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Contemplation - The Inner Life - August 29, 2025 [ENCORE]

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Father Rob Kroll joins Patrick to discuss Contemplation

(4:03) What is Prayer?
How do the three types of prayer, vocal, meditative and contemplative, connect with each other.
(20:02) Rosemary - My mind is either blank many times or I start thinking about things going on in my day and get discouraged.

(25:41) Break 1

How can you rest in the Lords presence by blanking your mind.
(32:02) Carlos - First time practicing contemplation this morning. Amazed at what he received from the Lord. Glad you're talking about this today.
Terri - When I try contemplative prayer, I almost feel like it's offensive to God like not giving it all.

(39:13) Break 2

Monica - Has 8 kids. Homeschooled. Very busy and really longing to grow in prayer. It started with sleeping, washing dishes, being with children and coming into union with God.
(46:52) Anna - Prayer also begins with what we do before or after prayer. How much time to we spend being stimulated by the world?

Resources:

Fr. Thomas Merton, Contemplative Prayer
- https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/351723.Contemplative_Prayer
CS Lewis, Letters to Malcolm: Chiefly on Prayer
- https://www.amazon.com/Letters-Malcolm-Chiefly-C-S-Lewis/dp/0156027666
Fr. Thomas Dubay, S.M., Prayer Primer
- https://www.lighthousecatholicmedia.org/store/title/prayer-primer-igniting-a-fire-within
Fr. Thomas Dubay, S.M., Fire Within: St. Teresa of Avila, St. John of the Cross, and the Gospel—on Prayer
- https://ignatius.com/fire-within-fwp/
Fr. Jacques Philippe, Time for God
- https://scepterpublishers.org/products/copy-of-time-for-god?srsltid=AfmBOopzvCN9XxB6XBd3ZwdGmgZznUzCbOAdZHvTO-f_wu2_Duyi9qLe&variant=42370443542705
Peter Kreeft, Prayer for Beginners
- https://www.lighthousecatholicmedia.org/store/title/prayer-for-beginners
Fr. Thomas Acklin and Fr. Boniface Hicks, Personal prayer: A Guide for Receiving the Father's Love
- https://stpaulcenter.com/product/personal-prayer-a-guide-for-receiving-the-fathers-love/

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