Material for Meditation
A wonderful way to deepen one's prayer life is to meditate for a short while on a sentence or a brief paragraph. Such meditation will almost certainly reveal areas of that person's life that need improvement, and it could lead to deeper contemplation of the Mysteries of God. So, this post intends to provide two pieces of (relatively unrelated) material on which readers might like to meditate. Of course, there is a near-infinite amount of other material that anyone could find. It is my hope that anyone who reads this will begin to pray by using some of that other material.
In a statement on evangelization, and how it affects a person's holiness, Pope Paul VI said: "Our evangelizing zeal must spring from true holiness of life. In addition, as the Second Vatican Council suggests, preaching must in its turn make the preacher grow in holiness, which is nourished by prayer and by love for the Eucharist."
Fr. Thomas Dubay, renown spiritual director and authority on contemplative prayer, wrote on freedom from attachment to earthly things: "Only the free can love, and only the completely free can love unreservedly."
Pray that the evangelizing zeal of Christians the world over will be increased. Pray that we might become more detached from worldly desires so that love will reign supreme in our culture.
God Bless.
In a statement on evangelization, and how it affects a person's holiness, Pope Paul VI said: "Our evangelizing zeal must spring from true holiness of life. In addition, as the Second Vatican Council suggests, preaching must in its turn make the preacher grow in holiness, which is nourished by prayer and by love for the Eucharist."
Fr. Thomas Dubay, renown spiritual director and authority on contemplative prayer, wrote on freedom from attachment to earthly things: "Only the free can love, and only the completely free can love unreservedly."
Pray that the evangelizing zeal of Christians the world over will be increased. Pray that we might become more detached from worldly desires so that love will reign supreme in our culture.
God Bless.