MC1 - Praying with Scripture: Contemplation and Meditation w/Fr. Timothy Gallagher

Fr. Gallagher introduces us to meditation and contemplation - the cornerstones of Ignatius of Loyola’s spiritual practice.
For other episodes in the series visit The Discerning Hearts “Praying with Scripture” page
Father Timothy M. Gallagher, O.M.V., was ordained in 1979 as a member of the Oblates of the Virgin Mary, a religious community dedicated to retreats and spiritual formation according to the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius. Fr. Gallagher is featured on the EWTN series “Living the Discerning Life: The Spiritual Teachings of St. Ignatius of Loyola”.
For more information on how to obtain copies of Fr. Gallaghers’s various books and audio which are available for purchase, please visit his website: frtimothygallagher.org
For the other episodes in this series check out Fr. Timothy Gallagher’s “Discerning Hearts” page

[@maryleeweaver4703]

Wonderful tool for insight about imagination and contemplation with prayer

[@sherryfowke1306]

Thank you so much for this. I have been wanting to enter into mental prayer especially during lent. Father Gallagher Is so good at presenting topics in simple easy ways of understanding, I am glad I found this video.

[@kerry-ch2zi]

I was contemplating Ezra 1:2 this evening when my friend sent me this link. Fr. Gallagher has charged a pole, so to speak, by giving us a contrast between St.John of the Cross and St.Ignatius, two I did research. A meditative visualization aid is the idea of the facets of one eye; like a bee. Honeybees build what they see through: Hexagons. Well, when we try to make those turrets look like soft swirl ice cream, we occasionally tend to need something other than hexagons between.
This is where the Alhambra should enter our thinking. Though Hexagons are a marvelous efficient carbohydrate, the structures need to yawn and stretch; thus change is constant both in observing and being observed. Different shapes and different concepts of curves expand the ideas of the pattern.
Thus separating contemplation and meditation seems to lead always to re-combing them. The question is: Which one are you doing? Do you know? Can you know?
St. John gave me the impression that memory loss was the sign you've arrived. St. Ignatius on the other hand, gave me the impression of readiness for a barracks inspection.
But that's the part that's YOU. With so many facets, there's a template in these men that can help you to get your own lines straight, in that particular space, at that time.
Thanks for the imaginative aid Fr. Gallagher, and the low steady turbulence. Its awfully HARD to do these days...

[@leroybuchholdt7948]

Well Done Fr. G., Clear and easy to understand. MGBY.

[@Miriana727]

Thank you, Father Timothy Gallagher. You are so clear.

[@marlyna.9285]

thanks God!
Thank you Fr., may God continue bless this platform 💖🙏💖

[@evapena3746]

Wonderful teaching

[@lornawade9346]

I feel so blessed to have come upon this post. Thank you so much Fr. Gallagher for your message that was insightful and reflective. My best friend was a Jesuit and have come to love the Ignatian Spirituality. God Bless.

[@petrusgimbad946]

Thank you Fr Gallagher for the clarity between meditation and contemplation.

[@Thai-Maria]

Thank you very much father Gallagher and Chris!

[@cathylevasseur1332]

Thank You..

[@evapena3746]

Venerable Bruno Lanteri pray for us