Supernatural Theology 15: Contemplative Prayer

Posted on October 26, 2023 by The Town Crier Outlet

https://youtube.com/watch?v=4vGiEahmIPQ%3Fsi%3D80BwCqu7aZlR7yEe

Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith. –Hebrews 12:2

Be still, and know that I am God. –Psalm 46:10

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Richard Foster, Prayer: Finding the Heart’s True Home, ch. 14: “Contemplative Prayer.”

Savinien Louismet, Divine Contemplation for All.

A. W. Tozer, The Pursuit of God. (Nicholas of Cusa as a Catholic mystical influence).

Leonard Ravenhill, Tried and Transfigured, p. 81. (Francis and Catherine of Bologna.)

Robert Tuttle, Mysticism in the Wesleyan Tradition. (Wesley and Imitation of Christ, etc.)

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4 Responses to Supernatural Theology 15: Contemplative Prayer

David Ross says:

October 27, 2023 at 11:30 am

What is your view of Padre Pio? And how important do you think leading a morally upright life especially with regard to sex, is concerned when it comes to trying to experience God?

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- The Town Crier Outlet says:
  
  October 27, 2023 at 2:21 pm
  
  Padre Pio is a cool guy. I don’t think virginity has anything to do with experiencing God more, unless it means spending more time in prayer.
  
  1 Corinthians 7:32-35: “I would like you to be free from concern. An unmarried man is concerned about the Lord’s affairs—how he can please the Lord. But a married man is concerned about the affairs of this world—how he can please his wife—and his interests are divided. An unmarried woman or virgin is concerned about the Lord’s affairs: Her aim is to be devoted to the Lord in both body and spirit. But a married woman is concerned about the affairs of this world—how she can please her husband. I am saying this for your own good, not to restrict you, but that you may live in a right way in undivided devotion to the Lord.”
  
  Having experiences of God is 100% dependent upon the quantity of time you are able to give to prayer and contemplation.
  
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Sticksbrady says:

November 22, 2023 at 7:16 pm

I have a question when it comes with mental visions is it appropriate to express those mental visions in a form of prayer with using your words or is mental visions, only appropriate in the context of contemplative silence and for journaling or am I misunderstanding? Reason why I ask is because I watched the Q&A question with Richard Foster, and one lady asked him the same question.

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- The Town Crier Outlet says:
  
  November 22, 2023 at 7:35 pm
  
  Intrusive and spontaneous mental visions could be the source of a prophetic message. Depending on their clarity; and depending how good you are with translating Biblical symbols into communicable speech. See Ira Milligan’s “Understanding the Dreams You Dream.” Applies to mental pictures as well.
  
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