Author: Thomas Merton
Publication Date: 1969
Meditations by a now-deceased monk, explaining the merits of silent, contemplative prayer. Often one neglects prayer as they feel they just recite a memorised string of words without attaching any thoughtful meaning to them. That's not to say recited prayer is a bad thing. I often decline to consciously speak - mentally or verbally - "off the cuff" in prayer because I find I ramble and struggle to get to the core of what I intend: to give thanks to God in private communion. The Lord's Prayer and Hail Mary and even the Apostle's Creed are always good to focus on. But certainly, contemplative prayer should not be ruled out as a lazy, effortless replacement for new age weirdos who can't afford the time for God. It is just another, subjectively less riddled way of surrendering one's self to the universal glory of Our Lord.
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