“Contemplation is essential for understanding the deeper meaning of scripture. Scripture should be read on a regular basis as a form of lectio divina with great dependence on the Spirit, who breathes through the sacred text.
“To give to scripture an absolute authority and the final moral voice in everything is a form of idolatry. It is to worship words rather than the God who inspired them.”
Thomas Keating, Reflections on the Unknowable
| Q: I’ve been doing Centering Prayer for six months. I find it so hard. I’ve never felt any quiet or silence. I just turn up but I’m always saying the sacred word because I don’t stop thinking. Does it ever change? I say to God, “I’m here, this is it.”
A: Read Susan’s response here.+++
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