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Finding God Through Meditation - Mental Prayer and Centering Prayer

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What is "centering prayer"? What did Sts Peter of Alcántara and Teresa of Avila teach about good prayer? Dan and Melissa reflect on the differences between good prayer and false prayer, as found in St Peter of Alcántara's book Finding God Through Meditation.

Topics/Questions covered in the show:

  • Are there incorrect ways to pray?
  • What did Jesus have to say about prayer?
  • How does the Catholic Church relate to non-Christian religions?
  • The asceticism of St. Peter.
  • Do St. Peter's thoughts on prayer affirm or contradict St. Teresa of Avila's teaching?
  • Do we need to empty our minds in order to pray well?
  • How should we orient our minds for good prayer?
  • What does St. Teresa mean by "human industry" regarding prayer?
  • Why are some methods of prayer good and others not good?
  • If the spiritual life is supposed to be simple, why is so much written about it?
  • Why are so many people drawn to centering prayer?

    • Resources:

    • Finding God Through Meditation – St. Peter of Alcántara
    • Finding God Through Meditation ebook - St. Peter of Alcántara
    • Divine Intimacy Radio on spiritualdirection.com website
    • Avila Institute for Spiritual Formation
    • EWTN Religious Catalogue - online
    • 30 Days with Teresa of Avila - Dan Burke and Anthony Lilles
    • John 14:21 - "...And whoever loves me will be loved by my Father, and I will love him and reveal myself to him..." - USCCB Bible link
    • Revelation 3:20 - "...If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, [then] I will enter his house and dine with him, and he with me."
    • Quietism - New Advent link
    • John 4:4-42 - The Samaritan woman - USCCB Bible link
    • Nostra Aetate - Declaration on the Relation of the Church to Non-Christian Religions, a document of the Second Vatican Council, paragraph 2: "Indeed, she proclaims, and ever must proclaim Christ "the way, the truth, and the life" (John 14:6), in whom men may find the fullness of religious life, in whom God has reconciled all things to Himself."
    • John 14:6 - "Jesus said to him, "I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me."" - USCCB Bible link
    • The Interior Castle Study Edition
    • Letter to the Bishops of the Catholic Church on Some Aspects of Christian Meditation - Cardinal Ratzinger - Spiritualdirection.com website
    • 1 Thessalonians 5:23 - "May the God of peace himself make you perfectly holy and may you entirely, spirit, soul, and body, be preserved blameless for the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ." - USCCB Bible link
    • Onething 2015 - Dan Burke speaking engagement, Kansas City (Dec. 28-31)
    • Pilgrimage 2016 to Avila with Dan Burke and Teresa Tomeo (March 28 - April 4, 2016)
    • Questions? Send an e-mail to [email protected] or call 818-646-7729.
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