Why should not a Christian be able to share this gift of meditation with a non-Christian? Is it only for Christians? Or is it only for Catholics? Is not this gift of deep prayer, ‘the prayer of the heart’, the gift that God has given us – it’s also something that is present in all religious traditions – is this not a gift God has given humanity? An aspect of wisdom that we can find in our own tradition and practise in our own tradition to deepen our faith, to become better disciples, to live a holy life, but also, it can be a gift that we share with the secular world, with the non-believing world. Why not, if they ask? We don’t force it on them, we don’t charge for it, it’s not a product that we are selling, we’re not making any commercial promises about it as a product. But we can share it with them and we are indeed doing that in our community over the last few years.
Christian Life in the Light of Christian Meditation 3: Evangelisation: by Laurence Freeman OSB
