Tag Archives: Contemplation

Public Action and Contemplation

Written by Barbara Holmes on June 12, 2020

Contemplation and Racism Public Action and Contemplation Friday, June 12, 2020 I was in the seminary when the Civil Rights movement transformed the political and cultural landscape of the United States. While I was more an observer than an active participant, I witnessed the courage and faith of the activists, not yet realizing that contemplation… Continue Reading Public Action and Contemplation

Posted in Daily Meditations | Also tagged Barbara Holmes, Civil Rights Movement, contemplative action, faith, hope, racism

Crisis Contemplation

Written by Fr. Richard Rohr, OFM on June 11, 2020

Contemplation and Racism Crisis Contemplation Thursday, June 11, 2020 Apart from a few monastic orders, Western Christianity neglected the systematic instruction of contemplative practice for hundreds of years. Yet many people naturally grow into nondual consciousness through great suffering or great love. Barbara Holmes suggests that “crisis contemplation” arose out of necessity during slavery, beginning… Continue Reading Crisis Contemplation

Posted in Daily Meditations | Also tagged African Americans, Barbara Holmes, crisis, racism, Suffering

Unlearning Racism

Written by Fr. Richard Rohr, OFM on June 10, 2020

Contemplation and Racism Unlearning Racism Wednesday, June 10, 2020 Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove is an author, minister, and contemplative activist. The interview with CAC’s Daily Meditations editor Mark Longhurst, which we have excerpted here, was published in 2018, but his reflections on freedom from what he calls “slaveholder religion,” contemplation, and action are especially relevant today. My… Continue Reading Unlearning Racism

Posted in Daily Meditations | Also tagged Community, interview, Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove, racism, relationship, silence

The Beloved Community

Written by Barbara Holmes on May 8, 2020

Community The Beloved Community Friday, May 8, 2020 A contemplative person is someone who knows that they don’t know everything and trusts that they are being held by something much larger, wiser, and more loving than themselves. It is these very qualities that enable them to act on behalf of others and communities in need.… Continue Reading The Beloved Community

Posted in Daily Meditations | Also tagged Action, African Americans, Barbara Holmes, Civil Rights Movement, Community, justice

Contemplation and Action

Written by Fr. Richard Rohr, OFM on April 21, 2020

Teresa of Ávila and John of the Cross Contemplation and Action Tuesday, April 21, 2020 This is a great favor for those to whom the Lord grants it; the active and the contemplative lives are joined. . . . The will is occupied in its work and contemplation without knowing how. –Teresa of Ávila Author… Continue Reading Contemplation and Action

Posted in Daily Meditations | Also tagged Action, awareness, Experience, service, Teresa of Avila, Tessa Bielecki

Hope and Suffering

Written by Fr. Richard Rohr, OFM on April 17, 2020

The Universal Pattern Hope and Suffering Friday, April 17, 2020 When we try to live in solidarity with the pain of the world—and do not spend our lives running from it—we will encounter various forms of “crucifixion.” Pain is physical or emotional discomfort, but suffering often comes from our resistance to that pain. The soul… Continue Reading Hope and Suffering

Posted in Daily Meditations | Also tagged crucifixion, hope, solidarity, Suffering, union

The Wisdom of Contemplation

Written by Fr. Richard Rohr, OFM on February 19, 2020

Mind, Body, Heart The Wisdom of Contemplation Wednesday, February 19, 2020 We may think of prayer as thoughts or feelings expressed in words. But this is only one expression. . . . Prayer is the opening of mind and heart—our whole being—to God, the Ultimate Mystery, beyond thoughts, words, and emotions. Through grace we open our… Continue Reading The Wisdom of Contemplation

Posted in Daily Meditations | Also tagged Body, Heart, Mind, openness, Presence, Thomas Keating

Ways of Knowing: Weekly Summary

Written by Fr. Richard Rohr, OFM on February 15, 2020

Ways of Knowing Sunday, February 9–Friday, February 14, 2020 God calls us to “not conform to the pattern of the world but to be transformed by the renewing of our minds” through relationship with those who see differently than we do (see Romans 12:2). (Sunday) The vast majority of people throughout history have been poor, disabled,… Continue Reading Ways of Knowing: Weekly Summary

Posted in Daily Meditations | Also tagged David Benner, God, knowing, meditation, practice, prayer, relationship, silence

The Cloud of Unknowing

Written by Fr. Richard Rohr, OFM on January 29, 2020

Knowing and Not Knowing The Cloud of Unknowing Wednesday, January 29, 2020 God, it seems, cannot really be known, but only related to. Or, as the mystics would assert, we know God by loving God, by trusting God, by placing our hope in God. It is a non-possessive, non-objectified way of knowing. It is always… Continue Reading The Cloud of Unknowing

Posted in Daily Meditations | Also tagged Cloud of Unknowing, darkness, God, knowing, Love, unknowing

Soul Knowledge

Written by Fr. Richard Rohr, OFM on January 28, 2020

Knowing and Not Knowing Soul Knowledge  Tuesday, January 28, 2020 When Western civilization set out on its many paths of winning, accomplishment, and conquest, the contemplative mind seemed uninteresting and even counterproductive to our egoic purposes. The contemplative mind got in the way of definable goals for progress, science, and development, which were very good… Continue Reading Soul Knowledge

Posted in Daily Meditations | Also tagged knowing, Love, respect, unknowing

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