Meditation Group - St Just Church

Silent Prayer in St Just Church Meditation is not something new to the Christian experience, but is deeply rooted in Christian tradition. However many Christians have lost touch with this ancient tradition of prayer. Meditation involves comin to a stillness of spirit and a stillness of body. The extrordianry thing is that, in spite of all the distractions of the modern world, this silence is perfectly possible for all of us. To attain this silence and stillness we have ot devoite time, energy and love. What better place to experlence this but in our very own St Just Church . Cannon Peter Walker has been linked to the World Community for Christian Meditaian for many years. Affiliated groups meet regualrly in over 100 counties. He would like to invite interested people to form a group with him to meet for a time of teaching and meditation 12.10pm until 12.50pm on the 1st Monday of each month starting from Monday 6th January 2025. “The all important aim in Christian Meditation is to allow God's mysterious presence within us to become more and more not only a reality, but the reality which gives meaning, shape and purpose to everything we do, to everything we are…” Dom John Main OSB (Monk of the Order of St Benedict). The method involves the repetition of a single word faithfully and lovingly during the time of meditation. This is a very ancient Christian way of prayer that was recovered for modem Christians by the Benedictine monk John Main (1926 -1982). He recovered this way of bringing the mind to rest in the heart through his study of the teachings of the first Christian monks, the Desert Fathers, and of John Cassian (4th centuty AD). It is in the same tradition as The Cloud ofvUnknowing, written m England in the 14th century. John Main's legacy inspired the formation of the World Community for Christian Meditation (WCCM), and his work is being carried on by Father Laurence Freeman, also a Benedictine monk. The WCCM continues John Main's vision of restoring the contemplative dimension to the common life of Christians and engaging in the common ground shared with the secular world and other religions. See the website WCCM.UK for a wealth of information. COME AND JOIN US for all or some of the time First Monday of each Month starting 6th January 2025 12.10pm until 12.50pm Resources on how to meditate can be found on the WCFM international website.