August e-bulletin

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February 21, 2018
Long conversation with TK. He is still in pain, but it is less constant than before. All the medications for pain make him very sick. He knows his vocation now is to suffer identified with the Passion of Christ and he is happy (his word) to live that vocation. His voice was strong.

March 1, 2018
TK’s request to me (and he was totally serious): “Pray for my conversion.” At that I laughed and replied that his conversion had taken place a long time ago. His answer: “Pray for my conversion that I may grow into deeper levels of faith and union.”

Telephone Conversations Between Thomas Keating & Isabel Castellanos
April 7, 2015 – October 31, 2018
See the full article in the July 2025 issue of the CO NEWS

 

The 2025 July issue of CO NEWS is now available online here, along with a full archive of previous issues.

In addition to the article mentioned above, you’ll find:

  • Zen in a Christian Monastery – Fertile Ground, Open Mind, by Ron Barnett pg 7
  • Letters from Thomas Keating – correspondence shared by Nancy Cord-Baran pg 9
  • The First Consent: Our Basic Core of Goodness, by a practitioner of the prayer currently experiencing incarceration in California  pg 10
  • Trusting in the Slow Work of God, by Patricia Hutchinson pg 11
  • Eyes of Faith, by Walter Martinez, pg 13
  • Resources & more pg 14

 

For the Complete E-bulletin go to    https://mailchi.mp/coutreach/2025-august-e-bulletin?e=9aa0837e74