My morning devotionals have centered around the book "Spiritual Direction and Meditation", by Thomas Merton. I read a small section and then meditate by clearing my mind and asking God to lead my morning prayer process. Sometimes I immediately lift up others and sometimes I focus on only a word or a phrase that I feel God is leading me in for personal reflection. Here are a few of my favorite quotes from this morning:
"Meditation is for those who are not satisfied with a merely objective and conceptual knowledge about life, about God - about ultimate realities." - p. 53
"Meditative thought is simply the beginning of a process which leads to interior prayer and is normally supposed to culminate in contemplation and in affective communion with God." - p. 54
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