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Prayer: Finding the Heart's True Home by Richard Foster

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The Classical Monastic Practice of   Lectio Divina 
 Saturday, October 4, 2008 
By: Fr. Thomas Keating Explanation of Lectio Divina The Classical Monastic Practice
 of Lectio Divina 
by Thomas Keating The classical practice of Lectio Divina—the prayerful reading of the Bible, the book Christians believe to be divinely inspired—is being rediscovered and renewed in our time. At the same time a number of ways of practicing it have sprung up leading to a certain confusion regarding its relationship to the distinct practice of Centering Prayer. A few distinctions may be helpful. First of all, we need to distinguish Lectio Divina from Bible study, which is very useful at another time and provides a solid conceptual background for the practice of Lectio Divina. Secondly, Lectio Divina is not the same as reading the scriptures for the purpose of private edification, encouragement, or getting acquainted with the many-s...
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Prayer Finding the Heart’s True Home by Richard Foster Week 13 Part 1— Moving Upward Chapter 10— Sacramental Prayer “The true sacrament is holy personality.”   P.T. Forsyth OPENING PRAYER 1.   Sacramental Prayer is incarnational prayer.          God, who is Spirit, mediates hi life to us in visible, tangible reality.          He wants us to discover Him.          A baby in a manger. Bread and wine. A cloud or a pillar of fire. 2.   Both/And          Liturgy, sacrament, written prayer          Intimacy, informality, spontaneous prayer          Both are inspired by the same Spirit.          We need the “props” of the church to continue to move inw...
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Prayer Finding the Heart’s True Home by Richard Foster Week 12 Part 1— Moving Upward Chapter 9— The Prayer of Rest “Rest. Rest. Rest in God’s love. The only work you are required now to do is to give your most intense attention to His still, small voice within.”   Madame Jeanne Guyon OPENING PRAYER 1.   What does it mean to rest in God?          The ‘eye of the storm’:                   Stability and serenity in chaos and confusion                   Stillness and relaxation in the midst of personal struggle                   Focused and attentive in the midst of frustration 2.   Matthew 11:28, 29 —it’s possible to reach 3.  ...
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