Contemplative Haven: A Novice's Intro 
A Novice's Intro
Welcome! Welcome to Contemplative Haven, a Catholic blog dedicated to presenting, discussing, nurturing and encouraging all things contemplative - the contemplative response, the contemplative life (particularly for lay people), contemplative prayer and contemplation itself.
My hope is that we will find a haven for our souls here; a brief respite in our day or during a period in our lives when we find ourselves not only "in the world", but far too much "of it". Contemplation is not an "escape from", but a "taking refuge in". I hope this blog will be just such a sanctuary, a quiet place into which we may enter to regain our joy and strengthen our faith when we are world-weary, unable to quite understand how Jesus could say, "My yoke is easy, and My burden is light".
Yes, and also a place where we will not be ashamed or frightened to admit that we desire to grow in virtue and in holiness; that we are aiming, with His grace, at nothing less than the Transforming Union.
Contemplation. Resting in God, and returning to the world a little more balanced, a little more energetic, with greater generosity of spirit and more capable of love, because we have been in union, if ever so briefly, with Him.
My hope is that we will find a haven for our souls here; a brief respite in our day or during a period in our lives when we find ourselves not only "in the world", but far too much "of it". Contemplation is not an "escape from", but a "taking refuge in". I hope this blog will be just such a sanctuary, a quiet place into which we may enter to regain our joy and strengthen our faith when we are world-weary, unable to quite understand how Jesus could say, "My yoke is easy, and My burden is light".
Yes, and also a place where we will not be ashamed or frightened to admit that we desire to grow in virtue and in holiness; that we are aiming, with His grace, at nothing less than the Transforming Union.
Contemplation. Resting in God, and returning to the world a little more balanced, a little more energetic, with greater generosity of spirit and more capable of love, because we have been in union, if ever so briefly, with Him.
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