Contemplative Prayer
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Life makes it evident that what we contemplate shapes us. Saints down through the ages have trusted that contemplating the truth, beauty and goodness of the Trinity could ultimately shape and change their souls. The interior transformation that the saints call “divine union” is a fruit of this contemplation.
The Interior Castle by Teresa of Ávila
The Awakened Heart by Gerald May
“We tend to think of prayer as something we do in order to produce the results we believe are needed or, rather, to get God to produce the results. . . . As a result, our prayer tends to be a shopping list of things to be accomplished, an attempt to manipulate the symptoms of our lives without really entering into a deep, vital, transforming relationship with God.” —M. Robert Mulholland