It is good that “Christian Meditation for Priests” - this contemporary resource for the spiritual and the contemplative life of Priests - is now online. I am grateful to the World Community for Christian Meditation for offering this much needed service to Priests. My hope and prayer is that it will be a channel of spiritual friendship for Priests world wide. The great challenges to priestly ministry today call us to come closer to Christ through a deeper embrace of the mystical spirit as taught from the first days of the Gospel through the Church’s rich contemplative tradition. The teaching of Christian Meditation offers a way into this living tradition and has borne much fruit over the years. The contemplative journey united to the active ministry is a demanding challenge for Priests, Bishops and lay people – but it is as simple and true as Christ himself. It is also profound in its fruits both for the person who follows it and for those who serve with their ministry.
+ George Cardinal PellArchbishop of Sydney
"Be still and know that I am God"
Psalm 46
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It is vital that Christian Meditation be correctly understood by all manner of Christians, regardless of whether or not they are liberal, moderate, or conservative. I find it absolutely thrilling that the Archbishop of Sydney, His Eminence, George Cardinal Pell, who is a noted conservative, has made a ringing endorsement of Christian Meditation. Christian Meditation needs the official approval of the Roman Catholic Church and it would be wonderful if this were to happen. It would also be absolutely thrilling if this approval came from the Holy Father himself, in the form of an Apostolic Letter of Exhortation to the Faithful. It would also be appropriate if a clear reference to Christian Meditation and its specific method as taught by Fr. John Main OSB were to be included in the Holy See's Catechism of the Catholic Church. This would need to be included under 'Meditation' in Paragraphs 2705 to 2708, under 'Contemplative Prayer' in Paragraphs 2709 to 2719, and finally the concluding 'In Brief' section in Paragraphs 2720 to 2724. Thank you.
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