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DVDs/Tapes for Loan


DVD’S  and CD’s FOR Loan

 

Contact Shirley Foley at:   shirleymfoley@gmail.com  or 617-763-9710

 

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+Unity in contemplation –Talks on the Spiritual Journey by Fr. Thomas  

   Keating.

 DVD One:

   Talk 1 - The Divine Economy

            2 - The Christian Contemplative Journey

     Part 1 - Symbol of the Cross

DVD Two:

 The Christian Contemplative Journey

    Talk 2 – The School of Love

            3 – Q&A with Betty Sue Flowers

+Living the Pascal Mystery – Hope and Redemption- DVD

    Presentation by Fr. Thomas Keating with Q&A moderated by Gail  

    Fitzpatrick-Hope

                                       

+A Taste of Beauty, Truth and Goodness  - DVD

     With Fr. Thomas Keating and Fr. Richard Rohr

     Presentation excerpts from the 2007 Annual Conference, Houston, TX

+The Power of Forgiveness  - DVD

     Everett Worthington, Professor of Psychology, Virginia Commonwealth

     University

      Studies have shown that those who learn to forgive live lead- healthier, happier lives.

      It can sometimes seem impossible to forgive, but it isn’t.   The Power of Forgiveness

      offers a four-part study bringing the concept of forgiveness back into focus as we

      relate to God and to each other.  

 

+Oneness and the Heart of the World - DVD

     By Father Thomas Keating and Llewellyn Vaughn-Lee

    This unique meeting of two mystical traditions explores the oneness that is at the

      heart of all spiritual traditions and the contribution it can make at this present time of  

      global transition.

+What is the Emerging Church - CD

      Fr. Richard Rohr

      Fr. Rohr gives us four main categories that indicate that something new and helpful is happening in many denominations.  It appears that the Holy Spirit is at work in the broad field of what is being called “The Emerging church.”  This talk is a clear and very helpful introduction to this dynamic new phenomenon.

+Spiritual Transformation through Centering Prayer - DVD

David Frenette

+The Dhamma Brothers – East Meets West in the Deep South- DVD

   An overcrowded maximum security prison, the end of the line in Alabama’s correctional system, is dramatically changed by the influence of an ancient meditation program.  Behind high security towers and a double row of barbed wire and electrical fence dwells a host of convicts who will never see the light of day.  But for some of these men, a spark is ignited when it becomes the first prison in North America to hold a Vipassana retreat, a deeply demanding course and silent meditation lasting 10 days.

   This film, with the power to dismantle stereotypes about men behind prison in the words of sister Helen Prejean (Dead Man Walking) “gives you hope for the human race.”

+The Art of Letting Go – A six CD program by Fr. Richard Rohr on the principles of the life of St. Francis.

+St.Teresa of Avila  - 3 Disc DVD –Filmed on location in Spain, brimming with talent and meticulous attention to detail and historical accuracy, this definitive film on one of the most amazing women in history.

+Into Great Silence –Nestled deep in the postcard-perfect French Alps, the Grande Chartreuse is considered one of the world’s most ascetic monasteries. The Carthusian order gave permission to make this documentary.

+Healing Our Violence Through the Journey of Centering Prayer – Richard Rohr,OFM and Thomas Keating, OCSO – 6 CD’s

+Singing the Psalms by Rev. Cynthia Bourgeault, Ph. D. –Fifteen hundred years ago, St. Benedict established a system of ora et labora –prayer and wrok-that monastics still follow today. Central to this prayerful integration of body and spirit is psalmody, ot chanting the psalms. – 4 CD’s

+The Shape of God: Deepening the Mystery of the Trinity by Rev, Cynthia Bourgeault and Richard Rohr, OFM.   6 CD’s

+Serenity I – Guided Meditations for those walking the 12 Steps - by Mariette Ellen Dobrowski, PH. D

Six Continuing Sessions of the Introduction to the Centering Prayer Practice, DVD
Formally "The Six Session Follow Up to the Introductory Workshop on Centering Prayer." all subtitles remain the same.     


Following the Mystics through the Narrow Gate  
The Rev. Cynthia Bourgeault led a pre-conference workshop in Sacred Christian Chant. Excerpts from that workshop, and liturgical chants from the conference, are included in these recordings.
Richard Rohr, ofm:
A Timeline of Mysticism
The Expansive Space of the Mystics
An Experience of the Holy
James Finley PhD.
Passing Through the Narrow Gate
A Practice to be with God
A Summary of the Gates

How Do We Breathe Under Water?  The Gospel and 12-Step Spirituality 
In this series, Fr. Richard Rohr offers hope and practical suggestions from many sources including Bill Wilson's Big Book and Scripture.    
Inner Room: Contemplative Prayer as the 11th Step  (DVD)  

DVD Disc One --Session 1 --(Keating): The Inner Room: The Place of Union
                     --Session 2 --(Rohr): Contemplation: How we had it, how we lost it, how we're getting it back

DVD Disc Two --Session 3 --(Keating): Light, Love, and Life of the Trinity
                     --Session 4 --(Rohr): The Wound of Love

DVD Disc Three --Session 5 --(Keating and Rohr): Question and Answer Session

DVD Disc Four --Session 6 --(Keating and Rohr): Closing Comments -- Awakening to the Divine Indwelling
                     --Session 7 -- Keating Homily and Rohr closing Comments

Prophets Then, Prophets Now, (DVD) We are all called to be a prophetic voice in our time: called to a Third Way, as in the words of Jeremiah, "a heart of flesh," in contrast to the righteousness so common in Western society today.         
Seven Sessions including these topics:
    Opening Remarks – Sr. Joan Chittister & Fr. RichardRohr
    Prophetic Spirit for Today - Chittister
    Order vs. Charism - Rohr
    Dialogue - Chittister & Rohr
    Women, Religion and War - Chittister
    Seeing in a New Way - Rohr
    Lamentation Service
    Conversation with Dorothy Day & Oscar Romero Homily

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 VHS Tapes         
    Thomas Keating
Tape 1- CP as an 11th Step Practice                                                                                                        
Tape 2- The Human Condition and the First Two Steps                                                                
Tape 3- A Daily Practice of Transformation 12 Step                                                                       
Tape 4- Q & A on Method – 12 Steps                                                                                                       

Intro: Attitudes Toward God                                                                                                                   
Four Levels of Scriptural Experience                                                                                                   

Spiritual Journey #1 Prayer as Relating to God

Spiritual Journey #3 Toward Resting in God

Spiritual Journey #4 Centering Prayer as Method

Spiritual Journey #5 Progress in Centering Prayer

Spiritual Journey #6 The Human Condition: The Evolutionary Model

Spiritual Journey #7 Formation of the Home-Made Self: The Existential Model

Spiritual Journey #8 The Pre-Rational Energy Centers

Spiritual Journey #9 Frustrations Caused by the Emotional Programs

Spiritual Journey #10 Dismantling the Emotional Programs

Spiritual Journey #11 The False Self in Action

Spiritual Journey #12 The Four Consents

Spiritual Journey #13 Anthony as Paradigm of the Spiritual Journey

Spiritual Journey #17 The Human Condition: The Philosophical Model

Spiritual Journey #18 Night of Sense: The Biblical Desert”

Spiritual Journey #19 Night of Spirit Toward Transformation

Spiritual Journey #20 The Beatitude: Healing the Emotional Programs

Spiritual Journey #21 The Spiritual Senses

Spiritual Journey #22 What Contemplation is Not

Lectio Divina Series 5 & 6…7 & 8

The Monastic Heritage: Our Apophatic Tradition – Basil Pennington – Parts 1 & 2

The Monastic Heritage: Our Apophatic Tradition – Basil Pennington – Parts 3 & 4

The Cloud of Unknowing – William Meninger – Parts 1 & 2

The Cloud of Unknowing – William Meninger – Parts 3 & 4

The Cloud of Unknowing – William Meninger – Parts 5 & 6

An Over view of the Apophatic Tradition – James Wiseman – Parts 1 & 2

An Over view of the Apophatic Tradition – James Wiseman – Parts 3 & 4

Transformation in Christ According to St. Therese of Lisieux – Thomas Keating

The Practices That Bring the  Fruits of Centering Prayer into Daily Life/ The Prayer of Forgiveness with Sister Bernadette Teasdale

The Divine Therapy by Gail Fitzpatrick Hopler

John of the Cross


+How we run our prayer meeting
+How to do Centering Prayer
The Guidelines
1. Choose a sacred word as the symbol of your intention to consent to God’s presence and action within.
2. Sitting comfortably and with eyes closed, settle briefly and silently introduce the sacred word as the symbol
of your consent to God’s presence and action within.
3. When engaged with your thoughts*, return ever-so-gently to the sacred word.
4. At the end of the prayer period, remain in silence with eyes closed for a couple of minutes.
*thoughts include body sensations, feelings, images, and reflections
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Lectio Divina
Scholastic Method  
Step 1: Read the passage, encouraging everyone to listen with the "ear of their heart." What phrase, sentence or even one
word stands out to you?
Step 2: Read the passage again and on the word of God. Encourage everyone to be aware of what touches them, a thought
or reflection that is meaningful. Allow a minute or two of silence.
Step 3: Read the passage again and spontaneously to the word of God. Be aware of any prayer that rises up within that expresses
the experience. Allow a minute or two of silence.
Step 4: Read the passage a final time and in the word, reflect or pray and allow God to speak in the silence.
Allow three or four minutes of silence.
After the resting, take the phrase, sentence, or word into your daily activity and listen to it, reflect on it, pray over it,
and rest in it as time allows during the day. Allow it to become part of you.

Monastic Method 
Moment 1: Lectio- Read the Scripture passage for the first time. Listen with the "ear of your heart." What phrase, sentence or even one word stands out to you? Begin to repeat that phrase, sentence or one word over and over, allowing it to settle deeply in your heart. Simply return to the repetition of the phrase, sentence or one word, savoring it in your heart.
Moment 2: Meditatio- Reflect, relish the words. Let them resound in your heart. Let an attitude of quiet receptiveness permeate the prayer time. Be attentive to what speaks to your heart. spontaneously as you continue to listen to a phrase, sentence or word.
Moment 3: Oratio- Respond spontaneously as you continue to listen to a phrase, sentence or word. A prayer of praise, thanksgiving or petition may arise. Offer that prayer, and then return to repeating the word in your heart.
Moment 4: Contemplatio - Rest in God. Simply "be with" God's presence as you open yourself to a deeper hearing of the Word of God.
If you feel drawn back to the scriptures, follow the lead of the Spirit.
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I AM NOT I

I am not I.
I am this one
Walking beside me whom I do not see,
Whom at times I manage to visit,
And at other times I forget.
The one who remains silent when I talk,
The one who forgives, sweet, when I hate,
The one who takes a walk when I am indoors,
The one who will remain standing when I die.


- Juan Ramon Jimenez (translation by Robert Bly)

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Make everything in you an ear, each atom of your being,
And you will hear at every moment what the Source is whispering to you,
Just to you and for you,
without any need for my words or anyone else’s.
You are-we all are-the beloved of the Beloved,
And in every moment, in every event of your life,
The beloved is whispering to you exactly what you need to hear and know.
Who can ever explain the miracle?It simply is.
Listen, and you will discover it every passing moment.
Listen, and your whole life will become a conversation
In thought and act between you and Him,directly, wordlessly, now and always.


-Rumi-

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