In the Light of the Blessed Sacrament: Meditation and Contemplation

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Meditation is a prayerful reflection that begins above all in the Word of God in the Bible.

Meditation engages

• thought,

• imagination,

• emotion and

• desire

in order to deepen

• our faith,

• convert our heart and

• fortify our will to follow Christ.

It is a first step toward the union of love with our Lord.

Further reading: CCC 2705-2708, 2723

Contemplative prayer is a simple gaze upon God in silence and love ~ Eucharistic Adoration - gaze upon the Blessed Sacrament of the Altar, face to face.

It is a gift of God, a moment of pure faith during which the one praying seeks Christ, surrenders himself/herself to the loving will of the Father, and places his/her being under the action of the Holy Spirit.

Saint Teresa of Avila defines contemplative prayer as the intimate sharing of friendship, "in which time is frequently taken to be alone with God who we know loves us."

Further reading: CCC 2709-2719, 2724, 2739-2741

Apart from the Eucharistic Mass which is the highest form of prayer, both the meditation and contemplative prayers are also made available through the

• Eucharistic Adoration

• Holy Hour

• Taizé Prayer Adoration

We pray as we live because we live as we pray.

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