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October 2017

October 11, 2017
I have a new book coming in April 2018: The Little Book of Christian Mysticism!...
October 09, 2017
Spirituality — at least, the kind of spirituality that is anchored in a relationship with...
October 05, 2017
Why it's dangerous to say that experience should be the necessary foundation for spiritual growth.
October 02, 2017
We are all reeling from the horrific events in Las Vegas Sunday night. May God...
October 02, 2017
Today's post is by a guest contributor: Mark S. Burrows, who along with Jon M. Sweeney,...

September 2017

September 28, 2017
Friends, I am so pleased to announce that I will be one of the co-hosts...
September 27, 2017
You don't have to be a monk to learn from the monks, and I think...
September 24, 2017
A reader of this blog, who is currently the member of a Protestant church but is...
September 22, 2017
Last night I gave a talk at the Episcopal Cathedral of St. Philip, here in...
September 19, 2017
Friends, sign up now for a new e-course starting on October 2, sponsored by Spirituality...
September 13, 2017
Humility it what reminds us just how tiny and puny we are when faced with...
September 10, 2017
“There’s a storm coming, and it’s not a storm of our making.” — Neil Gaiman,...
September 07, 2017
We live in a moment in history when, finally, our global human family seems to be starting...
September 04, 2017
Wouldn't it be great if you could have access to the lecture notes of a...

August 2017

August 30, 2017
For anyone who is trying to discern whether or not to become a Catholic, the...
August 28, 2017
On Friday the Washington Post took a close look at the Mindfulness movement — and how...
August 24, 2017
A reader, who has asked to remain anonymous, writes: I have been practicing centering prayer...
August 23, 2017
I don't remember much about the spring of 1970, when I was in the third...
August 16, 2017
As someone whose ministry is focused on Christian contemplation, I do not like to write...
August 15, 2017
As long-standing readers of this blog know, I have not always been a Catholic; I...
August 10, 2017
In my recent book, Christian Mystics: 108 Seers, Saints and Sages, I made a comment that...
August 08, 2017
A recent article on the UK-based website Christian Today (not to be confused with Christianity Today) poses the...

July 2017

July 26, 2017
The other day, I posted this tweet: And a friend of mine posted this...

June 2017

June 09, 2017
The Irish word for contemplation — or contemplative prayer — is rinnfheitheamh. Yes, that’s a...
June 09, 2017
Hello friends and readers of A Contemplative Faith. Just a quick note here to let you...
June 08, 2017
The heart of Celtic spirituality is hospitality. Indeed, from even before the coming of Christianity,...
June 07, 2017
This is the second of a two-part series on Saint Brigid. Click here to read...
June 06, 2017
Would you like to learn more about the beautiful spirituality of Christian monks and nuns?
June 01, 2017
Patrick may be the best known of the Celtic saints, but for many people, the...

May 2017

May 30, 2017
Patrick is shrouded in myth and legend — so much so that it’s virtually impossible...
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