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Tag: Basil Pennington

We Fall and Start Over Again

June 21, 2026 Rich Lewis Leave a comment

In October of 2016, I attended a retreat led by the late Father William Meninger. I filled my notebook with…

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Posted in: General Filed under: Basil Pennington, centering prayer, Christian Contemplation, Father William Meninger, God’s Love, silence teaches, silent prayer, Spiritual Growth, the cloud of unknowing, Thomas Keating
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