Finding God Within: Contemplative Prayer For Prisoners

“Most people understand “prayer” to be asking God for various favors – health, safety, forgiveness, wisdom, or to express gratitude for gifts received. We learn to talk to God at an early age. As we grow older, and our lives become impossibly more complicated, we wonder: why doesn’t God answer my prayers? Why does God feel so far away from me? Many prisoners doubt any connection with God, and believe that God has forgotten them. Often traditional religious practices seem equally distant and empty. Contemplative Prayer is an entirely different approach to God and prayer. It is based on God speaking to us. All the techniques of this prayer focus on learning to “listen” to the Silence of God, letting go of past images of God, and getting beyond the negative judgments about our relationship with God. It is a direct and intimate route to the Divine, and a turbo-charged path to personal transformation.”