The Beloved is My Refuge- A Guide to Consecrated Life in Prayer of the Heart

This book is an overview of the author's understanding of the practice of the Christian Contemplative Path. Included in this understanding are the theological and historical foundations, the methodology of the practice ceaseless grounding of awareness in the Heart, in formal sitting meditation, in the inner work of releasing from habitual afflictive mental patterns, the healing of soul injuries, and the progressive and deepening interior communion of the soul with God. The author speaks to the establishment of a daily practice of Prayer of the Heart, deepening that practice through silent retreat time and vows of practice or a Rule of Life.