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A Feast for the Soul

This lens is dedicated to those who want to GAIN WEIGHT - the weight of glory.

This is a simple list of resources on prayer which I've been sending to friends around the world. I've been trekking through the maze of information on prayer, faith, spirituality etc, and going from link to link to link for quite some time. Eventually, I found a way of saving time and energy: I searched for the friends of my favorite authors. Some of them are several hundred years old. See if you can keep pace with these old friends of ours. 

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What's on the menu?

Ask and Listen Well

I collected these resources by way of prayer: listening to myself and what I needed, what my friends needed and, most of all, what the Master Chef had to say.

My usual approach to putting things together is like the way I assemble any gadget. I don't read the instructions. No matter how many times I try to read the instructions first, I just can't. Most times I get by with this 'hands on first' approach. But as life will have it, not all things work that way. Instructions are a big help.

If gaining weight (of glory) is your intention, you will just have to watch and listen closely to the Master Chef to know what to do.

I state the obvious when I say that this is more than just a working relationship with the Master Chef. HE wants everything with us. And you've heard yourself say "I've really got to take time off to relax and take stock."

Stop and listen.
  1. Be present to yourself.
    There's really no one else there with you in that space and time other than God.
  2. Be free. Who are you? It starts with what you know about yourself. Accept yourself for who you are at this moment. There's no point in being someone else: like "I should be this or that."
  3. Distractions? Who doesn't have them?
  4. Hearing is not listening. Neither is listening the same as reading in between the lines. How many times have you made assumptions of words you heard? You understood the words based on your experience, expectations, and perceptions. Ask HIM what the words mean.
  5. Listening is an attempt to 'see' the other person's experience as he describes it; to understand his words according his experience, expectations, and perceptions; what he means and not what you think he means. Why can't we do this? Go back to #1 and #2.
  6. More distractions? Who doesn't have more of them?
  7. ASK. Why not try:
    What am I grateful for?
    Where did I notice God today?
    What feeling seems to be the strongest in me right now?
    Where is this leading me in prayer?
    HE will do the rest.
Charity, the gift of love. This is an energy of God's Spirit, nurturing the gift within us. It is every Christian's passion. Poets and mystics have named it; prophets have raised their voices in its name. ~ Caritas, the virtual house of Prayer
Refresh and Retreat
One sentence distills the wisdom of a lifetime: love one another.
Nothing is more practical than finding God, that is, than falling in love in a quite absolute, final way.

What you are in love with, what seizes your imagination, will affect everything. It will decide what will get you out of bed in the morning, what you will do with your evenings, how you will spend your weekends, what you read, who you know, what breaks your heart, and what amazes you with joy and gratitude.

Fall in love, stay in love and it will decide everything.

The Budget Menu

To whet your appetite for a greater spiritual hunger

These text and audio lists have helped me go about searching for my own reading plan to learn about myself and prayer. There are lots of reading plans far more comprehensive than mine. But there's so much to read and I didn't want to buy books just to leave them on the shelf. So I've hunted down bite size soul food to try out first. Try out these links. Good and best of all, FREE.
12 Ways to Know God
A neat little list. If we have neglected any of these ways, it would be an excellent idea to explore them.
Prayer as Relationship
We know instinctively, even if we hadn't ever put it into words, that a key relationship in our life is a matter of the heart.
Interview with God
Inspired by art and music? Look out for link below How to pray with art.
One thing necessary
"...when I was about six or seven, I think. It was the first important conscious discovery I ever made, and I don't think I have ever had a more mature or wiser thought than that one."
Awakening to Prayer
Excerpts of the book, as well as other books, are in Book Peeks: A Grain of Salt
Prayer for Beginners
What do I have to do to listen well? (20min audio)
Speaker Dr Peter Kreeft says that he's a good theologian but a lousy pray-er. He doesn't believe in doing audios by just reading out excerpts from his books. If you like what you hear, read his book listed below - Prayer for beginners. Source: www.peterkreeft.com
His Word - What does God say?
"To get to God, it's not what you know but who you know."
"The habit of simplifying your life is necessary for sanity." (20min audio) Source: www.peterkreeft.com
Covenant Love: More on God's Word
"Covenant" is the master concept that unlocks the meaning of the Bible. The Bible tells the story of God the Father's love for His children and His plan to fashion all people into one holy family.
God made you great. Stay great.
Young people! A daily prayer reflection site for you - Inspirational stories and affirmations created for and with young people. Short, sharp, and crisp.
The language of God - retreat in everyday life
Learning the language of God in our hearts and in every day life is part of the graces offered us in this daily retreat.
Do your own scripture study with e-Sword. Really GOOD tool
e-Sword is feature rich and FREE: All the available Bibles, commentaries and dictionaries are readily viewed; create your own "parallel Bible" with up to any four translations; easily compare the various translations to see how they rendered the Greek or Hebrew manuscripts, etc.

Real Deal Meal

Faith food that will keep you going for a long time.

Some of these books have been with me for light years and have not been revised for the longest time! Goes to show the timelessness and beauty of these words. In Genesis, God SAID: His Word is the greatest beauty the world has ever seen.

"Eating keeps your body alive, and prayer keeps your soul alive..."~Peter Kreeft

Work up the appetite

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The Feast to come

And so you are hungry for more soul food... I've had good friends help me along the way so I want to share their recommendations and their wisdom here.
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Rich...still, only a taster for what is to come

Friends. What's a meal without the company of friends?
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More places to feast at

Let me know what you think of these links by voting them up or down. Better yet give your suggestions by adding a link.

More food for thought at A Grain of Salt and Friends on a Journey

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The Official Peter Kreeft Site

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Interview With God

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staygreat - Mark Link

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