Catholic Spiritual Direction – Catholic Spiritual Formation THE THREE AGES OF THE INTERIOR LIFE Prelude of Eternal Life by Reginald Garrigou-Lagrange, O.P. PART 1 – The Sources of the Interior Life and Its End (cont) Ch 17: Spiritual Direction Spiritual direction should be numbered among the exterior means of sanctification. We shall discuss its … Read more
WOM18 – The Gift of Grace – The Way of Mystery with Deacon James Keating – Discerning HeartsWOM17 – Mystical Experience and Consoling Prayer – The Way of Mystery with Deacon James Keating – Discerning HeartsWOM16 – The Internal World and External Presence of God – The Way of Mystery with Deacon James Keating – … Read more
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This is talk 1 of a 2-part presentation on “Spousal Prayer – A Way to Marital Happiness” based on the book by Deacon James Keating Ph.D. as offered by the Family Life Office of the Archdiocese of Omaha. Fr. Paul Hoesing offers the first reflection on this subject. He discusses the value of silence and … Read more
IP#326 Fr. Vincent Twomey – The Dynamics of Liturgy, Part 2 on Inside the Pages w/ Kris McGregor PodcastIP#325 Fr. Vincent Twomey – The Dynamics of Liturgy, Part 1 on Inside the Pages w/ Kris McGregor PodcastPSM1 – The River of Liturgy – Pathway to Sacred Mysteries with Dr. David Fagerberg – Discerning Hearts PodcastPSM2 … Read more
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“Hidden Mountain Secret Garden: a theological contemplation of prayer” helps the reader discover the riches of mental prayer in the Catholic Tradition. In fact, the images of the “Hidden Mountain” and the “Secret Garden” are ancient metaphors for contemplative prayer, a kind of prayer that begins and ends in faith.
This book is especially for those whose prayer is a search for the loving eyes of One who has conquered death. This kind of prayer beholds the wonder of Christ’s living but hidden presence in one’s highest thoughts and most noble aspirations as well as in one’s instinctual urges and deepest longings. The ecstasy of this kind of prayer extends beyond even the vast unexplored horizons of the human heart and opens to an immensity of such excessive mercy that all else is forgotten — and only love remains.
The whole world needs this love: it is the secret garden, the hidden mountain, the inexhaustible riches only prayer knows and an excess of grace only prayer can make known. This is why Blessed John Paul II told the Church not to be afraid to open wide the doors of our hearts to Christ and it is why He told the young people of the world to be proud to proclaim the Gospel of the Lord. For those brave souls who have faithfully open their hearts to the Lord through this discipline of this kind of prayer, every Christian owes you a debt of gratitude. For those who want to join them, this work encourages you along the way — for the journey you endeavor is at once the most perilous, the most heart-rending and the most wonderful adventure this world has ever known.
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