In its Daily Meditations, the Center for Action and Contemplation recently ran the following reader feedback from a man named “Stephan H.,” in which he shares his contemplative practice of “Marvelling,” which we offer to you here:
I have been a Trappist monk for 40 years. I have experimented with many different exercises of prayer and contemplation. A bit late in life, I discovered a much simpler way of entering contemplative stillness. I call it the prayer of “Marvelling.” It’s simply this: let yourself be overcome with awe while observing a simple object or thing. It could be anything—a flower, bird, a running stream, a human smile, or even one’s own hand. The exercise is to simply visually cherish what is before you. I have often encountered God in this way, most often, out in the world—well outside our monastic chapel.
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