Contemplata
The purpose of our lives is to come to know God, yet on account of sin the eyes of our hearts have grown blind to the presence of God. Just as Jesus healed the blind men in the Gospels, so God is now at work to heal the eyes of our hearts by the light of his grace. Contemplata is a podcast for those seeking to grow in contemplative prayer—the loving awareness of the presence of God. Fr. James Dominic Brent, O.P. is a Dominican Friar of the Province of St. Joseph.
Episodes
Jesus fulfilled the law of sacrifice in a unique way when he offered himself to the Father on Calvary. In his sacrifice, we find the three elements common to all sacrifice. First, we find an inward or spiritual sacrifice—the offering of his heart to the Father. Second, we find an outward act of sacrifice—a definite gesture expressing the gift of his heart. Third, we find a thing offered. In this episode of Contemplata, Fr. James Br...
In this episode, Fr. James Brent, O.P., discusses sacrificial worship—human beings have, written in their hearts, a desire to offer sacrifice to God. Jesus taught us that the one sacrifice that would please God is not something we make up, but it is he, himself. He is the one true sacrifice that offers himself up to the Father.
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St. Paul tells us that Jesus Christ is the wisdom of God. To provide food for us, food that lasts eternally, the heavenly Father sent his Son into the world—the very wisdom of God.
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God is always working to recover our hearts by grace—primarily through his Word, through prayer, and through the Eucharist. More than anything else, the Eucharist forms us for eternal life. In this episode of Contemplata, Fr. James Brent, O.P., begins a series on the Eucharist.
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All of the teachings and all of the practices of the holy Catholic Church are given to the world for the recovery of the human heart. In this episode of Contemplata, Fr. James Brent, O.P., talks about a certain pathos of the human heart—that ever since the Fall, the heart has been embattled. But there is hope for recovering the heart.
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