you must spend a billion, four hundred million years in purgatory. It is only the believers in Jesus, alone, who will go directly to the New Jerusalem and fellowship with Him.

54 posted on 04/26/2015 1:32:04 PM PDT by Dutchboy88
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Nah—I don’t give them a buck.

I’m a Catholic rebel.


55 posted on 04/26/2015 1:36:04 PM PDT by miserare ("Reverence for life--life of all kinds--is the first principle of civilization." ~~Schweitzer)
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To: Dutchboy88

P.S. There is no Purgatory. That was a mediaeval concept promoted to make $$$$$$$$$$$.


56 posted on 04/26/2015 1:37:04 PM PDT by miserare ("Reverence for life--life of all kinds--is the first principle of civilization." ~~Schweitzer)
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