http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QHT1a-pck1o Beautiful, thoughtful, and memorable video with the following message of Brother Charles of Jesus, contemplative living in the midst of the world: I should carry on in myself the life of Jesus: think his thoughts, repeat his words, his actions. May it be he that lives in me. I must be the image of …
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Biography of Charles de Foucauld
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=naK9sDJCHRo
A short biographical video of Blessed Charles de Foucauld – a contemplative who lived among the Muslim people of the Sahara Desert – recently uploaded to YouTube by a Little Sister of Jesus. Includes thick, aristocratic French accents, but if you can get through that, this is the life and message of a contemplative living in the world.
After a tumultuous youth, he encountered Jesus and discovered new meaning for his life. His spirituality is often called a spirituality of Nazareth. He died in 1916 in Algeria. A number of religious and lay communities were founded following his insights, most notably the Little Brothers and Little Sisters of Jesus. He is known for “The Prayer of Abandon” which is a prayer taken from his meditations on the Crucifixion.
Charles de Foucauld: Journey of the Spirit
A few months ago I again picked up Cathy Wright LSJ’s book Charles de Foucauld: Journey of the Spirit. I say again because it is my second copy, my first being in another country due to my somewhat itinerant and rather impermanent living; it’s also at least my fourth read. This is what the back cover says: …
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Contemplative in the Mud 