The follower of Christ, by contrast, is also concerned with the poor, the marginalized, and the planet. She consequently ...

The first American pontiff in the 2,000-year history of the Roman Catholic Church offers a simple vision for the future: ...

T he Carmelite nuns represent a significant and unique branch of the Roman Catholic Church, dedicated to a cloistered life of prayer and contemplation. This contemplative order has a rich history ...

Prayer is internalized to the extent that we become aware of him "to whom we speak."4 Thus vocal prayer becomes an initial form of contemplative prayer.

Contemplative prayer is the simple expression of the mystery of prayer. It is a gaze of faith fixed on Jesus, an attentiveness to the Word of God, a silent love. It achieves real union with the ...

Contemplative practices have figured prominently in religious, philosophical, and humanistic traditions since antiquity. The boundary that defines what falls within the category of contemplative ...