Contemplata

Dec 04 2024 20 ep. 10 mins 15
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The purpose of our lives is to come to know God, yet on account of sin the eyes of our hearts have grown blind to the presence of God. Just as Jesus healed the blind men in the Gospels, so God is now at work to heal the eyes of our hearts by the light of his grace. Contemplata is a podcast for those seeking to grow in contemplative prayer—the loving awareness of the presence of God. Fr. James Dominic Brent, O.P. is a Dominican Friar of the Province of St. Joseph. 

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Contemplata Episode 18 | The Life of Prayer | Fr. James Brent, O.P.

Dec 04 2024 10 mins  
When people hear the word prayer, they think about the various prayers that we say—the Our Father, the Hail Mary, the Anima Christi. That’s one sense of the word prayer. We’re called to not only say acts of prayer, but to live the life of prayer. The Catechism of the Catholic Church gives this definition: the life of prayer is the habit of being in the presence of the thrice

Contemplata Episode 17 | Metanoia | Fr. James Brent, O.P.

Nov 20 2024 12 mins  
The purpose of our lives is to enter into the life of the Holy Trinity, and come to know something of the holy, awesome, and awe-inspiring life of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. The question is, “How?” The Lord Jesus tells us the answer very clearly. In the Gospel of Mark, the first thing the Lord says is this: “the time is fulfilled, and the Kingdom of God is at hand. Rep

Contemplata Episode 16 | The Purpose of Life | Fr. James Brent, O.P.

Nov 06 2024 10 mins  
The purpose of our life is to know, love, and enjoy God. More specifically, the purpose of our life is to know, love, and enjoy the Holy Trinity. In this episode, Fr. James Brent, O.P., meditates on the sign of the cross, a simple gesture that contains two great truths of our faith – that the purpose of our life is to participate in the life of the Trinity and the way is to follo

Contemplata Bonus Episode | Rosary of Gratitude | Fr. James Brent, O.P.

Oct 23 2024 4 mins  
In previous episodes, we learned about the Eucharistic sacrifice and about the qualities of heart we need when we go to Mass. One of these qualities is thanksgiving. We need to take time to count our blessings. And two of the best ways we can prepare for Mass is to count our blessings and pray the Rosary. We can combine these two. Learn how in this bonus episode of Contemplata.Foll

Contemplata Episode 15 | The Friends of God | Fr. James Brent, O.P.

Oct 09 2024 29 mins  
“You become what you eat,” they say. If you eat the body and drink the blood of our Lord God and Savior Jesus Christ, who do you become? You become him. You become Jesus. You become another Christ in this world. You learn to live his life – his supernatural and divine Life. You come to know his Father. You begin to breathe his Spirit. You learn to walk as he walked. You learn

Contemplata Episode 14 | Formed by Heaven | Fr. James Brent, O.P.

Sep 25 2024 11 mins  
At Mass, the people are called to co-offer the sacrifice. But how, precisely, do we do so? It is principally an affair of the heart, a matter of intention. Find out in this episode how heaven teaches us to form such an intention at Mass.Follow us on: Instagram: ​​​​@contemplatapodcast Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/DominicanFriarsMedia Support: If you want to support this

Contemplata Episode 13 | Mass without Communion? | Fr. James Brent, O.P.

Sep 11 2024 8 mins  
Very often, when we think of going to Mass or not going to Mass, the question in our minds is, “What I will get out of it.?” We do not think in terms of what God is worth or how, in the Mass, we render to God the worship he deserves from us. But what is God worth? Even if you can’t receive communion that day, you and I have been given the grace, the honor, and the privilege t

Contemplata Episode 12 | Your PART at the Mass | Fr. James Brent, O.P.

Aug 28 2024 10 mins  
Pope Pius XII once said that “all the faithful should be aware that to participate in the Eucharistic Sacrifice is their chief duty and supreme dignity.” But how do we do so? What is our part in the Mass? The answer is simple. Our hearts should have the same qualities of the heart of Jesus Christ in his worship of the Father and our hearts should be a reflection of his. But wha

Contemplata Episode 11 | It is the Lord! | Fr. James Brent, O.P.

Aug 14 2024 9 mins  
When we go to Mass, we remain on earth. But Fr. James Brent, O.P. explains that what we have on our altars in our earthly liturgies is one and the same Lamb of God as in heaven—not merely a sign or merely a symbol of the Lamb, but the actual Lamb of God—body, blood, soul, and divinity. Follow us on: Instagram: ​​​​@contemplatapodcast Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/Dom

Contemplata Episode 10 | The Sacrament of Charity | Fr. James Brent, O.P.

Jul 24 2024 8 mins  
There is one place above all where we can come to know the love of God—the Eucharist. It is called the sacrament of charity, the sacrament of love. And it was out of love that Jesus Christ set up this great sacrament in the Church. It was in order to remain with us always, in order to bring us back to himself in eternity.Follow us on: Instagram: ​​​​@contemplatapodcast Yo