The Prayer of Recollection: CarmelCast Episode 67

Published 2024-05-10
What should I do during my time of prayer? How do I grow closer to Jesus in that time? In this episode, we sit down with Fr. Michael Berry, OCD who shares some of St. Teresa of Avila's wisdom concerning prayer, especially her teaching on The Prayer of Recollection.

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All Comments (21)
  • I found my counsel this evening during prayer. From a book Fr. Tomas de Jesus said “ The souls should understand for it’s part, that in all that it does, it is only disposing and preparing itself for God to communicate himself to it and bring about in it with his gifts what he knows how to do in his power and wisdom …Let it trust in God, who will operate his work in the soul in the manner that is most fitting..let it take care not to seek to be the judge of its own progress, nor scrutinize the workings of God In him.”
  • As someone interested in being an OCDS, this is so deep and educational. Thank you for this beautiful discussion.
  • @lesleyauby6868
    May Our Lord bless you all and bring us all closer to Our Lord Jesus Christ and to his mother Mary. 🙏🙏🙏
  • @reneeclover2607
    THANK YOU FOR THIS! I’ve listened to this video at least 3 times now and I’m unpacking the content slowly but surely🌹
  • No matter your preoccupations, just be present to the Lord. Love this as there seem to be constant preoccupations. ❤🙏
  • @Michelle_wald
    I love this channel it is so easy to understand and I’m a newborn Catholic. I do have religious background tho. Thank you brothers. Shared ✝️💜🤍
  • In prayer, our gaze should be fixed on God, not on the obstacles before us.
  • @SacredHeart3
    Thank you - you & your videos are always such a blessing 🙏🏻
  • One of the fruits of mental pray can be inner joy based on the communion with God and the supernatural.
  • @Jha-1986
    Love it!!! I praise the Lord ...
  • @mariesook9141
    This is a deep conversation, with a lot of info. All the advertisements really detract. Especially the content in the ads.
  • After reading The Way to Perfection, and The Interior Castle and her autobiography and Saint Francis De Sales the Devote Life and The Imitation Of Christ and Saint Faustina s diary. I’m more anxious than ever. No not really but maybe I’m getting discouraged. I do faithfully Mass, Adoration and confession monthly and read these books. I WANT TO BE CLOSER TO JESUS. I just feel even after being faithful to my prayer time every morning. I’m not moving forward in the way I feel I should. Think I’m trying to hard. I’m not doing enough mortifying I suppose and I’m weak at best at fasting. Not that I can’t be hungry that hurts but being physically weak isn’t helpful. I need some direction . The entrance to this video spoke to me. Thankyou so much
  • @LostArchivist
    I wonder if Saint Theresa of Jesus had a form of aphantasia?