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User-Friendly Lent - by Brother David Steindl-Rast

Posted on Feb 25th, 2009 by Jayne  : contemplative activist Jayne

Lent is an ancient word for springtime; it designates a season of burgeoning inner and outer life. Too often Lent has been misunderstood as a time of grim repentance, but it is meant to be... More »

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What was the last thing you learned how to do?

Posted on Jan 3rd, 2009 by Jayne  : contemplative activist Jayne

Pray the Rosary. It's been a process beginning with just Hail Mary's and evolving into the full sequence with the mysteries, prayers, etc. For Christmas, my gift to all on my list (including 150 people... More »

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Contemplative Spirituality with Merton, Keating, and Nouwen

Posted on May 18th, 2008 by Jayne  : contemplative activist Jayne

Contemplative Spirituality is a way of focusing one's life completely on God and awakening to the presence of God in the human heart and in the universe which is around us. Here are quotes, websites, articles,... More »

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