Audiobooks by Kathleen N. Deignan

Enter the Cloud of Unknowing: Ancient Wisdom for Modern Christians

"Love is so powerful that it makes everything one." (The Cloud of Unknowing) You are invited to enter a profound and personal contemplative experience. In this unique retreat, you will join the Master of The Cloud of Unknowing, who will guide you into a powerful encounter with the hidden, living God. Written during the turbulence of 14th-century England, this mystical text and its anonymous author capture some of the most profound contemplative teachings of Christianity. Presented by internationally acclaimed professor, author, and psalmist Sr. Kathleen Deignan, CND, these six conferences will deepen your spirituality. You will discover the teachings of one of the great classics of the Christian tradition, which has profoundly influenced classical and contemporary spirituality. The Cloud of Unknowing offers unique guidance for anyone who desires intimate contact with God. In these conferences, you will explore the sources of what has come to be known as "centering prayer." You will discover its roots in the Desert Fathers and Mothers, emergent contemplatives who labored to "put on the mind and heart of Christ." You will trace the unfolding of spiritual transformation through its earliest pioneers to its ongoing development in our day. This journey will draw you closer to life with God through the healing peace of "unknowing." Let the wisdom of this timeless work guide your spiritual life today. This retreat is part of the Learn25 collection and includes a free PDF retreat guide.

Kathleen N. Deignan (Author), Kathleen N. Deignan (Narrator)

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The Divine Milieu: Teilhard de Chardin

"At the heart of our universe, each soul exists for God, in our Lord. " - Pierre Teilhard de Chardin (The Divine Milieu) Take an unforgettable retreat with Teilhard de Chardin's masterpiece: The Divine Milieu. A Jesuit priest and scientist, Teilhard's powerful vision of the universe has influenced countless spiritual seekers. Written in the 1920's but published posthumously, The Divine Milieu is a spiritual work at once cosmic and personal. Mapping the horizons of transcendence and intimacy, it illuminates the boundless contours of our true nature and home in God. Now, this retreat invites you to reflect upon Teilhard's timeless thought. Presented by gifted professor, Teilhard expert, and author, Sr. Kathleen Deignan, C. N. D. , this 6-conference series will transform your spiritual imagination and cosmic consciousness. An accomplished musician, Sr. Deignan weaves her beautiful, acclaimed music in with her profound exploration of The Divine Milieu. You are invited to nurture the "cosmic contemplative," deepen your Christic life, and serve the world with greater enlightenment and soul. In this retreat, you will explore the profound paradoxes of Teilhard's evolutionary spirituality. Orienting you through the landscape and inscape of the Sacred, Teilhard will challenge you to visit the mystical terrain of your cosmic neighborhood. Illumined by his wisdom, you will venture on an itinerary he walked before us. With the spiritual master Teilhard as your guide, you will encounter the sacred dimensions of the evolving cosmos and the interior terrain of the evolving human soul. (Photograph courtesy of the Foundation of Teilhard de Chardin)

Kathleen N. Deignan (Author), Kathleen N. Deignan (Narrator)

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Prophet and Mystic of Creation: On Retreat with Thomas Merton

You are invited into a profound and personal contemplative experience in this unique retreat with Thomas Merton, who will summon you toward the recovery of paradise. Presented by gifted professor, author, and musician, Sr. Kathleen Deignan, this 6-conference series will transform your spiritual imagination and deepen your contemplative consciousness. These conferences will invite you to spiritual awakening and a renewed commitment to read the Scripture of Creation. The pathways Merton explored in his own quest "to recover paradise" have become routes of discovery and healing for millions of seekers. Merton's wisdom pioneered the mystical experience, engagement with the world, and interreligious dialogue. Now you too can experience this legacy, which will inspire you to more deeply explore the personal and divine worlds. In these conferences, you will unearth the significance of the natural world for Merton's own experience of God. You will discover his intimate rapport with creation as the body of divinity-at once veiling and unveiling the God he so longed to behold. Weaving together word and song, Sr. Deignan's conferences will lead you steadily closer to Merton's horizon of insight. In learning the practice of natural contemplation, you will come to sense the beauty and urgency of recovering the paradise of creation. This fresh look at him as a creation mystic and ecological prophet will empower you anew. Listen to the prophetic voice of Thomas Merton, whose vocation was to be "a gardener of paradise. " (Photograph of Thomas Merton by John Lyons. Used with Permission of Merton Legacy Trust and the Thomas Merton Center at Bellarmine University.) This course is part of the Learn25 collection.

Kathleen N. Deignan (Author), Kathleen N. Deignan (Narrator)

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