A career in the Church
Formed for heaven
Formed for compassion
5. The Land of Spices – Prayer beyond the beginnings
Prayer
PRIESTLY PRAYER
Our image of God determines our prayer
Varieties of prayer: imaginative
Paying attention
Place your mind in your heart
PRAYER AND MINISTRY
Prayer and overactivity
Be silent, still, aware
Prayer is not easy
Distractions in prayer
FELT ABSENCE OF GOD IN PRAYER
Poustinia
When prayer becomes dull
THIRSTING FOR GOD
Time for the Heart of Jesus
Seeking and finding God in all things
Everyday contemplation: the example of the Little Brothers and Sisters of Jesus
Love divine, all loves excelling
6. Seven Times a Day I Praise You – The Daily Office
The place of the Office in the life of the Church
Ora et labora
WHEN THE OFFICE LOSES ITS FRESHNESS
‘I don’t need to say the Office’
Joining with an unseen host
A PRAYER BEFORE THE OFFICE
Preparation of place
THE BODY AT PRAYER
Sitting, standing, bowing, kneeling
PRAYING THE OFFICE
The psalms
Praying the psalms
Praying with Scripture
In Christ alone
7. Eucharistic Living – The sacrament of cosmic communion
Holy living
Presiding and praying
THE ICONIC NATURE OF THE PRIESTHOOD
The priest as an alter Christus
The priest as an icon of Christ
What is an icon?
Mary, mother and priest?
The Church as the icon of Christ
CELEBRATING THE MYSTERY
Preparing
Vesting
Liturgy of the Word
Intercessor
The Eucharistic Prayer
Saved by disability
A living sacrifice
‘MASS OF THE WORLD’
Living Eucharistically
Christ present in all people
8. Living in Ordinary Time – Developing a wholesome life
SPIRITUAL DIRECTION
What is spiritual direction?
The desire for God
A note for spiritual directors
RETREATS AND QUIET DAYS
PASTORAL SUPERVISION
RULE OF LIFE
Discernment
Making choices in life
THE SINGLE LIFE
CELIBACY
Anglicans and celibacy
PARTNERS FOR LIFE
PARTICULAR RELATIONSHIPS
HEALTHY LIVING
THROUGH DARKNESS AND PERPLEXITY
Growing into Christ
9. Being Beneath the Role – Discovering our personal vocation
‘What a piece of work is a man!’
THE PARADOX OF BEING
Putting on masks
Engulfed by Church
Spirituality and sexuality
BEING HONEST
BEING DIFFERENT: LGBTI
BEING IN CHRIST
Beneath the role
The call to sanctity
THE PERSONAL VOCATION
