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Index of John Main’s works

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Index compiled by Geraldene Ford

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a Kempis, Thomas (1380-1471)

Word Made Flesh 1

Abhishiktananda (Henri le Saux) (1910-1973)

Monastery Without Walls 57

absolute gift

Monastery Without Walls 135-142

acceptance

Moment of Christ 88

acedia

Monastery Without Walls 148

The Heart of Creation 42-44

Advent

Community of Love 67-70

Advent – preparing for the birth of love in our hearts

Monastery Without Walls 144-151

Aelred of Rievaulx (1109-1167)

Community of Love 95, 98, 142-143

aim of meditation

Door to Silence 29-32

aletheia

Moment of Christ 102

Monastery Without Walls 165

alienation

Word into Silence 13

alienation – causes of

Word into Silence 63-65

alienation – modern word for sin

Sacrament: The Christian Mysteries 56

allowing oneself to be loved

Fully Alive 45

allowing ourselves to be loved

Monastery Without Walls 197

anchored in God

Moment of Christ 30

Andy – Benedictine oblate

Community of Love 71-74

anger

Community of Love 51

annihilation

The Way of Unknowing 24

annointing

Sacrament: The Christian Mysteries 29-35

annointing of priest or bishop

Sacrament: The Christian Mysteries 31

annointing the sick

Sacrament: The Christian Mysteries 31-35

Anthony, Saint (1195-1231)

Community of Love 134

Anthropomorphism

The Gethsemani Talks 20

apatheia

The Heart of Creation 43-44

The Way of Unknowing 7

Aquinas, Saint Thomas (1225-1274)

Word Made Flesh 10

Moment of Christ 99-100

art of meditating

Moment of Christ 10

Door to Silence 48-49

ascesis

Monastery Without Walls 207

Atman

Word into Silence 19

Attar – Sufi poet (1145-1220)

The Heart of Creation 29

attention

Community of Love 106

Fully Alive 68-70

attention, undivided

The Heart of Creation 12-15

attentiveness

Monastery Without Walls 102-103

Auden, W.H. (1907-1973)

Community of Love 139

Word into Silence 3-4

Augustine of Hippo, Saint (354-430)

Community of Love 15-16

Monastery Without Walls 178

Door to Silence 25

Word Made Flesh 28

The Gethsemani Talks 28, 33

Word into Silence 5, 28, 34

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Baker, Augustine (1575-1641)

The Gethsemani Talks 15

Community of Love 22-23

Baptism

Sacrament: The Christian Mysteries 13-19, 23

barrier of distractions

The Way of Unknowing 32-34

Beatific Vision

The Heart of Creation 93-94

beginning meditation

Fully Alive 7-9

beginning meditation again

Fully Alive 79-82

being

The Way of Unknowing 117-119

Community of Love 179-187

The Heart of Creation 50-52, 54-56, 75

Word into Silence 73

Monastery Without Walls 83-84

being a pilgrim

Fully Alive 74-75

being and existence

The Way of Unknowing 24-26

being fully alive

Door to Silence 37-40

being is prior to doing

Fully Alive 23-24

being loved by another human being

Community of Love 96

being on the Way

Monastery Without Walls 38-44

Door to Silence 71-76

being present now

Door to Silence 81-84

belief – Christian belief

Word made Flesh 48-51

belief – credal statements

Monastery Without Walls 154-160

beliefs and values

Word into Silence 41

Ben Sira/Ecclesiasticus 6:32-34

The Way of Unknowing 120

Benedict – a father who is a heroic leader

Community of Love 146-152

Benedict, Saint – leader as hero

Community of Love 144-152

Benedict, Saint (480-543)

The Gethsemani Talks 17, 21

Sacrament: The Christian Mysteries 18, 58

Word into Silence 19-20, 58

Community of Love 41-44, 45-52, 53-56, 62-66, 67-70, 71-74, 75-78, 79-81, 82-85, 92-114, 119-

136, 184-186

Monastery Without Walls 48-49, 62-66, 184

Moment of Christ 68

The Way of Unknowing 88-90

Benedictine community

Monastery Without Walls 104-106

Community of Love 69

Benedictine Community, Montreal

Monastery Without Walls 35-37

Benedictine life and spirituality

Monastery Without Walls 27-29, 45-52, 53-54, 60-66, 101-107, 109-112

Benedictine monastic life

Community of Love 41-44, 45-52, 53-56, 57-61, 62-66, 67-70, 67-70, 71-74, 75-78, 79-81, 82-85

Benedictine monks

Community of Love 50

Benedictine oblate community

Community of Love 45

Benedictine oblates

Community of Love 45-52, 53-56, 82-85

Benedictine oblates – community of love

Community of Love 57-61

Benedictine prayer

Community of Love 137-143

Benedictine prayer and community are one

Community of Love 140

Benedictine prayer life – recitation of the Divine Office

Community of Love 82-85

Benedictine tradition

Community of Love 122, 179-187

Benedictine way

Community of Love 71-74

Beowulf

Moment of Christ 103

beyond all images

The Way of Unknowing 41-43

beyond memory

Monastery Without Walls 214-219

Bhagavad Gita

Fully Alive 90

Blake, William (1757-1827)

Word into Silence 15-16

Body of Christ

Word into Silence 33

Bonaventure, Saint (1221-1274)

Word into Silence 38

Bonhoeffer, Dietrich (1906-1945)

Monastery Without Walls 63-64

boredom

The Heart of Creation 29-31, 42-44

Brahman

Word into Silence 19

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campus ministers

Community of Love 28-31

caro est cardo salutis

Sacrament: The Christian Mysteries 23

Cassian on prayer

Community of Love 103-105

Cassian, John (360-435)

Community of Love 103-105, 125, 133-134, 140-142

The Gethsemani Talks 17-21, 29-34, 38, 44-45

Word Made Flesh 26

Fully Alive 39-43, 85

Sacrament: The Christian Mysteries 58-60

Monastery Without Walls 8, 46, 130

Word into Silence 9-11, 44, 51, 57-61, 62

Catherine of Genoa, Saint (1447-1510)

Word into Silence 19

The Gethsemani Talks 32

Door to Silence 72

centre

The Heart of Creation 29

centredness

Moment of Christ 48

The Heart of Creation 75

Chapman, Abbot John (1865-1933)

Community of Love 112

Word into Silence 51

charismatic groups

Community of Love 9-10

Chautard, Jean-Baptiste (1858-1935)

The Gethsemani Talks 15

children meditating

Community of Love 181

Christ

Monastery Without Walls 26

The Way of Unknowing 60-62, 97-99

Community of Love 67-70, 79-81

The Heart of Creation 95-96, 97-98

Christ – discipleship

Word Made Flesh 45-46

Christ – supreme love

Moment of Christ 106

Christ – the consciousness of Christ

Moment of Christ 51

Christ – the new man

Community of Love 41

Christ – the peace of Christ

Moment of Christ 23-25

Christ – the way

The Way of Unknowing 117-119

Christ as priest and victim

Sacrament: The Christian Mysteries 38-43

Christ as truth

Word Made Flesh 45-47

Christ himself is the rock

The Way of Unknowing 2

Christ in you

The Heart of Creation 8

Christ is light

Monastery Without Walls 127

Christ is our rock

Fully Alive 65-67

Christ present

Monastery Without Walls 161-170

Christian Church

Community of Love 5-18

Christian commitment

Word Made Flesh 48

Christian community

The Gethsemani Talks 31

Monastery Without Walls 38-44, 61-66

Word into Silence 69-72

Christian community and the university

Community of Love 19-34

Christian crisis

Monastery Without Walls 182-190

Christian devotions and piety

Community of Love 160-172

Christian evangelical imperative

Community of Love 24

Christian experience

Word into Silence 15

Christian faith

Word into Silence 3

Christian hope

Word Made Flesh 30

Door to Silence 86-87

Christian knowledge

Community of Love 162-172

Christian life – death and resurrection

Moment of Christ 15

Christian love

Sacrament: The Christian Mysteries 22-27

Christian maturity

The Way of Unknowing 91-93

Christian meaning – personal presence of Christ

Sacrament: The Christian Mysteries 58

Christian Meditation movement

Monastery Without Walls 66-68

Christian monasticism

Monastery Without Walls 30

Christian mystery

Sacrament: The Christian Mysteries 9-64

Christian paradox

The Gethsemani Talks 31-34

Sacrament: The Christian Mysteries 46-49

Christian peace

Moment of Christ 23-25

Christian prayer

Moment of Christ 25

Christian revelation

The Way of Unknowing 60-62

Moment of Christ 93-94, 102-104

Christian spiritual heritage

Community of Love 92-114

Christian tradition

Monastery Without Walls 95-99, 153-160

Christian unity

The Heart of Creation 68-70

Christian vision

Moment of Christ 28

Christian vision – transcendent unity

The Way of Unknowing 123-126

Christian witness

Community of Love 28

Christianity

Word Made Flesh 25-26

Christianity – ample power

Moment of Christ 49-51

Christmas

The Way of Unknowing 100-102

Monastery Without Walls 105-106,144-151, 221

Christo-centric consciousness

Monastery Without Walls 166-170

Christos

Sacrament: The Christian Mysteries 33

Church

Monastery Without Walls 153-160

Church – integration of priest, prophet, king

Community of Love 159

Church as the Body of Christ

Community of Love 11-18

Church is oceanic

Community of Love 9

Church of tomorrow

Community of Love 7-9

Church recovering its relevance

Community of Love 6

Church today

Community of Love 10-11

civilization

The Heart of Creation 25

clarity of consciousness

Fully Alive 39-40

Climacus, Saint John (c.579-c.649)

The Heart of Creation 85

Cloud of Unknowing

Word into Silence 10-11, 50-51 66-67

Community of Love 111, 172

Word Made Flesh 26

The Gethsemani Talks 32-34

Door to Silence 35

The Heart of Creation 37

Fully Alive 40-41

Sacrament: The Christian Mysteries 59

Monastery Without Walls 71, 73, 130

Moment of Christ 81

college campuses

Community of Love 24, 33

coming to full consciousness

Door to Silence 13

commitment

Fully Alive 31-32

commitment to meditation

Word Made Flesh 10-12

commitment to the oblate community

Community of Love 61

communion

Sacrament: The Christian Mysteries 46-52

communion with God

The Heart of Creation 103-104

community

The Way of Unknowing 19-20

Community of Love 24-34

Word into Silence 60

community living

Community of Love 77-78

community of love

Community of Love 41-44, 45-52, 45-52, 53-56, 57-61, 62-66, 91-114, 122-136, 137-144

compassion

Monastery Without Walls 149

The Heart of Creation 21, 59-61

compassion and understanding of human weakness

Community of Love 47-49

complexity

The Heart of Creation 5, 97-101

Conferences of John Cassian

Community of Love 103-105

consciousness

Monastery Without Walls 26

The Way of Unknowing 33-34, 128-130

The Heart of Creation 50-51

consciousness of Jesus Christ

Moment of Christ 102-104

Monastery Without Walls 188-190

The Way of Unknowing 60-62

Fully Alive 83-84

Word Made Flesh 5-6, 9

consecrating everything

Community of Love 57-61

contacting the centre

Door to Silence 25-28

contemplation

Moment of Christ 43, 99-101

The Heart of Creation 88

contemplation and action

The Way of Unknowing 127-130

contemplation informs action

Monastery Without Walls 72-74

contemplative Christianity

Monastery Without Walls 9, 28-31

contemplative houses of prayer

Community of Love 9-10

contemplative tradition

The Heart of Creation 88

Monastery Without Walls 88-93

context of meditation

Door to Silence 41-44

conversion

Monastery Without Walls 108-112, 184-190, 191-199

Sacrament: The Christian Mysteries 18-19

Community of Love 72-74, 120-136

The Way of Unknowing 88-90

conversion – metanoia

Sacrament: The Christian Mysteries 57

conversion and transcendence

Community of Love 41-44

conversion of heart

Word Made Flesh 19-21

conversion, experience of

Community of Love 20

Corpus Christi

Monastery Without Walls 172

Cosmic Christ

Word Made Flesh 16

Fully Alive 84

cosmic mystery of reciprocal love

Monastery Without Walls 205

cosmic poverty

The Heart of Creation 59-61

cosmic vision of the early Church

Door to Silence 18-19

courage is needed to begin meditating

The Heart of Creation 98

creative energy

Door to Silence 37-40

creature and Creator

Moment of Christ 88-90

crowd or community

Community of Love 138-139

cultural conditioning

The Way of Unknowing 70

Cyril of Jerusalem (c.315-386)

Sacrament: The Christian Mysteries 33

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daily practice of meditation

Monastery Without Walls 140-142, 150-151, 198, 203

Community of Love 181

The Way of Unknowing 22-23, 30-31, 33, 48, 55-56, 101

Fully Alive 3-6, 14-15, 41

Door to Silence 51-53, 64-67, 83-84, 87-88

Moment of Christ 72

daily practice of meditation – problems discussed

The Way of Unknowing 106-113

Dalai Lama (1935-)

Monastery Without Walls 135, 139

Dante/Durante degli Aligheri (1265-1321)

Monastery Without Walls 191

darkness

The Heart of Creation 45-48

De Vera Religione

Community of Love 15-16

death

The Way of Unknowing 24-26

Moment of Christ 65-67

death – an act of transcendence

Community of Love 179-187

death – the inner journey

Community of Love 179-187

death and resurrection

Moment of Christ 68-70

decision-making

Monastery Without Walls 196

delicate balance

Fully Alive 44-47

dependency

The Heart of Creation 33

depth

The Heart of Creation 27

depths of silence

The Heart of Creation 72-73

Desert Fathers

Word Made Flesh 26

desire

Moment of Christ 34

The Heart of Creation 43-44

Fully Alive 45, 89-90

The Way of Unknowing 79-81, 85

destiny

The Way of Unknowing 85-87

destiny – personal

Word Made Flesh 37

detachment

Community of Love 127-128, 167-172

The Way of Unknowing 33

The Heart of Creation 34-36, 65-67, 74-75

Monastery Without Walls 40

Deuteronomy 28:58

Community of Love 100

development through meditation

Door to Silence 32

Didache

Word into Silence 10

Sacrament: The Christian Mysteries 19

discipleship

The Heart of Creation 40

discipleship of Christ

The Heart of Creation 73, 75, 76-78

discipline

The Heart of Creation 2, 43-44

discipline and fidelity

Word Made Flesh 23, 26

discipline and liberty

Moment of Christ 16-18

discipline of meditation

Moment of Christ 11

Word Made Flesh 8

discipline of mindfulness

Door to Silence 83

discipline of presence

Door to Silence 83

discipline of selflessness

Door to Silence 83

discipline of silence

The Way of Unknowing 54-56

dispossession

The Heart of Creation 51, 55

Fully Alive 74-75, 89-90

distractions

The Way of Unknowing 32, 63-65

The Gethsemani Talks 45-46

Moment of Christ 5-8, 33-35, 83

divine energy is love

The Heart of Creation 58

divine mystery

The Heart of Creation 19

Divine Office

Community of Love 132-133

divine paradox is love

Monastery Without Walls 216-219

divine perfection

The Heart of Creation 16-17

divine reality

The Heart of Creation 29-30

divine reality is absolute

Monastery Without Walls 174, 177

divine self-transcendence

Monastery Without Walls 180

divine will is love

Monastery Without Walls 191-199

divinization is our capacity to be rooted in love

Moment of Christ 43-45

doctrine of the Incarnation

The Way of Unknowing 60

dropping the anchor

Word Made Flesh 42-44

dwelling in love brings us to purity of heart

Door to Silence 10

dynamos

Monastery Without Walls 38-40

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Easter

Monastery Without Walls 108, 114-121

Easter liturgies

Monastery Without Walls 161-162

Easter vision – the Resurrection

Monastery Without Walls 200-206

Eastern religious traditions

Community of Love 19-20

ecstasis

Community of Love 162

ecumenical unity

Monastery Without Walls 89-93

egoism

Monastery Without Walls 161-170, 191-199, 208

The Heart of Creation 20-21, 35, 39

The Way of Unknowing 27, 41-43

Door to Silence 35-36

Fully Alive 66-67

Community of Love 72-74, 180-187

Eliade, Mircea (1907-1986)

Sacrament: The Christian Mysteries 40

Eliot, T.S. (1888-1965)

Word into Silence 21, 29

The Gethsemani Talks 30

Community of Love 93

empathy

Word into Silence 12

empathy with God

Moment of Christ 49

energy of God

The Heart of Creation 13-15, 68-70

enlightened teachers

Community of Love 20-34, 30-34

enlightenment

Fully Alive 10-12, 45

Monastery Without Walls 195-199

Community of Love 32-34

Word Made Flesh 34-35

Moment of Christ 52-53, 90, 103-104

The Heart of Creation 60-61, 62-64, 65-67

The Way of Unknowing 60-62, 63, 88-90, 115-116

enlightenment – Christian knowledge

The Heart of Creation 45-48

enlightenment – the light of the transfigured Christ

Monastery Without Walls 211-212

enlightenment in personal lives

Word into Silence 40-41

entering into the centre of our own being

Moment of Christ 54

Epstein, Jacob (1880-1959)

Fully Alive 53

essential being

The Heart of Creation 10

essential teaching of the Church

Sacrament: The Christian Mysteries 51

essentials of meditation

The Way of Unknowing 9-11

eternal life

Moment of Christ 65-67, 68-70

eternal silence of God

Monastery Without Walls 186

Word Made Flesh 53

eternal youth

The Way of Unknowing 91-93

eternity of God

Door to Silence 50-53

Eucharist

Monastery Without Walls 173-180

Sacrament: The Christian Mysteries 45-52

Eucharist – presence of Christ

Sacrament: The Christian Mysteries 58

Evagrius Ponticus (345-399)

Word into Silence 44

everything that is One

Door to Silence 77-80

evil

The Heart of Creation 23

existence flows out of being

The Way of Unknowing 24

existing in relationship

Community of Love 137-138

Exodus 13:22

Monastery Without Walls 73

Exodus 3:14

Word into Silence 68

Exodus 4:1

Word into Silence 25

expanding in Spirit

Fully Alive 16-19

expansion of spirit

Fully Alive 86-88

experience and expansion

Fully Alive 16-19

experience of Jesus

Monastery Without Walls 38-39, 97-99

experience of the love of God

Community of Love 26-28

experiencing the Spirit of God

Word into Silence 4-6

experiencing tradition

Door to Silence 20-24

experientia magistra (experience is the teacher)

Monastery Without Walls 7-8

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facing darkness

The Heart of Creation 95-96

faith

Monastery Without Walls 118-121, 177-180, 203-206

Community of Love 129

The Heart of Creation 35, 66, 71-73

Word Made Flesh 46, 48-51

faith – transcendence

Word Made Flesh 34-36

faith – wholehearted openness to love

Monastery Without Walls 49-51

faith and belief

Monastery Without Walls 153-160

faith in Jesus

Community of Love 107-114

faith is a way of life

Monastery Without Walls 156-160

faith is openness

Monastery Without Walls 55-58

faith is pure gift

Monastery Without Walls 138-142

faith is the experience of being grounded in God

Monastery Without Walls 79-85

faithfulness – daily faithfulness

Moment of Christ 56

falling asleep

Community of Love 107-108

family

Sacrament: The Christian Mysteries 23

Father figure

Community of Love 46

Faust

Moment of Christ 113

fear

The Way of Unknowing 25, 35

Moment of Christ 27-28

Door to Silence 35

Monastery Without Walls 49-51

The Heart of Creation 62-64

fear – impediment to fullness of life

Moment of Christ 31

fear is destructive and corrosive

The Heart of Creation 24-26

fear of extinction

Monastery Without Walls 167

feasts clarify the Christian rhythms of daily life

Monastery Without Walls 172

fidelity

Fully Alive 39-41, 90

The Heart of Creation 51-52

fidelity to the mantra

The Heart of Creation 18

Fisher King, charged with keeping the Holy Grail

Word into Silence 24

following the tradition

Fully Alive 14-15

The Way of Unknowing 76-78

forgiveness

The Heart of Creation 21

fortitude

Moment of Christ 49

fountainhead of life

The Way of Unknowing 2-3

Francis of Assisi, Saint (c.1181-1226)

Sacrament: The Christian Mysteries 58

free to be true

Moment of Christ 108-111

freedom

Word Made Flesh 2

The Way of Unknowing 58

freedom beyond all limitations

The Heart of Creation 16-18

freedom can be frightening

The Heart of Creation 32-33

freedom from the past

Fully Alive 31

freedom in being

The Way of Unknowing 51-53

freedom is found in being who we are

Monastery Without Walls 82-85

freedom of spirit

Fully Alive 17

Freeman, Laurence (1951-)

Monastery Without Walls 37, 43-44, 51-52, 58-59, 66-68, 75-76, 85-86, 93-94, 99, 100, 106-

107, 113, 115, 121-122

Freeman, Laurence – ordination to priesthood

Monastery Without Walls 130, 132

from isolation to love

The Way of Unknowing 44-46

fulfilment

The Heart of Creation 49-52

Fulgentius of Ruspe, Saint (c.462-c.533)

Community of Love 11-12

fullness of being

Monastery Without Walls 135-142

Moment of Christ 19

The Heart of Creation 80-81

fullness of God

The Way of Unknowing 13-14

fullness of life

Community of Love 121-122, 129, 141, 182-187

Monastery Without Walls 155

Word into Silence 17-18, 17-22

The Way of Unknowing 35-37

Fully Alive 83-85

Moment of Christ 9-12

fullness of life – mystery

Door to Silence 51-53

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generosity

The Heart of Creation 32-33, 76-78

generosity of heart

Moment of Christ 6-7

Genesis 3:6-14

Door to Silence 33

gentleness

The Heart of Creation 21, 28

Germanus

The Gethsemani Talks 17-21

Word into Silence 58-59

Gertrude, Dame of Stanbrook Abbey

Community of Love 82

Gethsemani talks

The Gethsemani Talks 11-47

gift

Monastery Without Walls 45-52

gift of life

Word Made Flesh 37-39

gift of our creation

Monastery Without Walls 125-134

glory of Christ

Word Made Flesh 22-24

glory of God

Word Made Flesh 22-24

gnosis

The Way of Unknowing 70

God

The Heart of Creation 23-26, 33

Word into Silence 3

God – allow God to be God

Moment of Christ 62

God – image of God

Word into Silence 70

God – source of all reality

Moment of Christ 30-32

God – the wholeness of God

Moment of Christ 83-85

God – we have meaning for God

Moment of Christ 36-38

God as Creator

Monastery Without Walls 175

God Incarnate

The Way of Unknowing 100-102

God is

Fully Alive 31-32

God is a reality who is present to us

Moment of Christ 112-113

God is infinite expansion

Monastery Without Walls 215-219

God is love

The Way of Unknowing 114-116

Moment of Christ 34-35, 41

Door to Silence 46-49

God is real

Moment of Christ 37

God is supreme reality

The Heart of Creation 23-26

God is the centre

Door to Silence 26-27

God is the centre of my soul

The Way of Unknowing 18-20

God is the ground of our being

Moment of Christ 27, 31-32

Door to Silence 78

Godhead as union

Word Made Flesh 10

goodness

Moment of Christ 72

Monastery Without Walls 96

goodness and evil

The Heart of Creation 93-94

Gospel of the glory of Christ

The Way of Unknowing 61-62

grace

Door to Silence 26

Monastery Without Walls 26

Gregory of Nyssa, Saint (c.335-c.394)

Community of Love 129-130

Gregory, Saint (c.540-604)

Word into Silence 19-20

Community of Love 50

Griffiths, Bede (1906-1993)

Monastery Without Walls 90-91

ground of our being

The Way of Unknowing 18-19

growing in God

The Way of Unknowing 79-81

growth

The Heart of Creation 105-107

growth in the presence

The Way of Unknowing 21-23

guilt

Monastery Without Walls 148

guru

Monastery Without Walls 47-48

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harmony

Monastery Without Walls 125-134

Moment of Christ 2, 88, 93-94, 95-96

The Heart of Creation 49-52

Fully Alive 7-9, 23-25

Sacrament: The Christian Mysteries 9-10

harmony – realizing our personal harmony

Word into Silence 63-67

healing

Sacrament: The Christian Mysteries 31-32, 34

heart and mind, body and spirit

Sacrament: The Christian Mysteries 30

heart-longing

Fully Alive 26-29

Heidegger, Martin (1889-1976)

Community of Love 138

Herbert, George (1593-1633)

Door to Silence 41

heroic leader

Community of Love 45-52

Hilton, Walter (1340-1396)

Word into Silence 29, 48-49

The Gethsemani Talks 38, 41

Hindu philosophy

Sacrament: The Christian Mysteries 26

hippomone

Monastery Without Walls 42

holiness

Door to Silence 13-15

Monastery Without Walls 35-37

holiness – an accomplished feat

Door to Silence 8

holiness – our own holiness

Sacrament: The Christian Mysteries 41-43

holocaust – we sacrifice everything

Moment of Christ 113-114

Holy Orders, Sacrament of

Monastery Without Walls 132

Holy Spirit

Community of Love 6

Monastery Without Walls 98, 126-134

Holy Trinity

The Gethsemani Talks 25-34

hope

The Way of Unknowing 39-40

Door to Silence 85-88

hope is bliss

Door to Silence 86-88

how to meditate

The Way of Unknowing 1, 58-59

Moment of Christ 21, 53

Door to Silence 29-32

Monastery Without Walls 32

human consciousness

The Heart of Creation 19-20

Word into Silence 2

The Way of Unknowing 60

human consciousness – expansion

Word into Silence 16

human consciousness of Christ

Community of Love 80-81

human goodness

Moment of Christ 71-73

human hunger for true knowledge

Community of Love 9-18

humanity of Christ

The Heart of Creation 33

humility

The Way of Unknowing 125

Community of Love 161

Fully Alive 4-5

Monastery Without Walls 48-51

humility of God

Monastery Without Walls 224

I


idolatry

Word into Silence 71

Ignatian Spiritual Exercises

Word into Silence 38-39

Ignatius of Antioch, Saint (c.50-c.110)

Word into Silence 28

Sacrament: The Christian Mysteries 43

illumination comes from meditation

Moment of Christ 103

illusion

The Heart of Creation 23, 25

illusion – beyond illusion

Moment of Christ 33-35

illusion and reality

The Heart of Creation 82

image of God in ourselves

Word into Silence 40-45

images

The Way of Unknowing 41-43, 57-59

imagination is the great enemy of prayer

Moment of Christ 43-45

Incarnation

The Way of Unknowing 100-102

Sacrament: The Christian Mysteries 16

Community of Love 161-162

The Heart of Creation 76-78, 79-81

indwelling of the Holy Spirit

Community of Love 15

infinite expansion of love

Moment of Christ 13-15

infinite mystery of God

Monastery Without Walls 24-27

infinite presence of God

The Way of Unknowing 6-8

Inner Christ

Moment of Christ 105-107

inner reality and external form

Sacrament: The Christian Mysteries 18

innocence in the present moment

Monastery Without Walls 145-151

innocence is trusting

The Way of Unknowing 35-37

innocence of Christ

Community of Love 67-70

integration of body and spirit

The Heart of Creation 88-89

integrity

Word Made Flesh 55-57

internal confusion

The Way of Unknowing 1-2

Irenaeus, Saint (c.125-202)

Monastery Without Walls 177

Sacrament: The Christian Mysteries 52

Isaac, Abbot (?-383)

The Gethsemani Talks 18-19

Word into Silence 59

Isaiah 35:1

Monastery Without Walls 65

Isaiah 65:1

Door to Silence 84

isness

The Way of Unknowing 27-31

J


Jesus

Monastery Without Walls 108, 155-160

The Heart of Creation 19-22

Jesus – fullness of life

Word Made Flesh 31

Jesus – our anchor

Moment of Christ 27

Jesus – self abandonment

Moment of Christ 65-67

Jesus called his Father Abba

Community of Love 100-102

Jesus Christ

Word Made Flesh 23

Word into Silence 28-32

Jesus Christ – present in the world and in our head

Sacrament: The Christian Mysteries 16-17

Jesus Christ – the sacrament of God

Sacrament: The Christian Mysteries 13-64

Jesus has attained oneness

Monastery Without Walls 206

Jesus is our guide

Moment of Christ 11

Jesus is the way

Fully Alive 61

Jesus penetrates our human heart

Monastery Without Walls 114-115

Jesus preached in the Jewish tradition

Community of Love 100-102

Jesus redeems by universal love

Door to Silence 2

Jewish religious experience of God

Community of Love 100-101

John of Salisbury (1120-1180)

Fully Alive 86

John of the Cross, Saint (1542-1591)

Community of Love 142

Fully Alive 18, 23, 89

The Way of Unknowing 19

Word Made Flesh 25

The Gethsemani Talks 45

Word into Silence 49

The Heart of Creation 51, 55

Monastery Without Walls 72-73

John, Saint

Monastery Without Walls 146

The Heart of Creation 24, 45, 75

Word into Silence 32-33, 35, 72

Word Made Flesh 45, 46-47

Moment of Christ 89

joy

Monastery Without Walls 136

Fully Alive 40

Community of Love 64

Joyce, James (1882-1941)

Moment of Christ 16

Word into Silence 63

Judaism

Word into Silence 68-69

Julian of Norwich (1342-1416)

Monastery Without Walls 204

Fully Alive 51, 63

Jung, Carl (1875-1961)

The Gethsemani Talks 38

K


Kairos

Sacrament: The Christian Mysteries 39-40

Kierkegaard, Soren (1813-1855)

Community of Love 119, 138

Monastery Without Walls 26

Fully Alive 80

Kingdom of God

Word Made Flesh 14

Door to Silence 27-28

The Heart of Creation 35, 57-58, 84, 106-107

Fully Alive 39, 45-46

Community of Love 68-70, 81, 141

Moment of Christ 80-82

Kingdom of God – an experience

Community of Love 125

Sacrament: The Christian Mysteries 57-58

Kingdom of Heaven

Moment of Christ 106

Kingdom of Heaven – an experience

Moment of Christ 59

knowing in the Christian sense

Community of Love 8

knowing the Redeemer

Community of Love 68-70

knowledge is love

The Way of Unknowing 70-72

knowledge of God

Word Made Flesh 45

koinonia

Sacrament: The Christian Mysteries 50

L


language

Word into Silence 64-67

language limitations

Word Made Flesh 28-30

lay community

Monastery Without Walls 3-6

learning to be yourself

Moment of Christ 10

learning to expect nothing

Door to Silence 71-76

learning to meditate

Fully Alive 11-12, 79-82

Door to Silence 54-58, 64-67, 81

The Way of Unknowing 9-11, 22-23, 28-31, 38-40, 127-130

Moment of Christ 92-94

learning to meditate – problems discussed

Fully Alive 34-38

learning to say the mantra

The Way of Unknowing 71-72

leaving images behind

The Way of Unknowing 125

leaving self behind

Word into Silence 55-57

Leclercq, Jean (1911-1993)

Monastery Without Walls 88-89

Lent

Monastery Without Walls 108-109, 114

Moment of Christ 71-73

Leo, Saint (?-461)

The Way of Unknowing 129

Letter to the Hebrews

Monastery Without Walls 156, 158

letting go of concepts and images

Door to Silence 21

levels of distraction

Door to Silence 54-58

lex orandi est lex credendi

Sacrament: The Christian Mysteries 14

liberation from illusion

The Heart of Creation 23

liberty

Moment of Christ 27-28

liberty demands detachment

The Heart of Creation 34-36

liberty of spirit

The Way of Unknowing 123-126

Monastery Without Walls 133-134, 135-142, 146-151

Moment of Christ 16-18, 89

Door to Silence 63-67

Community of Love 72-74

Fully Alive 89-90

life as revelation

Fully Alive 51-54

life force of Jesus

Fully Alive 53-54

life of the Trinity

Word into Silence 27-28

life source

Moment of Christ 76-78

light

The Heart of Creation 45-48

light in our hearts

Word Made Flesh 22

light of Christ

Fully Alive 10

Moment of Christ 102-104

Community of Love 17

listening

Monastery Without Walls 101-104

The Heart of Creation 11, 57

The Way of Unknowing 35-37

Community of Love 64

listening heart

The Way of Unknowing 38-40

listening to the mantra

Fully Alive 42

living with fidelity and seriousness

Community of Love 58-61

logos

Monastery Without Walls 15

loneliness

The Way of Unknowing 15

Lonergan, Bernard (1904-1984)

The Way of Unknowing 115

Word into Silence 38-39

loss of self

Word into Silence 27-28

love

The Heart of Creation 35-36, 38-39, 46-48

The Way of Unknowing 44-46

Monastery Without Walls 63-66, 71-74, 158-160

Community of Love 94-114

love – at one with love

Word Made Flesh 32-33

love – humility of

Word Made Flesh 50

love – limitless love of God

Moment of Christ 44

love and death – transformative experiences

Community of Love 183-187

love holds the ground of being together

Monastery Without Walls 224-227

love is the basis of reality

The Heart of Creation 19-21

love is the ground of our being

Monastery Without Walls 221-227

love of our neighbour

Word into Silence 72-73

Luke, Saint

The Heart of Creation 29-30

M


Main, John – a novice at Ealing

Community of Love 49

Main, John (1926-1982)

Monastery Without Walls 3-31, 13-18, 18-19, 100

Main, John – on becoming a monk

The Gethsemani Talks 15-18

Main, John – on meditation

The Gethsemani Talks 37-47

Main, John – personal pilgrimage

The Gethsemani Talks 13-22

Main, John, in Counter Intelligence Service before monkhood

Moment of Christ 112

malkuth shamayin

Sacrament: The Christian Mysteries 57

mantra

The Gethsemani Talks 14-22

Fully Alive 3-6, 41-42

Word Made Flesh 39, 40, 55

Word into Silence 41-45

Moment of Christ 61-64

Monastery Without Walls 83-84, 129-130, 133

The Way of Unknowing 9

The Heart of Creation 9-11, 31, 31, 44, 65-67, 89-96

mantra – a harmonic of faith

Monastery Without Walls 159

mantra – a process of freedom

The Way of Unknowing 58

mantra – as a harmonic

Word into Silence 14-15

Word Made Flesh 49

mantra – flashes in the dark

The Way of Unknowing 58

mantra – how to say it

The Gethsemani Talks 46-47

mantra – in Christian history

Word into Silence 50-51

mantra – learning to say the mantra

Word into Silence 52-55

mantra – Maranatha

Word into Silence 10-11

mantra – power of the mantra

Word into Silence 12-17

mantra – preparation for saying the mantra

Word into Silence 47-48

mantra – saying the mantra

Word into Silence 52-55

mantra – the deepening process

The Gethsemani Talks 41-43

mantra – the tradition of the mantra

Word into Silence 48-51

mantra – way of the mantra

Moment of Christ 1-4

mantra is a harmonic

The Way of Unknowing 118

Maranatha

The Heart of Creation 1, 28

Moment of Christ 1-4, 5-7, 87

Community of Love 181

The Gethsemani Talks 39

Fully Alive 4-6, 79

Word into Silence 51

Maranatha – sounding the mantra

Moment of Christ 77-78

Marmion, Abbot Colomba (1858-1923)

Word into Silence 49

marriage

Sacrament: The Christian Mysteries 21-27

Mary

Community of Love 157-172

Monastery Without Walls 36

Mary – an allegorical figure

Community of Love 163

Mary – images throughout time

Community of Love 157-172

Mary as Mother

Community of Love 164-172

Mary, Mother of God

Monastery Without Walls 222

Mass

Monastery Without Walls 172-180

materialistic spirituality

Word Made Flesh 1

matrix of faith is silence

Monastery Without Walls 157

maturity

The Way of Unknowing 21-23

maturity in faith

The Gethsemani Talks 26-27

McConnell Foundation, Montreal

Community of Love 45

meaningful life

The Way of Unknowing 47-50

meditating with a group

Monastery Without Walls 208

meditation

Word into Silence 1-6

Word made Flesh 22-23, 25, 27, 34-35, 38-39, 40-41, 42-44, 46-47, 49-51

Monastery Without Walls 32, 32, 55-58, 92-93, 103-104, 115-121, 117-118, 136-142

Door to Silence 41-44

Moment of Christ 43-45, 83-85

The Heart of Creation 5-8, 20-22, 21-22, 27, 28-30, 40, 53-56, 53-56, 88-96, 97-101, 105-107

Community of Love 64-66

meditation – a learning process

The Gethsemani Talks 26-29

meditation – a process of liberation

The Gethsemani Talks 25-29

meditation – a process of reduction

The Heart of Creation 79-81

meditation – a step into wakefulness

Monastery Without Walls 184-190

meditation – aim

Word into Silence 33

meditation – an inner journey

Community of Love 180-187

meditation – an ordinary experience

Word Made Flesh 31-33

meditation – basic technique

Word into Silence 8-11, 13

meditation – becoming a holocaust

Moment of Christ 113-114

meditation – becoming rooted in faith

Monastery Without Walls 159-160

meditation – being yourself

Moment of Christ 86-90

meditation – beyond technique

Moment of Christ 61-64

meditation – breathing

Word Made Flesh 21

meditation – difficulties are illusory

The Way of Unknowing 85-87

meditation – fear of stillness

Monastery Without Walls 138-140

meditation – freedom beyond egocentric limitation

Monastery Without Walls 215-219

meditation – from single point to infinite expansion

Moment of Christ 14-15

meditation – having a teacher

The Gethsemani Talks 39-40

meditation – learning to meditate

The Heart of Creation 1-2

Word Made Flesh 56

meditation – liberation

Moment of Christ 27-28

meditation – meditating in a tradition

Word Made Flesh 53

meditation – practice of

Word Made Flesh 43-44

meditation – problems discussed

Fully Alive 55-59

The Heart of Creation 88-96

meditation – purpose

Moment of Christ 46

meditation – rooted in silence

Monastery Without Walls 139-140

meditation – saying the mantra

Moment of Christ 110

meditation – serious intent

Moment of Christ 5-7

meditation – shared meditation

Fully Alive 75

meditation – stages of progress

Word into Silence 16-17

meditation – synthesis not analysis

Moment of Christ 39-42

meditation – the art of concentration

Word into Silence 53-55

meditation – the challenge of meditation

Moment of Christ 113

meditation – the Christian vision

The Heart of Creation 7

meditation – the essential rules

Moment of Christ 97-98

meditation – the process

Moment of Christ 78

meditation – the purpose of

Word Made Flesh 32-33

meditation – the way

The Way of Unknowing 118-119

meditation – three aims

Word into Silence 14-15

meditation – we are always beginning

Fully Alive 62-64

meditation – why should we meditate

Moment of Christ 86-90

meditation affects our personality and life

Monastery Without Walls 193-199

meditation and the Church

Community of Love 5-18

meditation as a commitment to reality

Moment of Christ 30-32

meditation as a way of revelation

Moment of Christ 102-104

meditation as conversion

The Way of Unknowing 88-90

meditation brings harmony

Moment of Christ 23

meditation expands our knowledge of God

Monastery without Walls 223-227

meditation groups

Monastery Without Walls 38-40, 51-52

Moment of Christ 72, 110

meditation in a group

Word Made Flesh 53

meditation integrated with the Mass after Communion

Monastery Without Walls 173

meditation is analogous to falling in love

Monastery Without Walls 202-203

meditation is the process of self-transcendence

Monastery Without Walls 218

meditation is the time for being

Moment of Christ 86-90, 99

meditation requires commitment

Moment of Christ 28-29

meditation room

Sacrament: The Christian Mysteries 41

Merton, Thomas (1915-1968)

Word into Silence 41

Monastery Without Walls 79

Community of Love 9, 167

metanoia

Sacrament: The Christian Mysteries 16-18

Monastery Without Walls 40-41, 184

Micah 4:5

Community of Love 100

mind of Christ

Door to Silence 12-15

Moment of Christ 55-57

The Way of Unknowing 60-62

mindfulness

Door to Silence 81-84

The Heart of Creation 83

ministry of Jesus

Community of Love 21-22

misconceptions about meditation

Word Made Flesh 4

modern self-analysis

Word into Silence 26

moment of Christ

Monastery Without Walls 128, 163-170

monastery – a community of prayer

Community of Love 137-143

Monastery of Saint Catherine on Sinai (527)

Community of Love 102

monastery, a community of love

Community of Love 96-114

monastic community

Monastery Without Walls 60-66

monastic detachment means liberty of spirit

Monastery Without Walls 192

monastic generosity

Community of Love 76-78, 85

monastic hospitality

Community of Love 127

monastic life

Community of Love 41-44

monastic life – prayer, study, labour

Community of Love 131-136, 148

monastic life principles

Community of Love 151

monastic life, Benedictine

Community of Love 119-136

monastic prayer today

Community of Love 91-114

monastic renewal

Monastery Without Walls 23-31

monastic spiritual father

Monastery Without Walls 46

monastic tradition

Fully Alive 39-43

Monastery Without Walls 46-52, 77-79

Moment of Christ 91-92

monastic tradition – poverty of spirit

Sacrament: The Christian Mysteries 58-61

monastic tradition of prayer

Community of Love 91-114, 92-114

monastic vocations

Community of Love 75

monasticism

The Heart of Creation 19

monasticism – being a monk

Word Made Flesh 2

monasticism, new

Monastery Without Walls 29-31, 52, 85-86

monos

Community of Love 135-136

Montreal Community, founded on Christian tradition

Community of Love 71-74

Montreal monastery

Community of Love 45

Montreal, beginnings in

Monastery Without Walls 35-37, 51-52

More, Saint Thomas (1478-1535)

Word Made Flesh 56

Mother Teresa (1910-1997)

Community of Love 10

Mount Saviour Monastery

Monastery Without Walls 77-78

movement away from self to the other

Sacrament: The Christian Mysteries 24

mystery of being

The Way of Unknowing 73-75

mystery of communion

Sacrament: The Christian Mysteries 45-52

mystery of God

Word Made Flesh 4

Monastery Without Walls 95-99

mystery of our own existence

Moment of Christ 46

mystery of personhood

Community of Love 11-18

mystery of poverty

Sacrament: The Christian Mysteries 55-61

mystery of silence

Sacrament: The Christian Mysteries 37-43

mystery of the Cross

Monastery Without Walls 178-179

mystical body of Christ

Door to Silence 41

mysticism

The Heart of Creation 88

N


New Yorker – cartoon of meditator

Moment of Christ 96-97

Newman, Cardinal John Henry (1801-1890)

The Gethsemani Talks 29

Community of Love 91, 159-161

Niebuhr, Reinhold (1892-1971)

Word into Silence 56

non-violence

The Heart of Creation 2

O


obedience

Monastery Without Walls 102-103

Community of Love 62-66

oblates of the Benedictine community of love

Community of Love 67-70

oblates sharing the vision of a community of love

Community of Love 75-78

oceans of God

Monastery Without Walls 221-227

One Centre

Moment of Christ 95-98

one with reality

The Way of Unknowing 15

oneness

The Heart of Creation 17-18, 37-39, 71-73

The Way of Unknowing 19-20, 66-69, 117-119

Door to Silence 77-80

oneness – truth, integrity, wholeness

Monastery Without Walls 192

oneness with the Father

Sacrament: The Christian Mysteries 49

one-pointedness

Moment of Christ 47-48

open to prayer

The Way of Unknowing 63-65

open to the moment of love

Door to Silence 68-70

openness to the divine mystery

Community of Love 48

ordinary shot through with the extraordinary

Door to Silence 59-62

Origen (c.190-c.254)

Community of Love 102

original innocence

Moment of Christ 54-57

other-centredness

Monastery Without Walls 176

Sacrament: The Christian Mysteries 23-27

Community of Love 28

other-centredness of Mary

Community of Love 157-172

overcoming of dualism is transcendence

Door to Silence 17

P


pain of maturing

The Heart of Creation 16

paradox between solitude and community

Monastery Without Walls 207

paradox in spiritual truths

The Heart of Creation 37-41

paradox of Jesus

Monastery Without Walls 176-177

paradox of unrestrictive tension

The Heart of Creation 12-13

parresia

Sacrament: The Christian Mysteries 50

parts of a whole

Monastery Without Walls 207-212

passing beyond belief to faith

Monastery Without Walls 158-160

past, future, present

The Way of Unknowing 120-122

path of meditation

Community of Love 30-34

patience

Monastery Without Walls 117-118

Word Made Flesh 5,8

Pauline theology

The Way of Unknowing 114-116

The Heart of Creation 51-52, 55-56, 59, 61, 68, 70, 79, 84, 85-87, 97-101, 102-104, 107

Monastery Without Walls 57-58, 97-98

Word into Silence 7, 10, 25-27, 30-32, 36-37, 68-69

Community of Love 91

pax perniciosa

The Gethsemani Talks 33

Monastery Without Walls 41-42

Word into Silence 54

paying attention

Word into Silence 18

peace

Door to Silence 1-6

Moment of Christ 33-35, 78, 114

The Heart of Creation 53-56

peace – a rooting principle of reality

Monastery Without Walls 194

peace – the principal art of the Christian life

The Heart of Creation 25

peacefulness

The Heart of Creation 12-13

penance

Sacrament: The Christian Mysteries 55-61

Pentecost

Monastery Without Walls 45

perseverance

The Heart of Creation 12-13

personal communion in the depths of our being

Door to Silence 47

personal responsibility for Christian authenticity

Monastery Without Walls 156

personal responsibility for meditating

The Heart of Creation 38

personal verification

Word into Silence 60

personal witnesses and temples of the Spirit

Community of Love 10-18

personhood

Monastery Without Walls 95

Peter, Saint

Word Made Flesh 34, 37

The Heart of Creation 47, 58, 62, 64, 71

Monastery Without Walls 81

Photinus (204-270)

The Gethsemani Talks 20

pilgrimage to our own heart

The Heart of Creation 105-107

Moment of Christ 1-2

Fully Alive 17, 74-75

Monastery Without Walls 209-210

Word into Silence 21

Community of Love 28-33, 91-114, 108-114, 161-172, 179-187

The Way of Unknowing 73-75

pilgrims with Christ

Community of Love 79-81

pistis

Community of Love 108

Monastery Without Walls 50

pleroma

Monastery Without Walls 170

The Gethsemani Talks 25

Sacrament: The Christian Mysteries 33

Fully Alive 83

Pole, the

The Way of Unknowing 12-14

Pope, Alexander (1688-1744)

Word into Silence 23

posture

Door to Silence 14

The Gethsemani Talks 40-41

The Way of Unknowing 67, 83

potential for being

The Way of Unknowing 15-17

poverty

Word Made Flesh 12

Moment of Christ 26-29

The Heart of Creation 59-61

Fully Alive 60-61

poverty – grand poverty

Word into Silence 59-61

poverty – the condition of spiritual development

Sacrament: The Christian Mysteries 58-61

poverty of spirit

Community of Love 166-167

The Heart of Creation 3

The Way of Unknowing 3, 45-46

The Gethsemani Talks 30-34

Word Made Flesh 34-35

Monastery Without Walls 7-10, 71-74

Moment of Christ 88

poverty of spirit and monastic poverty

The Gethsemani Talks 44-45

poverty of the mantra

Monastery Without Walls 168

Word into Silence 21-22

power of pure love

Door to Silence 18-19

prayer

Word into Silence 12-13, 36-37, 48-50, 59-61, 61, 70-72

Sacrament: The Christian Mysteries 14

Monastery Without Walls 19-27, 24-29, 53-58, 73-74, 78-85, 117-121

Word Made Flesh 25-27, 41, 58

The Heart of Creation 37

Door to Silence 41-42

Moment of Christ 43, 79-82

The Way of Unknowing 63-65

Community of Love 91-114

prayer – a false model

Community of Love 93

prayer – deepening of conversion

Sacrament: The Christian Mysteries 57-61

prayer – empathy with the consciousness of Christ

Monastery Without Walls 189

prayer – the experience of the fullness of God

Community of Love 91-114

prayer – the fundamental and grounding experience

The Gethsemani Talks 28-34

prayer – the model of love

Community of Love 94-114

prayer – true prayer

Community of Love 162-172

prayer in the Benedictine tradition

Community of Love 119-136

prayer is the dethroning of the ego

Sacrament: The Christian Mysteries 25

prayer is transcendence realised

Community of Love 43

prayer of Christ

Sacrament: The Christian Mysteries 30

prayer of faith

Word into Silence 21

Word Made Flesh 34-35

The Gethsemani Talks 46

prayer of Jesus

The Way of Unknowing 63-65

prayer of the heart

Word into Silence 13

praying with faith

Community of Love 91-114

precondition for redemption is union

Community of Love 26

preparation for meditation

The Gethsemani Talks 43-44

preparing for meditation with music

The Way of Unknowing 30

preparing the heart

Monastery Without Walls 145-151

presence of God

Sacrament: The Christian Mysteries 39-43

present moment

The Way of Unknowing 121-122

The Heart of Creation 16-18

Community of Love 182

Word into Silence 20, 69

Monastery Without Walls 22-27, 26-27

Moment of Christ 31

Fully Alive 4, 30-33

priesthood

Sacrament: The Christian Mysteries 39

priesthood of Christ

Sacrament: The Christian Mysteries 38-43

priestly and prophetic characters of the Church

Community of Love 19

priestly formation

Monastery Without Walls 100-101

proclaiming the Redeemer

Community of Love 68-70

prodigal son

Fully Alive 60-61

progress

Fully Alive 62-64

progress in meditation

Word Made Flesh 1-3

Psalms – Yahweh is a refuge

Community of Love 100

Psalms 138:13

Word into Silence 65

Psalms 138:14

The Gethsemani Talks 26

Psalms 46:10

Community of Love 182

pure consciousness

Fully Alive 45-47

pure love

The Way of Unknowing 125-126

pure prayer

Community of Love 133-136

Door to Silence 85-88

purity of God

Fully Alive 63-64

purity of heart

Word Made Flesh 15, 58-60

The Way of Unknowing 19

Fully Alive 20-22, 39-43, 80

Word into Silence 60-61

Community of Love 68, 105, 110, 126-127, 141-142

Door to Silence 7-11

purity of meditation

Door to Silence 56

purpose of life

Word Made Flesh 55-57

purpose of meditation

The Way of Unknowing 49

Q


quies

Fully Alive 55-57

quietism

Fully Alive 55-57

R


Ramakrishna, Sri (1836-1886)

Word into Silence 8

real knowing

The Way of Unknowing 70-72

realistic compassion

Community of Love 147-152

reality

The Heart of Creation 10, 45-48, 62-64, 82-84

Community of Love 182-186

Word Made Flesh 19

Moment of Christ 23, 36-38, 86

Door to Silence 34

Monastery Without Walls 69-74

The Way of Unknowing 79-81

Sacrament: The Christian Mysteries 9-10

reality – living in Christ

Word Made Flesh 28

reality – present reality

Word into Silence 67-69

reality and illusion

The Heart of Creation 93-94

reality is God

Community of Love 123

reality is Incarnate

Monastery Without Walls 173

reality of faith

Moment of Christ 79-82

reality of God

Monastery Without Walls 84-85

reality that is love

Moment of Christ 39-42

reality, inner

The Heart of Creation 27

reciprocal indwelling

The Way of Unknowing 40

recovering oneness

The Way of Unknowing 66-69

redemption

The Heart of Creation 23, 25

Community of Love 67-70

redemptive forgiveness of sin

Monastery Without Walls 162

redemptive love

The Way of Unknowing 123-126

relationship

Word Made Flesh 58

relationships

The Way of Unknowing 57-59, 76-78

relaxing exercise prior to meditation

Moment of Christ 87

religious authority

Monastery Without Walls 95-99

religious experience

Monastery Without Walls 95-99

religious imagination

Monastery Without Walls 97

religious language

Moment of Christ 71-75, 79

religious love

The Way of Unknowing 114-116

religious propositions versus the prayer of faith

The Gethsemani Talks 25-34

religious renewal

Monastery Without Walls 17

repentance

The Heart of Creation 106-107

resonant harmony of God

Moment of Christ 37

Resurrection

Monastery Without Walls 163-164, 178-179

returning to innocence

The Way of Unknowing 35-37

revelation

Moment of Christ 27

reverence

The Way of Unknowing 76-78

reverence in our hearts

The Way of Unknowing 1-4

reverentia

Community of Love 48

Richard of Saint Victor (1110-1173)

Word into Silence 18-19

right frame of mind

Sacrament: The Christian Mysteries 30

ritual is making the eternal reality present in time

The Heart of Creation 31-32

ritual of annointing

Sacrament: The Christian Mysteries 32-35

rooted in Christ

The Heart of Creation 85-87

rooted in the centre

Moment of Christ 46-48

rootedness in our centre

The Way of Unknowing 21-23

rule of posture

The Way of Unknowing 28

Rule of Saint Benedict

Monastery Without Walls 101-105, 174, 191

Community of Love 41, 44, 46-52, 53-56, 57-61, 62-66, 72-74, 75-78, 76-78, 79-81, 82-85, 92,

97-114, 129, 137-143, 146-151

Rule of Saint Benedict – gentleness and tenderness

Community of Love 51-52

S


Sachidananda (1916-2004)

Community of Love 93

sacrament of faith is love

Monastery Without Walls 169

sacramental participation with reality

Monastery Without Walls 130-132

sacramental vision

Monastery Without Walls 172-180

sacraments

Sacrament: The Christian Mysteries 9-64

sacraments – liberate the flow of divine energy

Sacrament: The Christian Mysteries 33-35

sacredness of time

Community of Love 67-70

sacrifice – the accuracy of sacrifice

Moment of Christ 112-114

sacrificial love of Jesus

Community of Love 6

sadguru

Monastery Without Walls 48

salvation

Moment of Christ 44

Fully Alive 71-73

samsara

Word into Silence 12

Monastery Without Walls 147

sanity

Fully Alive 86-88

Sartre, Jean Paul (1905-1980)

Word into Silence 41

Satan

The Heart of Creation 24

saying the mantra

Community of Love 112-113, 181-187

Word into Silence 17, 19, 20, 37-39

Monastery Without Walls 226

The Way of Unknowing 25-26, 28, 42-43, 48-50, 55-56, 82, 85-87

Fully Alive 3-6, 52-53, 89-90

Moment of Christ 39-42, 113-114

Door to Silence 55-58

Word Made Flesh 8-9, 11-12, 17-18, 21, 43, 59

saying the mantra – problems discussed

The Way of Unknowing 106-113

Fully Alive 34-38

saying the mantra with humility

The Heart of Creation 18

School of Cassian

Fully Alive 39-43

Schumacher, E.F. (1911-1977)

Fully Alive 68

scriptural theology of meditation

Monastery Without Walls 6

seeing as God sees

The Way of Unknowing 89-90

seeking Christ in all

Community of Love 80-81

seeking truth

Fully Alive 86-88

self-abandonment

Fully Alive 44-47

self-acceptance

The Way of Unknowing 16

self-consciousness

The Heart of Creation 24, 54-56, 90-96

The Way of Unknowing 44-46

Moment of Christ 50-51

Door to Silence 57

self-doubt

The Heart of Creation 33

self-image

Door to Silence 45

self-knowledge

Door to Silence 25

selflessness of love

The Heart of Creation 102-104

Monastery Without Walls 78

self-transcendence

The Heart of Creation 17-18

Door to Silence 30

Word Made Flesh 44, 48

Moment of Christ 47

The Way of Unknowing 124

self-transcendence in monastic life

Community of Love 77-78

self-transcending Rule

Community of Love 75-78, 75-78

self-will and divine will

Monastery Without Walls 191-199

Serapion, Abbot (?-1774)

The Gethsemani Talks 19-22

set your mind on the Kingdom

Word into Silence 61-63

silence

The Way of Unknowing 10-11, 54-56

Monastery Without Walls 101-104, 204-205

Moment of Christ 1-2, 9, 20, 24

Door to Silence 21-24

Community of Love 27, 130

Sacrament: The Christian Mysteries 42-43

Fully Alive 51-52

Word Made Flesh 5-6, 52-54

The Heart of Creation 6, 88-96

Word into Silence 6-11, 57-61, 70-73

silence – becoming silent

Word into Silence 64-67

silence – eternal silence

Moment of Christ 76-78

silence – eternal silence of God

Word Made Flesh 29-30

silence – fear of

Word into Silence 29-30

silence – human response to God

Moment of Christ 83-85

silence – meaning of silence

Moment of Christ 74-75

silence – the language of the Spirit

Moment of Christ 74-75

silence – the language of transcendence

Sacrament: The Christian Mysteries 17-18

silence of absence

The Way of Unknowing 6-8

silence of God

The Way of Unknowing 5-8

silence of love

Word Made Flesh 28-30

silence of real knowledge

Monastery Without Walls 125-134

silence of revelation

The Way of Unknowing 5-6

silent communion

Moment of Christ 19-22

simple enjoyment of the truth

Moment of Christ 99-101

simplicity

Door to Silence 29

The Gethsemani Talks 29-34

Moment of Christ 3, 33-35, 39, 61-64

Monastery Without Walls 47-51, 71-74, 115-121

The Heart of Creation 5, 27-28, 34-36, 66, 97-101

Word Made Flesh 5-6, 8, 13-15

simplicity – commitment to simplicity

Moment of Christ 26-29

simplicity is Oneness

Moment of Christ 58-60

simplicity of being

Moment of Christ 9

simplicity of meditation

The Way of Unknowing 33-34

Fully Alive 79-82

simplicity of the way

Fully Alive 3-6

sin

The Way of Unknowing 89-90

sin – Christian idea of sin

Sacrament: The Christian Mysteries 56-61

sin is burned away by the light of truth

Monastery Without Walls 197

sin is illusion masquerading as reality

The Heart of Creation 23-26

sitting still

Door to Silence 72

smashing the mirror

Moment of Christ 49-51

sopor letalis

The Gethsemani Talks 33

Word into Silence 60

sound of the mantra

Fully Alive 3-6

sounding the mantra

Moment of Christ 10

source of holiness

Door to Silence 8

space to be

Moment of Christ 91-94

Spinoza, Baruch (1632-1677)

Fully Alive 89

Spirit

Moment of Christ 24-25, 93-94

The Heart of Creation 39-41, 62-64

Word Made Flesh 45-47

Fully Alive 9, 16

The Way of Unknowing 94-96

Spirit – authentic experience

Monastery Without Walls 154-160

Spirit – expansion of spirit

Moment of Christ 76-78

Spirit – gifts of the Spirit

Word into Silence 39

Spirit – Spirit of Jesus

Word into Silence 72-73

Spirit dwelling in our hearts

The Heart of Creation 19-21

Spirit dwells in us as absolute gift

Monastery Without Walls 136

Spirit is the power of God who is love

Monastery Without Walls 174-175

Spirit of Christ

Moment of Christ 44-45

Spirit of Christ dwells in our hearts

Moment of Christ 32

Spirit of God

Word into Silence 26-28, 34-40

Moment of Christ 74-75

Spirit of Jesus

Word into Silence 3

Spirit of love

Monastery Without Walls 169

The Heart of Creation 97-101

spiritual death

Monastery Without Walls 126

spiritual director

Monastery Without Walls 46

spiritual growth – divinizing experience of the present

Monastery Without Walls 216-219

spiritual growth is growth into union

Monastery Without Walls 218-219

spiritual hunger

Community of Love 5-18

spiritual path

Moment of Christ 74-75

spiritual rootedness

The Way of Unknowing  80-81, 83,103-105

Community of Love 110-114, 124-136, 179-187

Monastery Without Walls 185, 192-199

Fully Alive 20-22, 26-29, 65-67

spiritual sensitivity

Community of Love 9-18

spirituality

Fully Alive 26-29

spring of living water

Fully Alive 4-5

stability

Word Made Flesh 42-44

stages of prayer

Community of Love 112-113

sterility of an introspective mind

The Way of Unknowing 44-46

stillness

Community of Love 129

Word Made Flesh 2-3, 17, 21, 41, 53

Fully Alive 32

Monastery Without Walls 55-58

The Heart of Creation 6, 88-96

The Way of Unknowing 9-11, 33-34, 82-84

stillness – alert stillness

Word into Silence 7-9

stillness – learning stillness

Moment of Christ 1-2

stillness – learning to be still

Monastery Without Walls 186

stillness and silence

Word into Silence 49

stillness as a discipline

Moment of Christ 17

stillness in the spirit – movement in the ocean of God

Monastery Without Walls 226-227

stillness is the door to transcendence

The Heart of Creation 69

stillness of mind

The Heart of Creation 50

The Way of Unknowing 67-68

Suenens, Cardinal Leo Joseph (1904-1996)

Community of Love 10

suffering

Sacrament: The Christian Mysteries 31-35

The Heart of Creation 60-61

supreme goodness of God

Moment of Christ 71-73

surface and depth

The Heart of Creation 27-30

symbolism of Mary

Community of Love 157-172

Symeon the New Theologian (949-1022)

Community of Love 102

T


Tao Te Ching

The Heart of Creation 27

teacher

Monastery Without Walls 46-51

teacher and community

Community of Love 19-34

teachings of Saint Paul

Community of Love 21

Teilhard de Chardin, Pierre (1881-1955)

Community of Love 139

Sacrament: The Christian Mysteries 26

Word into Silence 42

temple of your heart

Moment of Christ 43-45

tension and attention

The Heart of Creation 12-13

Teresa of Avila, Saint (1515-1582)

The Gethsemani Talks 41

Word into Silence 48-49, 62

The View, an allegory on monasticism

Community of Love 191-194

theological basis of Christian meditation

The Way of Unknowing 95-96

theology

The Way of Unknowing 115

theology of Saint John

Sacrament: The Christian Mysteries 47-48

Theophane the Recluse (1815-1894)

Fully Alive 40

theory becomes reality

The Gethsemani Talks 23-34

Thompson, Francis (1859-1907)

The Heart of Creation 35

thought and emotion

The Way of Unknowing 103-105

time and reality

Door to Silence 50-53

time of meditation

Fully Alive 41

topos

Sacrament: The Christian Mysteries 39-40

total commitment

Word into Silence 40-45

total potential for life

Fully Alive 13-15

tradition

The Heart of Creation 42-44

tradition of contemplative prayer

Fully Alive 68

tradition of meditation

Moment of Christ 77-78

tradition of prayer

Fully Alive 26

traditional theology

The Heart of Creation 72

tranquil pursuit of God

Community of Love 53-56

transcendence

Fully Alive 13, 45, 64

The Way of Unknowing 22-23

Word Made Flesh 26

Community of Love 26-27, 41-44, 99, 120-136, 143, 179-187

Moment of Christ 3

Monastery Without Walls 61-65, 80-81, 109-112, 164-170

Word into Silence 62-63

transformation of our nature

Word into Silence 15

tremendum et fascinosum

Sacrament: The Christian Mysteries 46

Trinitarian mystery

Monastery Without Walls 166-170

Trinity – The Father

Word into Silence 40-45

Trinity of God

Monastery Without Walls 157-160

trivia

Fully Alive 86-87

triviality – spiritual materialism

Monastery Without Walls 140-141

trust in the goodness of God

The Heart of Creation 18

trusting as a child

The Way of Unknowing 35-37

truth

Moment of Christ 102-104, 108-111

The Heart of Creation 35

Door to Silence 45-49

Fully Alive 86-88

truth – Spirit of truth

Word Made Flesh 45-47

trying to keep God happy

The Heart of Creation 85-87

Twelve Steps for meditators

Word into Silence 47-73

U


understanding meditation – double triangle

Moment of Christ 14

undivided consciousness of Christ

Fully Alive 8-9

union – full union with God

Word Made Flesh 37

union with Christ

Moment of Christ 20

union with God

Moment of Christ 36-38, 83-85

Fully Alive 89-90

union with God – two conditions

Sacrament: The Christian Mysteries 15-16

unity

The Way of Unknowing 11, 123-126

Monastery Without Walls 128-134

Word Made Flesh 16-17

unity and union

Door to Silence 33-36

unity in Christ

Moment of Christ 24-25

unity of body and spirit

Door to Silence 23

universal Christ

Word Made Flesh 17

university chaplaincy

Community of Love 19

unlearning false images of ourselves and God

The Heart of Creation 1

unselfish self

The Way of Unknowing 57-59

Upanishads

The Gethsemani Talks 13

V


value systems

The Heart of Creation 38-41

Vanier, Jean (1928-)

Community of Love 10

Vatican Council II (1962-1965)

Community of Love 93

via media

Monastery Without Walls 88

vision of Saint Benedict

Monastery Without Walls 172-180, 191

Community of Love 41-44, 42-44, 45-52, 53-56, 57-61, 62-66, 67-70, 75-78, 79-81, 82-85, 92-

114, 119-136, 137-143, 184-186

vision of unity

Door to Silence 16-19

W


wakefulness

Moment of Christ 34

war – the principal art of negative energy

The Heart of Creation 25

way of enlightenment

Fully Alive 10-12

way of liberation

Moment of Christ 30-32

way of meditation

Fully Alive 3-6

way of poverty and simplicity

Moment of Christ 53

way to the eternal

Moment of Christ 52-53

Weil, Simone (1909-1943)

Community of Love 105-107, 130

Fully Alive 68

Whitehead, Alfred (1861-1947)

Word into Silence 6-7

wholehearted in Christ

The Way of Unknowing 97-99

wholeness and harmony

Sacrament: The Christian Mysteries 29-35

Moment of Christ 83-85

wholeness lost to novelty

Monastery Without Walls 137-142

wholeness of life

Monastery Without Walls 125-134

wholly present to the living Christ

Fully Alive 30-33

why meditate

Fully Alive 80-82

why we renounce ourselves

The Way of Unknowing 9-11

wisdom

Fully Alive 32

The Heart of Creation 39-40, 82

The Way of Unknowing 70-72, 129-130

Monastery Without Walls 8, 87-88

Moment of Christ 96

witness to the world of monastic prayer

Community of Love 119-136

Wittgenstein, Ludwig (1889-1951)

Word into Silence 64

work

The Heart of Creation 57-58

work is fidelity to the ordinary

Community of Love 62-66

worship

Sacrament: The Christian Mysteries 37-43

worship in spirit

The Way of Unknowing 94-96

worship in spirit and truth

Community of Love 14

Y


Yahweh

Community of Love 100-101

Moment of Christ 108

Yeats, William Butler (1865-1939)

Community of Love 123-124

The Heart of Creation 94

Z


Zen

The Heart of Creation 102

Community of Love 27

The Gethsemani Talks 32


The Gospel According to Matthew

Matthew 10:39

Community of Love 179

Sacrament: The Christian Mysteries 26

Matthew 11:28

Fully Alive 58

Matthew 13:44-46

Door to Silence 58

Matthew 26:41

Word into Silence 60

Matthew 26:44

Word into Silence 50

Matthew 28:20

Word into Silence 20

Matthew 5:14

Word into Silence 70

Matthew 5:3

Word into Silence 11

Matthew 5:48

Community of Love 20

Matthew 5:8

Fully Alive 20

Door to Silence 7

Matthew 6:22-23

Fully Alive 69

Matthew 6:25

Word into Silence 61

Matthew 6:33

Word into Silence 62

Fully Alive 68

Matthew 6:34

Word into Silence 61

Matthew 6:5-8

Word into Silence 50

Matthew 6:7-8

Community of Love 104

Word into Silence 9

Matthew 6:7-9

Monastery Without Walls 84

Matthew 7:13

Word into Silence 41

Matthew 13:31-33

Monastery Without Walls 61

The Gospel According to MARK

Mark 10:14-16

Door to Silence 28

Mark 10:15

Door to Silence 15, 65, 75

Word into Silence 16

Mark 10:38

Sacrament: The Christian Mysteries 34

Mark 10:51

Monastery Without Walls 202

Mark 14-39

Word into Silence 50

Mark 6:8

Fully Alive 61

Mark 8:34

Sacrament: The Christian Mysteries 26

Monastery Without Walls 38, 198

Word into Silence 55

Door to Silence 73

Mark 9:34-36

Word into Silence 21

The Gospel According to LUKE

Luke 1:79

Moment of Christ 23

Luke 12:27-31

The Heart of Creation 30

Luke 12:50

Sacrament: The Christian Mysteries 34

Luke 17:21

Community of Love 179

Door to Silence 27

Luke 18:10-14

Fully Alive 72

Luke 18:13

Word into Silence 50

Luke 18:15-17

Word Made Flesh 14

The Way of Unknowing 38

Luke 18:9-14

Word into Silence 9

Luke 2:51

Community of Love 168

Luke 22:45-46

Community of Love 107

Luke 5:16; 6:12

Word Made Flesh 54

Luke 6:49

Sacrament: The Christian Mysteries 40

Luke 8:15

The Way of Unknowing 78

Luke 9:23

Word into Silence 15

Door to Silence 30

Luke 9:23-25

Fully Alive 44, 47

Luke 9:35

Monastery Without Walls 73

The Gospel According to JOHN

John 1:1-5

The Way of Unknowing 8

John 1:29-34

Sacrament: The Christian Mysteries 13

John 1:3

Word into Silence 33

John 10:10

Word into Silence 17

Community of Love 182

John 10:25

Community of Love 101

John 10:30

Fully Alive 8

John 12:49-50

Community of Love 29

John 13:10

Door to Silence 8

John 13:33-35

Fully Alive 75

John 13:44

Community of Love 108

John 14:15-17

Door to Silence 49

John 14:15-20

Word Made Flesh 29

John 14:26

Community of Love 14-15

John 14:27

Moment of Christ 24

John 14:3-6

Fully Alive 74

John 14:9

Monastery Without Walls 40

John 15:15

Community of Love 101, 152

Word into Silence 42

John 15:15-17

Community of Love 22

John 15:16, 17

The Heart of Creation 75

John 15:3

Door to Silence 8

John 15:4-10

Door to Silence 10

John 15:5,7-10

Word Made Flesh 44

John 15:9-10

Sacrament: The Christian Mysteries 24

John 17:11

Fully Alive 69

John 17:13-19

Word Made Flesh 47

John 17:20

Community of Love 136

John 17:21

Word Made Flesh 10

Fully Alive 56, 56

John 17:22

Monastery Without Walls 92

John 17:24-26

The Way of Unknowing 101-102

John 17:26

Sacrament: The Christian Mysteries 49

Community of Love 93

John 20:14-16

Monastery Without Walls 201

John 20:19-22

Word into Silence 35

John 3:34

Sacrament: The Christian Mysteries 18

Word into Silence 44

John 3:3-8

Door to Silence 23-24

John 3:6

Word into Silence 26

John 3:8

Community of Love 92

John 4:23

Community of Love 14

John 4:23-24

Moment of Christ 101

John 4:24

Sacrament: The Christian Mysteries 40

Community of Love 93

John 5:16

Sacrament: The Christian Mysteries 30

John 5:24

The Way of Unknowing 35

John 5:25-26

The Way of Unknowing 37

John 5:43

Community of Love 100

John 7:18

The Way of Unknowing 81

John 7:37

Sacrament: The Christian Mysteries 17-18

John 7:38

Fully Alive 5

John 8:12

Word into Silence 18

John 8:28

Monastery Without Walls 83

John 8:29, 31-32, 36

Moment of Christ 104, 110-111

John 8:31-32

Fully Alive 15

Moment of Christ 16, 102, 108

John 8:31-36

Sacrament: The Christian Mysteries 55

John 8:32

Door to Silence 63

John 8:36

Fully Alive 15

John 8:58

Word into Silence 68

The First Letter of JOHN

1 John 1:1-4

Fully Alive 25

Sacrament: The Christian Mysteries 47

1 John 1:1-5

The Heart of Creation 11

1 John 1:3-4

Word Made Flesh 21

Fully Alive 64

1 John 2:27

Monastery Without Walls 48

1 John 3:15

Monastery Without Walls 39

1 John 3:15-16

The Heart of Creation 24

1 John 3:2

Monastery Without Walls 202

Word into Silence 42

1 John 4:10

Word into Silence 35

Moment of Christ 56

1 John 4:19-21

Word into Silence 72

1 John 4:20

Community of Love 97

1 John 4:21

Community of Love 137

1 John 4:7-10

Door to Silence 40

1 John 4:7-13

The Heart of Creation 26

1 John 4:9

Sacrament: The Christian Mysteries 23

1 John 5:10,11

Word Made Flesh 38

ACTS of the APOSTLES

Acts 10:38

Sacrament: The Christian Mysteries 34

Acts 17:28

The Way of Unknowing 19

Community of Love 94

Acts 2:43

Monastery Without Walls 40

Acts 3:24

Monastery Without Walls 166

Acts 4:12

Community of Love 101

Acts 4:27

Sacrament: The Christian Mysteries 34

The Letter of PAUL to the Church at Colossae

Colossians 1:11-12

Moment of Christ 49, 90

The Heart of Creation 59

Door to Silence 59-62

Colossians 1:11-15

Door to Silence 62

Colossians 1:13

Word into Silence 7

Colossians 1:13-15, 20

The Way of Unknowing 116

Colossians 1:13-20

Door to Silence 18-19

Colossians 1:16

Word made Flesh 16

Community of Love 171

Colossians 1:21-23

The Way of Unknowing 114

Colossians 1:27, 13-15

The Heart of Creation 8

Colossians 1:9-12

The Heart of Creation 61

Colossians 2:20, 3:1-4

The Heart of Creation 18

Colossians 2:2-3

Moment of Christ 44

Colossians 2:6-7, 9

The Heart of Creation 87

Colossians 2:6-7, 9-10

Moment of Christ 36, 45

Colossians 2:6-9

The Way of Unknowing 49-50

Colossians 2:9

Monastery Without Walls 121

Colossians 3:11

Community of Love 141

Colossians 3:12-15

Door to Silence 44

Colossians 3:13-15

Moment of Christ 40-41

Colossians 3:23-24

Fully Alive 33

The Way of Unknowing 97

First Letter of PAUL to the Church at Corinth

1 Corinthians 1:19-21

Monastery Without Walls 73

1 Corinthians 1:5-6,9

Word Made Flesh 31

1 Corinthians 1:9

Moment of Christ 63-64

1 Corinthians 10:11

Monastery Without Walls 166

1 Corinthians 10:14-17

Sacrament: The Christian Mysteries 45

1 Corinthians 15:20-28

Door to Silence 80

1 Corinthians 15:28

Community of Love 180

1 Corinthians 15:45

Sacrament: The Christian Mysteries 16

Monastery Without Walls 41

1 Corinthians 15:57

Sacrament: The Christian Mysteries 17

1 Corinthians 16:13

Community of Love 109

1 Corinthians 16:22

Word into Silence 10

1 Corinthians 2:1, 3-5

The Heart of Creation 107

1 Corinthians 2:11-12

Moment of Christ 56

1 Corinthians 2:11-16

The Heart of Creation 14

1 Corinthians 2:14

Word into Silence 23

1 Corinthians 2:16

Community of Love 103

Door to Silence 13

Monastery Without Walls 162

Moment of Christ 55

The Way of Unknowing 60

1 Corinthians 3:11, 16

The Heart of Creation 78

1 Corinthians 3:1-10

Community of Love 21

1 Corinthians 3:16

The Way of Unknowing 121

Moment of Christ 56

1 Corinthians 3:18

The Heart of Creation 78

1 Corinthians 3:18-19

Monastery Without Walls 73

1 Corinthians 4:5

Monastery Without Walls 73

1 Corinthians 6:17

Word into Silence 42

1 Corinthians 6:19

Word into Silence 34, 67

1 Corinthians 9:1

Monastery Without Walls 41

The Second Letter of PAUL to the Church at Corinth

2 Corinthians 1:18-22

The Way of Unknowing 96

2 Corinthians 1:19-22

The Heart of Creation 40

Word Made Flesh 57

2 Corinthians 10:15

Community of Love 110

2 Corinthians 12:10

Moment of Christ 68

2 Corinthians 3:12-18

Community of Love 69-70

2 Corinthians 3:15-18

Word Made Flesh 27

2 Corinthians 3:16-18

Fully Alive 52

2 Corinthians 3:17

Word into Silence 55

2 Corinthians 4:10

Word into Silence 30

2 Corinthians 4:11

Word Made Flesh 25

2 Corinthians 4:15

Word Made Flesh 26

2 Corinthians 4:16

Word into Silence 31

2 Corinthians 4:16-5:6

Community of Love 185

2 Corinthians 4:3-6

The Way of Unknowing 61-62

2 Corinthians 4:4

Fully Alive 66

2 Corinthians 4:4-6

Fully Alive 12

2 Corinthians 4:5-6

Word Made Flesh 60

2 Corinthians 4:6

Moment of Christ 3

The Heart of Creation 48, 56

Monastery Without Walls 58, 127

Word Made Flesh 9

2 Corinthians 4:7,10

Word Made Flesh 11

2 Corinthians 5:1

Door to Silence 53

2 Corinthians 5:14-15

Door to Silence 76

Moment of Christ 7-8

Fully Alive 86

2 Corinthians 5:14-17

The Heart of Creation 44

2 Corinthians 5:16

Monastery Without Walls 58

2 Corinthians 5:17

Community of Love 15, 111

Word into Silence 28, 31, 65

Monastery Without Walls 50

2 Corinthians 5:18

Fully Alive 88

2 Corinthians 5:4

Monastery Without Walls 201

2 Corinthians 6:2

Word into Silence 68

2 Corinthians 4:16-18, 5:1

Door to Silence 53

The Letter of PAUL to the Church at Ephesus

Ephesians 1:10

Community of Love 171

Ephesians 1:11

Sacrament: The Christian Mysteries 22

Ephesians 1:13-14

Moment of Christ 41

Ephesians 1:17-18

The Way of Unknowing 70

Ephesians 1:17-19

Fully Alive 63

Ephesians 1:17-20

The Way of Unknowing 119

Fully Alive 22

Ephesians 1:18

Fully Alive 20

Ephesians 1:18-19

The Heart of Creation 100

Ephesians 1:18-23

The Way of Unknowing 72

Ephesians 1:22

Community of Love 13

Ephesians 1:3-6

Fully Alive 6

Ephesians 1:3-8

Word Made Flesh 24

Ephesians 1:4-6

Word into Silence 32

Ephesians 1:7-10

The Way of Unknowing 11, 68-69

Moment of Christ 40

Ephesians 1:9-10

The Way of Unknowing 123

Ephesians 2:12-13

The Way of Unknowing 44

Ephesians 2:12-14

Door to Silence 1

Moment of Christ 33

Sacrament: The Christian Mysteries 47-48

Ephesians 2:12-15

Moment of Christ 24

Ephesians 2:12-18

Fully Alive 90

Ephesians 2:14

Moment of Christ 23

Ephesians 2:17

Word made Flesh 1

Moment of Christ 22

Ephesians 2:17-18

Door to Silence 5-6

Ephesians 3:11-12

The Way of Unknowing 46

Ephesians 3:12

The Way of Unknowing 12

Ephesians 3:14

Community of Love 121

Ephesians 3:14-16

Moment of Christ 75

Ephesians 3:14-19

The Way of Unknowing 13-14

The Heart of Creation 98

Ephesians 3:15-16

The Heart of Creation 52

Ephesians 3:17-19

Community of Love 12

Ephesians 3:18

Word into Silence 16

Ephesians 3:19

Community of Love 114

Fully Alive 19

Word into Silence 21

Monastery Without Walls 80

Ephesians 4:13

The Way of Unknowing 23, 93

The Heart of Creation 68

Ephesians 4:15

Monastery Without Walls 66

Ephesians 4:25

Sacrament: The Christian Mysteries 26

Ephesians 4:3

Word Made Flesh 6

Ephesians 4:4

Sacrament: The Christian Mysteries 26

Ephesians 5:13-14, 18, 20

The Way of Unknowing 90

Ephesians 5:14

Monastery Without Walls 184

The Way of Unknowing 90

Ephesians 5:15-20

The Heart of Creation 70

Ephesians 5:25-33

Sacrament: The Christian Mysteries 21

Ephesians 5:31

Sacrament: The Christian Mysteries 26

Ephesians 5:32-33

Sacrament: The Christian Mysteries 24-25

Ephesians 6:10

Sacrament: The Christian Mysteries 22

Ephesians 6:10-11, 13-18

The Way of Unknowing 87

Ephesians 6:18

Sacrament: The Christian Mysteries 25

Fully Alive 33

The Letter of PAUL to the Church at Galatia

Galatians 2:20

Sacrament: The Christian Mysteries 26

The Way of Unknowing 26

Community of Love 27

Galatians 3:14

Community of Love 109

Galatians 3:26-28

The Way of Unknowing 20

Galatians 4:6

Word into Silence 35

Galatians 5:18

Word into Silence 40

Community of Love 95

Galatians 5:6

Community of Love 110

The Way of Unknowing 17

The letter of PAUL to the church at Philippi

Philippians 1:9-10

Sacrament: The Christian Mysteries 27

Philippians 2:9

Community of Love 101

Philippians 3:10-11

The Heart of Creation 22

Philippians 3:20 – 4:7

The Way of Unknowing 65

Philippians 3:8, 10-11, 21

Moment of Christ 11-12

Philippians 3:8-10

The Way of Unknowing 43

Philippians 4:1

Moment of Christ 11-12

Philippians 4:4-5, 23

Word into Silence 45

The Letter of PAUL to the Church in Rome

Romans 10:8-10

Community of Love 33-34

Romans 11:18

Moment of Christ 48

Romans 12:1

Community of Love 111

Romans 12:1-2

Word into Silence 15

Fully Alive 43

The Heart of Creation 84

Moment of Christ 85

Romans 12:2

Sacrament: The Christian Mysteries 30

Romans 13:12

Word into Silence 42

Romans 14:7

Moment of Christ 69-70

Romans 15:13

The Way of Unknowing 34

Fully Alive 83, 85

Romans 15:29

Fully Alive 83

Romans 16:25-27

The Heart of Creation 107

Romans 3:23-24

The Heart of Creation 81

Romans 5:1

Moment of Christ 23

Romans 5:1-2

The Heart of Creation 4

Word into Silence 68

Fully Alive 81

Romans 5:1-5

Word into Silence 3

Door to Silence 85

Romans 5:4-5

Word into Silence 36

Romans 5:5

Word into Silence 15, 62

Door to Silence 87

Romans 6:11, 13-14

The Way of Unknowing 130

Romans 6:3-5

Door to Silence 68

Romans 6:4

Monastery Without Walls 200

Community of Love 27

Romans 7:21-23

Fully Alive 7

Romans 8:11

Word into Silence 18

Romans 8:12

Word into Silence 7

Romans 8:1-3

Fully Alive 9

Romans 8:15

Word into Silence 40

Romans 8:21

Moment of Christ 44

Romans 8:26

Word into Silence 37, 49

Romans 8:26-27

Word into Silence 12

Romans 8:29

Monastery Without Walls 81

Romans 8:30

Word into Silence 4

Romans 8:38-39

Word Made Flesh 41

Romans 8:9

Word into Silence 26

The First Letter of PAUL to the Church in Thessalonica

1 Thessalonians 1:3

Moment of Christ 71

1 Thessalonians 1:4

Moment of Christ 72

1 Thessalonians 1:6

Moment of Christ 73

1 Thessalonians 4:3

Door to Silence 12

1 Thessalonians 5:17

Community of Love 103

Word into Silence 37

The Second Letter of PAUL to the Church in Thessalonica

2 Thessalonians 2:13

Moment of Christ 91

2 Thessalonians 2:13-14

Moment of Christ 53, 66-67, 93

2 Thessalonians 2:13-15

Community of Love 109

2 Thessalonians 3:5

The Heart of Creation 104

The First Letter from PAUL to TIMOTHY

1 Timothy 5:6

Monastery Without Walls 91

1 Timothy 6:4

Community of Love 13

1 Timothy 6:6

Community of Love 184

Monastery Without Walls 91

The Second Letter from PAUL to TIMOTHY

2 Timothy 1:8-10

The Way of Unknowing 84

2 Timothy 1:9-10

Moment of Christ 44

2 Timothy 2:2

Community of Love 21

The Letter to the Hebrews

Hebrews 10:19-20

The Heart of Creation 33

Hebrews 11:1-3

Moment of Christ 79

Hebrews 12:1-2

Moment of Christ 80

Hebrews 12:18, 22, 24

Moment of Christ 81

Hebrews 12:28

Moment of Christ 78

Hebrews 12:28-29

Moment of Christ 81

Hebrews 6:13

Monastery Without Walls 182

Hebrews 6:1-3

The Gethsemani Talks 26

Hebrews 6:4-6

The Gethsemani Talks 27

Hebrews 9:11-14

The Way of Unknowing 104-105

Hebrews 11:1

Monastery Without Walls 203

The Letter of JAMES

James 1:26

Monastery Without Walls 91

James 1:4

Monastery Without Walls 209

James 5:13-16

Sacrament: The Christian Mysteries 29-30

James 5:14-15

Sacrament: The Christian Mysteries 34

The First Letter of PETER

1 Peter 1:8

Word into Silence 30

1 Peter 1:9

Monastery Without Walls 63

1 Peter 1:8-9

Sacrament: The Christian Mysteries 61

1 Peter 2:24

The Heart of Creation 62

1 Peter 2:4-5

Sacrament: The Christian Mysteries 37

Word Made Flesh 49

1 Peter 2:4-5, 9

Moment of Christ 60

1 Peter 2:4-5, 9-10

The Heart of Creation 58

1 Peter 2:5

Sacrament: The Christian Mysteries 38

1 Peter 2:9

Sacrament: The Christian Mysteries 35

1 Peter 2:9-10

Word Made Flesh 50-51

1 Peter 3:10, 11

The Heart of Creation 64

1 Peter 3:13-15

Moment of Christ 105

1 Peter 3:13-15, 4-6, 7-8

Moment of Christ 107

1 Peter 3:15

The Way of Unknowing 1-2

1 Peter 3:4

The Gethsemani Talks 26

Sacrament: The Christian Mysteries 30, 39

1 Peter 4:6

Word into Silence 36

The Heart of Creation 71

Monastery Without Walls 80

1 Peter 4:7-11

The Way of Unknowing 3

1 Peter 5:6

Word Made Flesh 35

1 Peter 5:8-11

Word Made Flesh 35-36

The Second Letter of PETER

2 Peter 1:19

Community of Love 113

2 Peter 1:3

Fully Alive 29

2 Peter 1:3-4

The Way of Unknowing 31

Monastery Without Walls 81

2 Peter 1:4

Monastery Without Walls 166

The Revelation to JOHN

Revelation to John 21:3-4

The Way of Unknowing 54, 56

Revelation to John 22:20

Word into Silence 10


BOOKS


Community of Love 
Singapore: Medio Media, 2010

Door to Silence
London: Canterbury Press Norwich, 2006

Fully Alive
London: Canterbury Press Norwich, 2013

The Gethsemani Talks
Singapore: Medio Media, 2007

The Heart of Creation
London: Canterbury Press Norwich, 2007

Moment of Christ
London: Canterbury Press Norwich, 2010

Monastery Without Walls
London: Canterbury Press Norwich, 2006

Sacrament: The Christian Mysteries
Singapore: Medio Media, 2011

Word into Silence
London: Canterbury Press Norwich, 2006

Word Made Flesh
London: Canterbury Press Norwich, 2009

The Way of Unknowing
London: Canterbury Press Norwich, 2011    

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