Send us a text We explore mental prayer through a Carmelite lens, moving from definitions and methods to the lived experience of silence, distraction, and trust. The theme is simple and demanding: prayer is a relationship, not a performance, and silence is where love learns to listen. • mental prayer as interior attention and loving presence with God • meditation using reason vs mental prayer using affection and attention • rosary as rhythm that steadies focus on the mysteries • how distract...
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Send us a text We explore mental prayer through a Carmelite lens, moving from definitions and methods to the lived experience of silence, distraction, and trust. The theme is simple and demanding: prayer is a relationship, not a performance, and silence is where love learns to listen. • mental prayer as interior attention and loving presence with God • meditation using reason vs mental prayer using affection and attention • rosary as rhythm that steadies focus on the mysteries • how distract...
How Christian Obedience Restores Dignity And Builds Trust (Season 3 Episode 42)
My Friend the Friar
1 hour 19 minutes
2 months ago
How Christian Obedience Restores Dignity And Builds Trust (Season 3 Episode 42)
Send us a text We explore respect and obedience through the lens of Christian discipleship, tracing how honor, office, and conscience intersect and how obedience, purified of fear, can lead to real freedom. Stories from religious life ground the theology in daily choices, conflict, and growth. • respect as honor rooted in the dignity of persons • Jesus is Lord as foundation for obedience • kenosis and the purification of the will • vows versus promises and formation in virtue • separating pe...
My Friend the Friar
Send us a text We explore mental prayer through a Carmelite lens, moving from definitions and methods to the lived experience of silence, distraction, and trust. The theme is simple and demanding: prayer is a relationship, not a performance, and silence is where love learns to listen. • mental prayer as interior attention and loving presence with God • meditation using reason vs mental prayer using affection and attention • rosary as rhythm that steadies focus on the mysteries • how distract...
