Carmelite Conferences on Prayer
CD118-AS
Meditation and Contemplation
Kieran Kavanaugh O.C.D.
A discussion of the understanding of meditation as it developed up to the time of Saint Teresa and Saint John of the Cross and their understanding of it. Saint Teresa and St. John may have made distinctions between meditation and contemplation as they pertained to Carmelite tradition.
$9.99
CD141-AZ
From Solitude to Contemplation
Keith Egan T.O.Carm
Carmel’s various ministries, whether preaching, or teaching, or the all important ministry of the contemplative life, are crucial to the variations of the way Carmel spirituality is lived. What would Carmelites do without the influence of Elijah? Even more important in Carmelite life is solitude. Solitude lays at the very heart of the original charism of Carmel and has remained so in various manifestations whenever new life has been breathed into this spirituality. When great figures in Carmel’s tradition have articulated their understanding of Carmel’s way of life, they have retrieved solitude as a crucial theme in Carmel’s tapestry.
$9.99
CD142-BA
The Stream of Consciousness and Carmelite Prayer
Kieran Kavanaugh O.C.D.
What is the nature of distractions, those pests running back and forth to clot the free flow of prayer? In this presentation, we receive some helpful insights from our classic Carmelite authors and from recent discoveries and reflections on the working of our minds. First, there is a focus on some of the teachings and ideas found in Saint Teresa of Avila and John of the Cross about prayer and about distractions. As we compare their observations and teachings, and then further compare these with those presented by some present day students of consciousness, we learn that there may be certain beneficial conclusions we can reach regarding distraction and prayer.
$9.99
CD149-BH
The Moral Dimension of Carmelite Prayer
Steven Payne O.C.D.
There is an apparent disconnect we observe, in so many cases today, between prayer and morality, between what some contemplatives profess or claim to experience and the lives they actually lead. If prayer and morality truly go together as Carmelites always claim, why is it that seemingly prayerful people, at times, do such terrible things? What makes good contemplatives go bad? How do we avoid such pitfalls in our own search for God? A proper understanding of how things can go wrong can help us in trying to make them go right. With this, perhaps we can shed some light on what could be called the moral dimensions of Carmelite prayer.
$9.99
CD150-BI
Learning How to Meditate: An Unfinished Journey
Kevin Culligan O.C.D.
At the heart of daily life in Teresian Carmel are two hours devoted to mental prayer. Usually one hour in the early morning and another hour in the late afternoon. This practice goes back to Saint Teresa Jesus (Avila) who prescribed that two hours each day for meditation in her constitutions. The current constitutions of both the Discalced Carmelite Friars and Nuns continues to uphold this practice. Just as Liturgy and Public Worship characterize life in a Benedictine Monastery, so these hours given to mental prayer characterize life in Teresian Carmel. The speaker describes his own experience during his two hours a day and how he uses this time to continues to learn how to meditate.
$9.99
CD151-BJ
Eucharist and Contemplation
Keith Egan T.O.Carm
On the feast of the Body and Blood of Christ, 2004, Pope John Paul II designated the year from October 10, 2004 until October 29, 2005 as the Year of the Eucharist. This lecture strives to show that there is ample reason to reflect on Eucharist, and in particular on the relationship between Eucharist and contemplation.
$9.99
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