At first thought meditating on your inevitable death might seem morbid, negative or unnecessary but all the saints did it.  Thomas a Kempis in the Imitation of Christ has a chapter on meditating on our death.  The aim of this mediation is to cut us free...

Why would St Ignatius want us to meditate on Hell?  God does not send anyone to Hell.  When we commit a mortal sin we take the hand of Satan and say, lead me on.  And on we go with him into Hell.  If we are still holding a demon’s hand when we die: he...

St Ignatius Loyola wants to show us how to become perfect through Meditation and Mental Prayer.  So he begins at the beginning, that is with God and our relationship to Him.  St Ignatius wants us to understand the reality of the grievousness of our sins...

Bible references in this Episode 10Ps xviii 5Gen Chapters 1, 2 & 3Ecclus 18: 6Ecclus 18: 3,4Ecclus  17: 10,11Ps 8: 67 Ps 17: 21Sirach 17: 3,4,10,11,Matt 12:36Hebrew 10:31In this episode we follow the meditation and mental prayer from St Ignatius...

This is an Ignatian Meditation.  It lays the foundation of our understanding of our relationship with God.  God's just judgement on the rebel angels who sinned only once and His treatment of man who constantly sin against Him is the food for this...

In this episode we acquire tools to help us change our world view to experience the reality that this world and every minuscule component and element only exist by God's provenance. We cannot take them away from God by claiming that we own them.  God...

All the saints suffered batterings from Satan because of their journey into holiness through mental prayer.In this episode I take a look at how active Satan is when he sees us do meditation and mental prayer. Because he knows we are escaping his...

The Spiritual Exercises of Ignatius Loyola are a foundation for Mental Prayer.  In this episode we look at the exercises or steps laid out by St Ignatius that lead the aspirant to holiness. 

Want to grow in Holiness? Love Journaling?  Then you will appreciate using our book: “Catholic Journal: Meditation & Mental Prayer” Or you may prefer a more dedicated Journal: “Meditation & Mental Prayer: Following Christ to Calvary.  A Catholic...

Saint Teresa tells us that to expedite our faults is our first objective in Mental Prayer.In this episode I show you how to identify your Predominant Fault which is keeping you from being as pleasing to God as you would like to be.  Having said that,...

Mentioned in this episode:Recap on the 7 step structure of Mental PrayerReasons for distractionsPreparing for Mental PrayerRecognising our own distractionsAridity in prayerTips to overcome distractionsQuieting our mindsSt Teresa talking to her sisters...

Here I answer the question How to do Mental Prayer and I have laid out the most popular 7 step method of Saint Theresa of Avila.  This is not so much about a strict practice of lifting the mind and soul to God - although indeed this is one of the...