Contemplative Life – Contemplative Homeschool

2 Dec 2015

John of the Cross and the contemplative life

by Connie Rossini | posted in: Prayer and Virtue | 2

What is the contemplative life? What does it entail? What is its purpose? Let’s start our study of St. John of the Cross’s spirituality with these questions. Fr. Gabriel of St. Mary Magdalen writes in Union with God According to … Continued

6 Dec 2013

Are you living a contemplative life?

by Connie Rossini | posted in: Prayer and Virtue | 11

Are you a contemplative? Some people, faced with this question, would answer an enthusiastic, “Yes!” Perhaps they are saints, at a high stage of union with God. Or perhaps they practice Eastern (as in Hindu or Buddhist) forms of meditation … Continued