Why We Need Contemplation

Ss. Teresa of Avila and Brigid of Kildare, St. Joseph’s Catholic Church, Macon, GA. Saint Teresa and Saint Brigid were two great contemplatives engaged in making the world a better place.

I amtroubled by the idea that it’s harder to be a child today than it was when I was young. Is that just my personal angst, the anxiety of someone moving rapidly through midlife? Or is there some truth to my worrisomeintuition?

Well, consider the followingsobering statements, all culled from recent articles on...