During the Lenten season, a time for silence and reflection, we turn inward in order to draw nearer to both ourselves and to God. This too is the purpose of pilgrimage: to travel—whether outwardly or inwardly—in order to grow closer to the divine, the fundamental, the real; and in so doing, to grow closer to …
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A SPIRITUAL FORMATION ELECTIVE DATES March 29, 7:00 p.m.-April 1, 12:30 p.m., 2020 OVERVIEW Until 1970, the Vatican had never recognized a woman as a Doctor of the Church. There are now four: Teresa of Ávila, Catherine of Siena, Thérèse of Lisieux, and Hildegard of Bingen. Despite living in different countries, centuries, and cultural contexts, these …
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By Contemplative Outreach, Thomas Keating In your Light, I see only Light. — Psalm 36 In the back of Open Mind, Open Heart, the seminal book by Father Thomas Keating (1923 – 1918) published in 1986, he lists 42 guidelines which he described as a “tentative effort to restate the Christian spiritual journey in contemporary …
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The high desert offers a mystical place to experience the movement from Maundy Thursday to Easter Sunday. Check our website for the offerings of this unique liturgical window, including participation in the pilgrimage walk to Santuario de Chimayo on Good Friday and an Easter Sunrise Service. Special weekend will conclude with a celebratory brunch.
On his path to the Garden of Gethsemane, on the night of his arrest, Jesus left his disciples—his friends—with lasting words of wisdom and promise: “You will know that I am in my Father, and you in me, and I in you…Abide in me as I abide in you.” (John 14:20 and 15:4) During these …
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