Prayer And Mediation (Athour: The Then Cardinal Ratzinger, Approval Jp

[BarbTherese]

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[color=#000000][i]The Supreme Pontiff, John Paul II, in an audience granted to the undersigned Cardinal Prefect, gave his approval to this letter, drawn up in a plenary session of this Congregation, and ordered its publication.[/i][/color]
[color=#000000][i]At Rome, from the offices of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, October 15, 1989, the Feast of Saint Teresa of Jesus.[/i][/color]
[color=#000000][i]Joseph Card. Ratzinger Prefect[/i][/color]
[color=#000000][i]Alberto Bovone Titular Archbishop of Caesarea in NumidiaSecretary[/i][/color]

[color=#000000]Read more: [url="http://rcspiritualdirection.com/blog/2011/11/11/the-vatican-on-christian-meditation-and-centering-prayer#ixzz1dXm9KNF4"]http://rcspiritualdi...r#ixzz1dXm9KNF4[/url][/quote][/color]
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"Christian Prayer and Meditation"

I found this text, approved by JPII, written by Cardinal Ratzinger (Pope Benedict XVI) then Cardinal Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of The Faith written in plain language and very easy to understand, and difficult to misinterpret. Rather often, the mystics especially for one can be misinterpreted and misunderstood.

The text not only addresses 'centering prayer' - but the whole subject of prayer in general.

[BarbTherese]

wooop! apologies for another spelling error - "athour" should be "author" in thread title.

...............oh boy and "mediation" in thead title should read "meditation"!!!

Edited November 13, 2011 by BarbaraTherese