Interrupting the Silence

Category: Prayer

  • Anima Christi, Soul of Christ

    Soul of Christ, sanctify me. Body of Christ, save me. Blood of Christ, inebriate me. Water from Christ’s side, wash me. Passion of Christ, strengthen me. O good Jesus, hear me. Within your wounds hide me. Let me never be separated from you. From the malicious enemy defend me. In the hour of my death Read more

  • “Holy Mary, Mother of God, Do Not Abandon Me.”

    The saints intercede on behalf of, pray for, and protect us. Through their own spiritual struggle and cooperation with God’s grace they have become our examples, guides, and allies in our own spiritual journey. Their victory through the grace of Jesus Christ and the indwelling Holy Spirit is a shield and protection in our own Read more

  • Better the Silence of the Heart than Distracted Words

    Isidore said: Prayer is a work of the heart, not of the lips. For God does not pay attention to the words of the one who is praying to him, but rather to his or her heart. It is better to pray in the silence of the heart than to pray only with words, without Read more

  • St. Ephrem the Syrian

    Today, June 10, is the feast of St. Ephrem of Syria, deacon, teacher, poet, orator, and defender of the faith. St. Ephrem was born around 306 and died in 373. He is said to have accompanied James, Bishop of Nisbis to the Council of Nicaea in 325. St. Ephrem retired to a cave outside Edessa, Read more

  • Evelyn Underhill – Call to the Inner Life

    Sometime around 1931 Evelyn Underhill wrote a letter to the Archbishop of Canterbury, Cosmo Gordon Lang (1928-1942), about the inner life of the clergy. Her concern was that the multiplicity of the clergy’s duties had diminished some priests’ grounding in a life of prayer. Underhill’s concerns are as relevant today, perhaps more so, as they Read more

  • The Season After Pentecost – Ordinary Time

    The Feast of Pentecost, one of the Church’s principal feasts, was celebrated just a few days ago on Sunday, May 31, 2009. We have now entered the Season after Pentecost. The Sundays during this time all seem the same. The liturgical color stays green and not much changes. There are few major feasts or celebrations. Read more

  • Answering Jesus’ Prayer

    How and for what we pray reveals a lot. At a very deep level our prayer describes our worldview, our life, relationships, priorities and concerns. It manifests our view of the spiritual journey and its purpose. Ultimately our prayer reveals our understanding of who God is and how God relates to creation and humanity. If Read more

  • Growing in Prayer: The Holy Week Lectures of the Archbishop of Canterbury

    Rowan Williams, the Archbishop of Canterbury, has offered three Holy Week lectures on Growing in Prayer as follows: Lecture 1: The Early Church Lecture 2: Reformers, Catholic and Protestant; and Lecture 3: The Quest for God in the Modern Age. All three lectures are available on the Archbishop’s website. Read more

  • Prayer of Abandonment

    The Lenten desert is the place of abandonment. It is the place in which we learn to entrust and abandon ourselves to God. It is also the place where we discover the many ways in which we hold back and refuse to abandon ourselves to the mercy of God. All of this takes us to Read more