Prayer & Contemplation

Sandals in the sand

Time to Unplug

“Almost everything will work again if you unplug it for a few minutes, including you.” A sticky note containing this quote by Anne Lamott hangs on the wall just under my computer screen, where it is always in my sight

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When Your Prayers Feel Empty 

Many of us struggle with feeling disconnected from God at times. This author offers some helpful steps to enter God’s presence.  
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Let Us Pray: Listening to God with the Ear of the Heart 

Being is prayer that helps form the ears of our hearts. Music can take us there.
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Mysticism for the Masses

When we open our hearts and quiet our minds, we can experience God’s presence in powerful ways. It starts with paying attention.
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This icon of the archangels is one of four new icons at Holy Eucharist Ukrainian Catholic Cathedral in New Westminster, British Columbia. The parish is working to sponsor the families of the iconographers, who are now in Poland after fleeing Ukraine. (CNS photo/Nicholas Elbers, B.C. Catholic)

Praying with Icons

We’re used to communicating to God through words, but images have a special power.
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How to Fit Prayer Into a Busy Life

Don’t try telling this busy mom there’s no time for prayer.
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Your Prayer Life: Looking at the Bigger Picture 

Sometimes we can only break the bonds of disordered attachments when God leads us to the desert. 
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