Prayer Of The Heart (Video)

Let us continue the work and the play of Christmas, meditating every day of the year. Embrace the dark, rest in the heart, and give birth to the light within. Our work is to glow. ‪Pictured here, the icon 'Our Lady of Vladimir,' 11th century, one of the oldest and most beloved paintings of Mary and Jesus.

"The deeper part of the contemplative life takes place altogether in darkness, and in a cloud of unknowing, with a loving stirring blindly beholding the naked being only of God..." ~Cloud of Unknowing, 13th C.

"Above all things love silence. Out of your silence will arise something that draws you into deeper silence. If you practice this, inexpressible light will dawn upon you." ~St. Isaac of Nineveh, 7th C.