Thank you Dolours for posting this. I am all in. After listening to Part 1 I think it will be awesome. I have confidence that a slug like me might be able to do this.....lol. I think this will be very helpful moving forward in this craziness of our world. I think it will help center us on the Gospels and bring peace. I will have to listen to Part 2 before deciding on which way but I am leaning toward imaginative way. We will see.
Sometimes on the journey of prayer unexpected "nights" of darkness can come which purify the soul, it seems . Read a quote from Saint Teresa of Avila a few days ago which gives hope during those dark times- "Pain is never permanent."From what I have read of her she went through her fair share. Must get around to reading some of her books in the near future hopefully. Padre Pio also has some great quotes around suffering and the value of it. Can be difficult believing in its value during low spots though.
Just catching up. Hard to believe but the lockdown meant that I have had less leisure time than I had grown accustomed to since retiring from work. It's great to see that I'm not the only mental prayer novice here. If we give it our best shot, approaching it with humility, God will give us the grace to get it right. Yes, I find it difficult to focus on the mysteries. I get off to a great start then my mind wanders off track and I'm nearly at the end of the decade before I realise it and have to give myself a mental slap. I'm hoping that these lessons from Fr. Nix will help me with the 15 minutes' meditation for the first Saturday devotion because I never seem to get that right. Coincidentally, the homily at last Sunday's Mass was about spiritual growth. If I have any difficulties I might ask that priest's advice.
He now has uploaded a total of six videos on his Padre Peregrino channel, VLX 1, 2 and 3 on Meditation and CPX 1, 2 and 3 on the Catechism. You'll find them at this link although they aren't grouped together in a play list: https://www.youtube.com/c/PadrePeregrino/videos I find his explanation of the imaginative method easier to understand.
