Being a contemplative in the world

As a laywoman who continually struggles with the idea of trying to live a contemplative life while being very active in the world -- and running around after three children -- I found the following interview to be serious food for thought. It's long, but worth your time.

Here's one snippet:

"The Holy Spirit is a Spirit of order; an undisciplined prayer life, like a life of work and creativity, must include a healthy amount of discipline. The discipline start with a clear act of the commitment: one commits oneself to pray regularly. The best way to do this is to pray the Liturgy of the Hours. In this way one will be praying with the Church. Commit yourself to pray at least Morning or Evening Prayer every day. If you can commit to both it would be even better. Pretty soon and with His help the practice will grow in you. You’ll learn to desire it and will find out that your day would become incomplete without those set prayer times. Use them as your “jumping board” to a deeper prayer life with God in worship, adoration, and petition."

Head over to Vivificat to read the full interview by clicking HERE.