Meditations
The Stay-at-Home Directed Retreat — June 26-28
June 8, 2020
Feeling a bit disconnected from your spiritual life? Here are two ways to reconnect. During these w...
Focusing: Reverencing the Wisdom of the Body for Healing 3
By Kathy Keary
We've looked at the background and mechanics of Focusing. Now, I will discuss the topic on a more personal level covering a few points about my own experience of focusing in hopes that it will encourage you to give this life-giving practice a try.
Taize June 4: Tonight we prayer for right relationships
June 4, 2020
Many among us feel torn, disrupted and disturbed. We need a safe space to find God’s peaceful rule amidst this brokenness. We need a safe place, not to hide, but to recharge and renew ourselves to work for justice.
Focusing: Listening to the Wisdom of the Body for Healing 2
June 1, 2020
By Kathy Keary
Part 2 of 3 Parts. The first article in this series introduced you to “focusing,” a tool spiritual directors use to help directees identify and care for emotions by paying attention to one’s body. This week we take a more detailed look at the specific steps involved in focusing.
Focusing: Listening to the Wisdom of the Body for Healing 1
May 27, 2020
By Kathy Keary
Society teaches us to suppress our feelings and to distract ourselves from our emotions rather than to care for them. If you found a way to listen to the wisdom of your emotions as revealed in your body and care for them in a life-giving way, would you try it?
The Seven Appearances of Jesus after the Resurrection: #7 A Strong Driving Wind
May 26, 2020
By Fr. Ron Will A Special Note and Request: The coronavirus continues to cause a lot of emotional an...
Using Our Bodies in Prayer
By Kathy Keary In our series on contemplative living, an element that stands out is that prayer goes...
The Seven Appearances of Jesus after the Resurrection: #6 The Ascension and the Commission
May 20, 2020
By Fr. Ron Will Welcome back to Precious Blood Renewal Center for this 6th Week of Easter Meditation...
The Fruits of Contemplation
May 19, 2020
By Kathy Keary
Six months after incorporating centering prayer into my day, I noticed a shift in my inner world. I felt a calm — a sense of peace that found its way into my response to life. This is the fourth part of my four-part series on centering prayer and contemplation.
Contemplation: Going Deeper into Silence
May 13, 2020
By Kathy Keary
In our last two articles, we explored the sacred symbols of the word, the breath, and the image. Over time our use of a sacred symbol will diminish. We will no longer rely on it to take us to a place deep within where we commune with the living God. In Part 3, we go deeper into the silence.