Contemplative prayer Quote by David Bentley Hart

“Contemplative prayer is natural, unprogrammed; it is perpetual openness to God, so that in the openness his concerns can flow in and out of…

— Ray Simpson

“The spiritual intense fixation of the mind, by contemplation on God in Christ, until the soul be as it were swallowed up in admiration…

— Timothy J. Keller

In contemplative prayer we seek to become the person we are called to be, not by thinking of God, but by being with God.…

— John Main

This is the path of prayer-contemplative prayer, that is, as distinct from simple prayers of supplication and thanksgiving-which is a specific discipline of thought,…

— Anonymous

Prayer is looking out from a different set of eyes, which are not comparing, competing, judging, labeling or analyzing, but receiving the moment in…

— Richard Rohr

“Prayer is not primarily saying words or thinking thoughts. It is, rather, a stance. It’s a way of living in the Presence, living in…

— Richard Rohr

Our life of contemplation shall retain the following characteristics: —missionary: by going out physically or in spirit in search of souls all over the…

— Mother Teresa

There's no Biblical definition of contemplative prayer

— Mike Bickle

Contemplation is that condition of alert passivity, in which the soul lays itself open to the divine Ground within and without, the immanent and…

— Aldous Huxley

Contemplation is life itself, fully awake, fully active, and fully aware that it is alive. It is spiritual wonder. It is spontaneous awe at…

— Thomas Merton

“Prayer is thinking deeply about something in the presence of God.”

— Wayne Cordeiro

“Contemplative prayer is not so much a type of prayer as something that should be a component of all prayer. It is the silence…

— David G. Benner