Catholic Spirituality Websites
Thomas Merton OCSO: Mystic, Priest and Monk 1915-1968
“Thomas Merton is arguably the most influential American Catholic author of the twentieth century. His autobiography, The Seven Story Mountain, has sold over one million copies and has been translated into over fifteen languages. He wrote over sixty other books and hundreds of poems and articles on topics ranging from monastic spirituality to civil rights, nonviolence, and the nuclear arms race.” http://www.merton.org/chrono.htm
Merton Quotes:
“We are so obsessed with doing that we have no time and no imagination left for being. As a result, men are valued not for what they are but for what they do or what they have - for their usefulness.”
“The beginning of love is to let those we love be perfectly themselves, and not to twist them to fit our own image. Otherwise we love only the reflection of ourselves we find in them.”
Books: www.thomasmertonbooks.com/thomasmerton/books.asp
Merton Quotes:
“We are so obsessed with doing that we have no time and no imagination left for being. As a result, men are valued not for what they are but for what they do or what they have - for their usefulness.”
“The beginning of love is to let those we love be perfectly themselves, and not to twist them to fit our own image. Otherwise we love only the reflection of ourselves we find in them.”
Books: www.thomasmertonbooks.com/thomasmerton/books.asp
Ignatian Spirituality
Ignatian spirituality is for everyday life. It insists that God is present in our world and active in our lives. It is a pathway to deeper prayer, good decisions guided by keen discernment, and an active life of service to others.
Website: www.ignatianspirituality.com/
Prayer online: www.sacredspace.ie/
Ignatian Prayers: www.ignatianspirituality.com/ignatian-prayer/prayers-by-st-ignatius-and-others/
The Examen (Adult Night Prayers): http://www.ignatianspirituality.com/ignatian-prayer/the-examen/
Books: www.americamagazine.org/blog/entry.cfm?blog_id=2&id=40429633-3048-741E-6803612263359562
Retreat Opportunities: www.manresa-sj.org/ (West Bloomfield Hills, Michigan)
Website: www.ignatianspirituality.com/
Prayer online: www.sacredspace.ie/
Ignatian Prayers: www.ignatianspirituality.com/ignatian-prayer/prayers-by-st-ignatius-and-others/
The Examen (Adult Night Prayers): http://www.ignatianspirituality.com/ignatian-prayer/the-examen/
Books: www.americamagazine.org/blog/entry.cfm?blog_id=2&id=40429633-3048-741E-6803612263359562
Retreat Opportunities: www.manresa-sj.org/ (West Bloomfield Hills, Michigan)
Rev. Richard Rohr OFM: Center for Action and Contemplation
Fr. Richard Rohr is a globally recognized ecumenical teacher bearing witness to the universal awakening within mystical and transformational traditions. A Franciscan priest of the New Mexico Province, and founder of the Center for Action and Contemplation (CAC) in Albuquerque, New Mexico, home of the Rohr Institute, his teaching is grounded in practices of contemplation and lived kenosis (self-emptying), expressing itself in radical compassion, particularly for the socially marginalized.
Fr. Richard is the author of numerous books, including The Naked Now, Everything Belongs, Adam’s Return, Breathing Under Water, Falling Upward, and Immortal Diamond: The Meaning of Resurrection and the Search for True Self
Richard describes his 7 themes.
First Theme: Scripture as validated by experience, and experience as validated by Tradition, are good scales for one’s spiritual worldview (METHODOLOGY).
Second Theme: If God is Trinity and Jesus is the face of God, then it is a benevolent universe. God is not someone to be afraid of, but is the Ground of Being and on our side (FOUNDATION).
Third Theme: There is only one Reality. Any distinction between natural and supernatural, sacred and profane, is a bogus one (FRAME).
Fourth Theme: Everything belongs and no one needs to be scapegoated or excluded. Evil and illusion only need to be named and exposed truthfully, and they die in exposure to the light (ECUMENICAL).
Fifth Theme: The separate self is the problem, whereas most religion and most people make the “shadow self” the problem. This leads to denial, pretending, and projecting instead of real transformation into the Divine (TRANSFORMATION).
Sixth Theme: The path of descent is the path of transformation. Darkness, failure, relapse, death, and woundedness are our primary teachers, rather than ideas or doctrines (PROCESS).
Seventh Theme: Reality is paradoxical and complementary. Non-dual thinking is the highest level of consciousness. Divine union, not private perfection, is the goal of all religion (GOAL).
Website: www.cacradicalgrace.org
Books: http://store.cacradicalgrace.org/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=CTGY&Category_Code=NR&Store_Code=CFAAC
Sermons:http://cacradicalgrace.org/richard-rohr/homilies
Free Daily Reflections: cacradicalgrace.org/get-connected/emailsubscriptions
Fr. Richard is the author of numerous books, including The Naked Now, Everything Belongs, Adam’s Return, Breathing Under Water, Falling Upward, and Immortal Diamond: The Meaning of Resurrection and the Search for True Self
Richard describes his 7 themes.
First Theme: Scripture as validated by experience, and experience as validated by Tradition, are good scales for one’s spiritual worldview (METHODOLOGY).
Second Theme: If God is Trinity and Jesus is the face of God, then it is a benevolent universe. God is not someone to be afraid of, but is the Ground of Being and on our side (FOUNDATION).
Third Theme: There is only one Reality. Any distinction between natural and supernatural, sacred and profane, is a bogus one (FRAME).
Fourth Theme: Everything belongs and no one needs to be scapegoated or excluded. Evil and illusion only need to be named and exposed truthfully, and they die in exposure to the light (ECUMENICAL).
Fifth Theme: The separate self is the problem, whereas most religion and most people make the “shadow self” the problem. This leads to denial, pretending, and projecting instead of real transformation into the Divine (TRANSFORMATION).
Sixth Theme: The path of descent is the path of transformation. Darkness, failure, relapse, death, and woundedness are our primary teachers, rather than ideas or doctrines (PROCESS).
Seventh Theme: Reality is paradoxical and complementary. Non-dual thinking is the highest level of consciousness. Divine union, not private perfection, is the goal of all religion (GOAL).
Website: www.cacradicalgrace.org
Books: http://store.cacradicalgrace.org/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=CTGY&Category_Code=NR&Store_Code=CFAAC
Sermons:http://cacradicalgrace.org/richard-rohr/homilies
Free Daily Reflections: cacradicalgrace.org/get-connected/emailsubscriptions
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Franciscan Spirituality
Who is St. Francis of Assisi: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_of_Assisi
http://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=50
Website: http://www.franciscan-sfo.org/
http://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=50
Website: http://www.franciscan-sfo.org/
Rev. Ron Rolheiser OMI - Speaker, Columnist and Author
Ronald Rolheiser, a Roman Catholic priest and member of the Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate, is president of the Oblate School of Theology in San Antonio, Texas. For much of his priesthood, he taught theology and philosophy at Newman Theological College in Edmonton Alberta. From 1998–2004 he served his religious community, The Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate, on their General Administration. In August 2005, he began a five-year assignment as the President of the Oblate School of Theology in San Antonio, Texas.
Website: http://www.ronrolheiser.com/columnarchive/
Books: http://www.ronrolheiser.com/books/
Audio/Video: http://www.ronrolheiser.com/videos/
Website: http://www.ronrolheiser.com/columnarchive/
Books: http://www.ronrolheiser.com/books/
Audio/Video: http://www.ronrolheiser.com/videos/
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