Contemplative in the Mud

Gazing and Raising

1–2 minutes

Benjamin Embley

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The Catechism of the Catholic Church, quoting Saint John Damascene, says that prayer in general is a raising of the heart and mind to God. If prayer in general is a raising of the heart and mind to God, then what is contemplative prayer?

Saint Teresa Margaret of the Sacred Heart gives us a very good answer:

I will fix my gaze on my heart, and I will raise my heart to God.

There really isn’t much more to say in this context…

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Benjamin Embley

With backgrounds in engineering (BSc PhD) and philosophy (MA), Ben has lived and worked in England, France, and Thailand and is now back home as a settler in the unceded traditional territory of the Wabanaki peoples in Canada. He is a Laudato Si’ Animator and currently studying an MTS Peace & Justice in Reconciliation with Indigenous Peoples.

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