Contemplata
The purpose of our lives is to come to know God, yet on account of sin the eyes of our hearts have grown blind to the presence of God. Just as Jesus healed the blind men in the Gospels, so God is now at work to heal the eyes of our hearts by the light of his grace. Contemplata is a podcast for those seeking to grow in contemplative prayer—the loving awareness of the presence of God. Fr. James Dominic Brent, O.P. is a Dominican Friar of the Province of St. Joseph.
Podcasting since 2024 • 45 episodes
Contemplata
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Contemplata Episode 43 | How to Look on God | Fr. James Brent, O.P.
We should love righteousness, which is a right relationship with God. How should we conduct ourselves? “Think of the Lord in goodness, and seek him in simplicity of heart (Wisdom 1:1).” Learn how Fr. James Brent, O.P. explains this important...
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Contemplata Episode 42 | Scripture Transforms You | Fr. James Brent, O.P.
Scripture doesn’t offer quick fixes—but it truly transforms us. In this episode, Fr. James Brent, O.P., shares how daily lectio divina with the book of Genesis changed one young mother’s outlook on her marriage, her fa...
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Contemplata Episode 41 | Listening to God | Fr. James Brent, O.P.
Fr James Brent, O.P., reminds us that whatever happens to us is also happening to Christ in us. You and I are so closely united with Jesus Christ, as branches are to the vine, that our joys, sufferings, and daily experiences are shared in hi...
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Contemplata Episode 40 | God's Life In You | Fr. James Brent, O.P.
The Lord says ‘I am the vine, you are the branches.’ That is how the Lord wants us to think of the life of grace. Jesus is the head of the body, we are his members. There is a distinction, but there is one common life. You and I are branches on...
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Contemplata Episode 39 | Communion | Fr. James Brent, O.P.
Every word of scripture is full of fire from the Holy Spirit. Every time you and I take a word of scripture to heart great things begin to happen in our souls. We begin to recover our sense of the presence of God in our lives and in the world a...
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