Contemplative Prayer: Your Guide to Lectio Divina, Centering Prayer, Mysticism, and Spirituality

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Length: 9 hrs and 27 mins
Daughter of Saint Paul
(7 customer reviews)
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How do you find God? When your soul longs for the spiritual, how do you find the time to turn within? Now, this profound series invites you to look to the contemplative tradition for inspiration and answers.

How do you find God? When your soul longs for the spiritual, how do you find the time to turn within? Now, this profound series invites you to look to the contemplative tradition for inspiration and answers.

Prayer is one of the most essential acts of the Christian life. In this spiritually edifying 24-lecture series, you will join celebrated author and Pauline sister Kathryn James Hermes, F.S.P., in exploring the tradition of contemplative prayer.

Regardless of your level of experience, you will find nourishment in this unique series. Sr. Hermes weaves together various strands of Christian living into a tapestry of spiritual development and Christian maturity.

In these presentations, you will find new horizons of contemplati

Audio Sample:

How do you find God? When your soul longs for the spiritual, how do you find the time to turn within? Now, this profound series invites you to look to the contemplative tradition for inspiration and answers.

How do you find God? When your soul longs for the spiritual, how do you find the time to turn within? Now, this profound series invites you to look to the contemplative tradition for inspiration and answers.

Prayer is one of the most essential acts of the Christian life. In this spiritually edifying 24-lecture series, you will join celebrated author and Pauline sister Kathryn James Hermes, F.S.P., in exploring the tradition of contemplative prayer.

Regardless of your level of experience, you will find nourishment in this unique series. Sr. Hermes weaves together various strands of Christian living into a tapestry of spiritual development and Christian maturity.

In these presentations, you will find new horizons of contemplative living in today’s society. You will explore a variety of practical teachings on contemplative prayer from saints and the Catholic tradition that will help you develop your own spiritual life.

You will explore what the ancient mystical tradition of the Church means today in our ever-changing world. You will also learn how to avoid the pitfalls of merely tacking prayer onto your routine, or being too busy for prayer altogether. Instead, you will find paths to inner peace when your heart needs healing.

This is a truly essential course for all Christians wishing to live prayerfully.

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The study of spirituality has been a life-long pursuit of Kathryn J. Hermes, F.S.P. She has an M.T.S. from Weston Jesuit Center for Theological Studies and an advanced certificate in Scripture. She is the author of Surviving Depression: A Catholic Approach (now in ten languages), Making Peace with Yourself—15 Steps for Spiritual Healing, Beginning Contemplative Prayer, St. Joseph: Help for Life’s Emergencies, Holding on to Hope, and other books. Hermes is a Daughter of St. Paul. She currently directs the Acquisitions Office for Pauline Book and Media Centers and Digital Publishing for the publishing house of the Daughters of St. Paul. She is a spiritual director, offers presentations on spirituality and depression, and leads retreats.

  • What God Is Doing
  • Cultivate Stillness and Silence
  • Invite to Come Near
  • Introduction to Contemplation; Remain in God’s Presence: Lessons from Brother Lawrence
  • Let the Spirit Direct Your: Lessons from St. Ignatius of Loyola
  • Experiencing the Longing to Touch God: Lessons from Lectio Divina; Simply Love: Lessons from The Cloud of Unknowing
  • Prayer Toward Union: Lessons from St. Teresa of Avila
  • Transformation in Christ: Lessons from Blessed James Alberione
  • Wrapped in the Heart of God: Lessons from Simone Weil; The Courtesy of God: Lessons from Blessed Julian of Norwich
  • Deepening Commitment
  • Praying in the Darkness
  • Getting Your Inside World Put Right
  • Your Life Repeated in My Life
  • The Way of God
  • The Ultimate Reliability of God
  • Silence
  • Becoming Aware
  • You Are My God
  • Rumblings and Resistance
  • Being Called by Name
  • A Prayer of Inner Healing
  • A Contract With Yourself
  • Examen
  • Prayer of Transformation

7 reviews for Contemplative Prayer: Your Guide to Lectio Divina, Centering Prayer, Mysticism, and Spirituality

  1. Deacon Gary Harmeyer, Virginia Beach, VA, USA

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    It was easy to relate to the presenter. She shared her struggles, didn’t have all the answers, but has remained faithful throughout her various struggles.

  2. Manfredi

    You can’t get better that that!

    Sr. Hermes’ Contemplative Prayer course is so thorough and provides so many examples that in my opinion it’s the definitive course on the subject. You can’t get better than that!

  3. Anonymous

    A different approach.

    Sr. Hermes uses a different approach in “Contemplative Prayer”. She has you analyze your feelings to determine what might be holding you back from loving God as you should.

  4. Sr. Carolyn

    Good meditation

    I am very please with this series I found it very helpful for my mediations.

  5. Timothy G., CA

    Winter Survey: January 2017

    Sr. Kathleen’s voice is a delight to listen to. She drew me into each of the contemplative prayer methods. I got a better feel for what contemplative method might work best for me. Her stories about her life experiences are very moving and helpful to prayer.

  6. Tim G., CA

    Spring Survey: April 2017

    Sr. Kathryn introduces 4 methods of contemplative prayer with excellent examples and stories. She has a beautiful voice that draws me into contemplative silence. She displays excellent and gentile technique with each method. I am very grateful for her kind manner as I approach God and appreciate her loving sense of how God is with us.

  7. Timothy G., CA

    Summer Survey: July 2017

    Sr. Kathryn has a beautiful voice to listen to. She leads the listener through several types of contemplation. She tells stories, all of the personal that make her point powerfully. Her guided meditations lead me to feel a spiritual depth that I appreciated very much.

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