Fr Martin Laird OSA discusses contemplative prayer on PBS

Fr Marty is a good friend of mine, and has helped initiate me into a distinctly Augustinian contemplative tradition. Unfortunately we took Ignatian, or Thomistic Discurssive contemplation as the standard and forgot our own. Fortunately Fr Marty and several other Friars have worked to recover this since the our reforms after the Second Vatican Council.

Also be sure to look up his two books on Christian Contemplative Prayer: Into the Silent Land and A Sunlit Absence. It would make a good gift to someone needing to deepen their Christian discipleship.

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