Day 347: Contemplative Prayer

The Catechism in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz)

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🗓️ 13 December 2023

⏱️ 19 minutes

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Summary

In contemplative prayer, we seek Jesus. As St. Teresa of Avila put it, contemplative prayer “is nothing else than a close sharing between friends.” The Catechism tells us this form of prayer is a gift, a covenant, and a communion. Further, it is a silent gaze “fixed on Jesus.” In this episode, Fr. Mike helps us better understand this intimate form of prayer. Today’s readings are Catechism paragraphs 2709-2724.

This episode has been found to be in conformity with the Catechism by the Institute on the Catechism, under the Subcommittee on the Catechism, USCCB.

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Please note: The Catechism of the Catholic Church contains adult themes that may not be suitable for children - parental discretion is advised.

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0:00.0	Hi my name's Father Mike Schmitz and you're listening to the
0:07.8	Catechism in a year podcast where we encounter God's plan of sheer
0:11.1	goodness for us revealed in scripture and passed down through
0:13.9	the tradition of the Catholic faith. The Catechism in years brought to you by
0:17.1	Ascension. In 365 days we'll read through the Catechism of the Catholic Church
0:21.5	discovering our identity and God's family
0:23.7	as we journey together toward our heavenly home. This is day 347. We're reading paragraphs 2709 to 2724.
0:30.4	As always, I'm using the Ascension Edition of the Catechism, which includes the foundations of
0:34.7	faith approach, but you can follow along with any recent version of the Catechism of the Catholic
0:38.4	Church. You can also download your own Catechism in a year reading plan by visiting
0:41.8	Ascension Press.com slash
0:43.4	C IY and lastly you can click follow or subscribe in your
0:46.2	podcast app for daily updates and daily notifications.
0:49.0	Today is day 347.
0:50.3	We're looking at contemplative prayer yesterday Yesterday we talked about expressions of prayer,
0:53.7	the first two, vocal prayer, and meditative prayer.
0:56.3	Today, there are quite a few paragraphs
0:58.6	and some nuggets at the end about contemplative prayer.
1:01.4	So let's start off, what is contemplative prayer?
1:03.6	I'm glad you asked Camper.
1:04.8	Paric half 27 or 9 gives an answer.
1:07.0	It says, ask the question, what is contemplative prayer?
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