Ruth Burrowsov\u00e1 (Karmelit\u00e1nsk\u00e1 jepti\u0161ka ) napsal mnoho knih v nich\u017e se zam\u00fd\u0161l\u00ed nad vni\u0159n\u00ed modlitbou. Modlitbu popisuje jako vyj\u00e1d\u0159en\u00ed, na\u0161eho vnit\u0159n\u00ed „ano“ k tomu k Bo\u017e\u00edmu kon\u00e1n\u00ed, kter\u00e9 se v\u017edy projevuje l\u00e1skou k n\u00e1m:<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Skoro v\u017edy kdy\u017e mluv\u00edme o modlitb\u011b m\u00e1me na mysli n\u011bco konkr\u00e9tn\u00edho.A proto se neust\u00e1le mno\u017e\u00ed ot\u00e1zky, vznikaj\u00ed probl\u00e9my, zmatek, skl\u00ed\u010denost, iluze. Pot\u0159ebuji tento zab\u011bhl\u00fd zp\u016fsob opravit. K\u0159es\u0165ansk\u00e9 pozn\u00e1n\u00ed n\u00e1s uji\u0161\u0165uje, \u017ee modlitba je v podstat\u011b hlavn\u011b to co d\u011bl\u00e1 B\u016fh<\/em>, \u010d\u00edm n\u00e1s B\u016fh oslovuje, jak se on d\u00edv\u00e1 se na n\u00e1s. To hlavn\u00ed nen\u00ed to co d\u011bl\u00e1me my Bohu, co mu my d\u00e1v\u00e1me , ale to, co B\u016fh d\u011bl\u00e1 pro n\u00e1s. A to, co pro n\u00e1s B\u016fh d\u011bl\u00e1 je, \u017ee rozd\u00e1v\u00e1 sv\u00e9 bo\u017esk\u00e9 J\u00e1 v l\u00e1sce.<\/p>\n\n\n\n M\u00e1me-li up\u0159\u00edmn\u011b, jasn\u011b a po pravd\u011b mluvit o modlitb\u011b, pak je pot\u0159eba za\u010d\u00edt t\u00edm, \u017ee se zamysl\u00edme, co n\u00e1m Je\u017e\u00ed\u0161 o Bohu \u0159\u00edk\u00e1. J\u00edt ke ko\u0159eni. Co je j\u00e1drem Je\u017e\u00ed\u0161ova poselstv\u00ed? Je to bezpodm\u00edne\u010dn\u00e1 Bo\u017e\u00ed l\u00e1ska ke ka\u017ed\u00e9mu z n\u00e1s. A stejn\u011b tak na\u0161e l\u00e1ska k nepopsateln\u00e9mu, nepochopiteln\u00e9mu tajemstv\u00ed v\u0161eho \u017eivota kolem n\u00e1s. Bo\u017e\u00ed l\u00e1ska m\u00e1 touhu p\u0159edat n\u00e1m svoji svatost. Nic men\u0161\u00edho! Je to Bo\u017e\u00ed v\u016fle a z\u00e1m\u011br. Ned\u00e1 se nijak odvolat. Ona je d\u016fvod pro\u010d ka\u017ed\u00fd z n\u00e1s existuje. Jsme tady, abychom p\u0159ijali obrovskou , l\u00e1sku, kter\u00e1 v\u0161e prom\u011b\u0148uje v blahoslavenstv\u00ed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n James Finley <\/em>(lektor CAC ) <\/em>ch\u00e1pe meditaci a modlitbu jako p\u0159\u00edle\u017eitost k <\/em>p\u0159ijmut\u00ed neust\u00e1l\u00e9ho toku Bo\u017e\u00ed l\u00e1sky za ka\u017ed\u00e9 okolnosti:<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Meditovat prost\u0159ednictv\u00edm na\u0161\u00ed v\u00edry znamen\u00e1 otev\u0159\u00edt se nekone\u010dn\u011b uklid\u0148uj\u00edc\u00edmu pozn\u00e1n\u00ed, \u017ee na\u0161e osobn\u00ed byt\u00ed a samotn\u00fd \u017eivot v\u0161ech a v\u0161eho kolem n\u00e1s pramen\u00ed <\/em>Bo\u017e\u00ed \u0161t\u011bdrosti. B\u016fh n\u00e1s stvo\u0159il do p\u0159\u00edtomnosti, miluje na\u0161i existenci. Ka\u017ed\u00fd okam\u017eik na\u0161\u00ed p\u0159\u00edtomnosti je projevem Bo\u017e\u00ed p\u0159\u00edtomnosti. A to je d\u016fvod pro\u010d meditujeme. Chceme se ocitnout ve sjednocuj\u00edc\u00edmu tajemstv\u00ed s N\u00edm…, Ale nejen v meditaci, ale v ka\u017ed\u00e9m okam\u017eiku na\u0161eho \u017eivota. [1]<\/p>\n\n\n\n Ruth Burrowsov\u00e1 pokra\u010duje:<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Svoji modlitbu zakl\u00e1d\u00e1me na tom co n\u00e1m Je\u017e\u00ed\u0161 sd\u011bluje o Bohu\u2026 Uv\u011bdomme s, \u017ee jedin\u00e9 co m\u016f\u017eeme ud\u011blat je dovolit Bohu aby n\u00e1s miloval. Jsme tu kv\u016fli jeho l\u00e1sce.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Pot\u0159ebujeme uv\u011b\u0159it, \u017ee jsme obklopeni jeho pe\u010duj\u00edc\u00ed a l\u00e9\u010divou l\u00e1skou. Je to realita, kterou absolutn\u011b nem\u016f\u017eeme zm\u011bnit, a\u0165 u\u017e j\u00ed chceme nebo ne. Modlitba je tedy v podstat\u011b na\u0161e osobn\u00ed rozhodnut\u00ed p\u0159ijmout L\u00e1sku a to jak nejv\u00edce to dok\u00e1\u017eeme.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Abychom toho dos\u00e1hli, mus\u00edme si vyhradit \u010das ve kter\u00e9m se budeme v\u011bnovat v\u00fdhradn\u011b na\u0161emu „ano“ v\u00ed\u0159e.<\/p>\n\n\n\n [1] James Finley, Christian Meditation: Experiencing the Presence of God<\/u><\/a><\/em> (San Francisco: HarperSanFrancisco, 2004), 9.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Ruth Burrows, Essence of Prayer<\/u><\/em> (Mahwah, NJ: HiddenSpring, 2006), 1\u20132, 3, 5.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Image credit:<\/u><\/strong> Barbara Holmes, Untitled 14 & 21<\/u><\/em> (detail), 2021, photograph, United States, used with permission. Abel Marquez, Lady Praying<\/u><\/em>, 2020 (detail), photograph<\/u><\/a>, free use<\/u><\/a>. Jenna Keiper and Leslye Colvin, 2021, triptych art, United States.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The creative team at CAC sent a single-use camera to core teacher Dr. Barbara Holmes as part of an exploration into contemplative photography. Her photos are featured here together with other images in a form inspired by early Christian\/Catholic triptych art: a threefold form that tells a unified story. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Image inspiration:<\/u><\/strong> Sometimes we don’t have the energy to climb the stairs or jump off the dock. Wherever we are in this moment: in community, in solitude, in joy, in sorrow, with motivation or with great exhaustion\u2026 God meets us here.<\/u><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\nModlitba je p\u0159edev\u0161\u00edm o kon\u00e1n\u00ed Boha v\u016f\u010di n\u00e1m<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
Bo\u017e\u00ed l\u00e1ska m\u00e1 touhu p\u0159edat n\u00e1m svoji svatost<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
Meditace<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
Modlitba je rozhodnut\u00ed vlo\u017eit sebe do Bo\u017e\u00ed n\u00e1ru\u010de<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
\u010cas pro „ano“<\/h4>\n\n\n\n