Author's note
Dear friends, I started this blog on December 15, 2015. In the first four years I received 117,000 visitors in a very slow growth pattern. Over the past four years, that growth has increased steadily. In the month of April 2024, the blog had 123,000 visitors. Over these years, in the Carmelite tradition I have developed a clear focus on deep personal prayer as the central focus of the blog, PRAYING ALONE TOGETHERI have felt the need to clarify and explain deep personal prayer to our new visitors. so I have put together a source of twelve blogs that gives a good basic overview of this topic. These twelve blogs will be published individually over the next twelve weeks which will be available in the blogger under the deep person prayer tab. My hope is that this is the beginning of an understanding and, more importantly, an experience of deep personal prayer for all of our visitors.
If you would like to comment or ask questions, you can use the following email address to contact me. I will respond as best I can, depending largely on the number of messages. deeppersonalprayer@gmail.com
In Christ,
F. Tracy O. Carm
Index of Blogs on Deep Personal Prayer as a True Treasure
The Lord tells us the first task in life is prayer. But not the prayer of words, like a parrot; but the prayer of the heart gazing on the Lord, hearing the Lord, asking the Lord.
Jesus has much to say about prayer in the Gospels. In Luke, Jesus makes it very clear how to decide about our concerns and God’s concerns. (Lk 12:22–24, 31, 34).
The Bible is a love story of God and his people. It is simple and clear. Yet, it is also complicated because this love absorbs human frailty and sin covering centuries.
“Speak, Lord, your servant is listening.” (1 Samuel 3:10).
Christian Meditation is a contemplative approach to prayer that centers on silence
When we are praying, distractions are the most immediate obstacle
7. Jesus’ Teaching on Prayer
The Lord’s Prayer, then, is the prayer of the family of God on the journey to the unity and freedom of the kingdom
The part of the Pilgrimage to God that is probably most difficult for all of us is this. God wants everything
God has taken the initiative in his saving love for us
Following Jesus is at the heart of faithful spirituality
This helps us accept ourselves in both our brokenness and giftedness
