
Contemplative Prayer: Being with God
Contemplative prayer isn’t about elite spirituality or saying the right words. It’s about relationship. About learning to simply be with God. Not asking. Not analyzing. Just showing up.

What’s It Like Inside a Trappist Monastery?
What does life inside a Trappist monastery offer to those of us on the outside? In “A Matter of the Heart,” Brother Paul Quenon shares over 50 years of journal entries from his quiet life of prayer and contemplation. With a poet’s touch, he reflects on life’s mysteries and a spiritual calling shaped by solitude, stillness and the pursuit of inner peace — insights that resonate well beyond the cloister.