Author: Bart Hennigan

“Whenever there is turmoil, mysticism flourishes”, is the introductory line for the Meister Eckhart chapter of Journey to the Heart: Christian Contemplation Through the Centuries, and there’s something

In Prayer and Temperament, Michael and Norrisey describe Augustinian Prayer as a prayer style similar to Ignatian style prayer, but with some important differences. In Ignatian style prayer,

I’m finished with two of the three years it takes to become a certified spiritual director through the FinD School for Spiritual Direction and Formation, and as I

Lectio divina, sometimes called Thomistic prayer after St. Thomas Aquinus, is prayer that is focused on a more intellectual, or at least more thought-filled, approach to prayer. If

I’ve written before about contemplative prayer and its benefits. Some people have real difficulty clearing their minds and quieting their inner voices enough for prayers like the Jesus

It’s Eastertide, and something I learned from NT Wright is that if we give up something for the forty days of Lent, it’s a good idea to add

“Remember you are dust, and to dust you shall return.” This are the words spoken over those of us who receive the imposition of ashes on Ash Wednesday,

In some ways it feels like Lent 2020 came and never left. It was in the midst of Lent that COVID-19 lockdowns began, and though an end is

“We can’t control what’s going on, but we can keep choosing kindness.” —El Arroyo I’ve been thinking about this quote quite a bit in the last few months.

We’ve talked about how to sit shiva with someone else’s pain, but with everything going on right now, I wanted to talk about how to handle our own