Fr. Paul's Column -
Wisdom from the Catechism
Recommended Reading
Conversation with Christ
Often we think that the saints and mystics of the
Church had such deep prayer lives that we could not come anything
close. This is simply not true. I would like to suggest to you a
book that explains the prayer methods of one of the most profound
saints and doctors of the Church.
All of us, in order to have a deep
relationship with Christ must have an equally deep prayer life and
that includes conversation and meditation.
When it comes to contemplative
mental prayer there is no greater authority than St. Teresa of
Avila. This prayer is nothing for us to be intimidated by. In the
book
Conversation with
Christ
by Peter T. Rohrbach (available at
Gift Shop) we can clearly see that “mental prayer is nothing else
than an intimate friendship, a frequent heart-to-heart conversation
with Him by whom we know ourselves to be loved.”
In Christ,
Fr. Paul
“If He who is without sin prayed, how much more ought sinners pray!”
~St. Cyprian