570. What is meditation? (part 2 continuation)
(Comp 570 repetition) Meditation is a
prayerful reflection that begins above all in the Word of God in the Bible.
Meditation engages thought, imagination, emotion and desire in order to deepen
our faith, convert our heart and fortify our will to follow Christ. It is a
first step toward the union of love with our Lord.
“In brief”
(CCC 2723) Meditation is a prayerful quest engaging thought,
imagination, emotion, and desire. Its goal is to make our own in faith the
subject considered, by confronting it with the reality of our own life.
To deepen and explain
(CCC 2707) There are as many and varied methods of
meditation as there are spiritual masters. Christians owe it to themselves to
develop the desire to meditate regularly, lest they come to resemble the three
first kinds of soil in the parable of the sower (Cf. Mk 4:4-7, 15-19). But a method
is only a guide; the important thing is to advance, with the Holy Spirit, along
the one way of prayer: Christ Jesus.
Reflection
(CCC 2708) Meditation engages thought, imagination, emotion,
and desire. This mobilization of faculties is necessary in order to deepen our
convictions of faith, prompt the conversion of our heart, and strengthen our
will to follow Christ. Christian prayer tries above all to meditate on the
mysteries of Christ, as in lectio divina
or the rosary. This form of prayerful reflection is of great value, but
Christian prayer should go further: to the knowledge of the love of the Lord
Jesus, to union with him. [END]
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