Analyzing Quote by Richard Rohr

There's no Biblical definition of contemplative prayer

— Mike Bickle

“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 contemplative seeks to be drawn ever more deeply into the circle of divine being, consciousness, and bliss, the circle of God knowing and…

— David Bentley Hart

“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

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

“We remain free, however, to listen to God's communication or not to listen, and free to respond or not to respond to what we…

— William A. Barry

Prayer concerns God, whose purposes and plans are conditioned on prayer. His will and His glory are bound up in praying.

— Edward McKendree Bounds

The definition of prayer is paying careful and concentrated attention to something other than your own constructions.

— W. H. Auden

“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

Prayer as focus is not a way of limiting what can be seen; it is a habit of attention brought to bear on all…

— Patricia Hampl

Prayer is dedicating our thought, feeling and action to the expression of goodness. It is to become like a window through which the light…

— Wilferd Peterson