Contemplative Prayer of the Carmelites

PREPARATION:

Humility and sorrow, immersing oneself in God's presence.

READING:

It shows a specific page of God's love for us and the necessity to repay it with our love, our will should be free and liberated for every good affection.

CORE:

A thought – it suffices to be short and is not necessary,

meditation – understanding God's love for us with a great desire for Him (not to think much, but to love much),

contemplation – the soul expresses to the Lord its love for Him or at least its desire for Him, a loving quieting in God's presence.

CONCLUSION:

Thank you.

Offering: general and specific (through specific resolutions).

Petitions: “to call down God's grace upon the world”.