The following are some points I took for his article:
Spiritual senses:
- help discern what is of God
- protect human heart from deception & error.
- help to purify human senses = full reintegrate the human person.
- help to see God in all things.
- fosters a profound union with Christ in the whole of the Christian’s personality.
Incarnational structure of prayer:
- God’s transcendence and God’s immanence converge in the spiritual senses.
- the real specific object of each spiritual sense of the human heart is first and last the Incarnate Word of God.
- The theology of the spiritual senses is rooted in the Incarnation.
- The perception of Jesus Christ through the spiritual senses under the Holy Spirit’s illumination is already the Resurrection at work in the believer.
Affective contemplation:
- The application of the senses translates salvation history into the “present tense” and engenders a personal, affectionate familiarity with Christ.
- Cultivates holy affections which impel the will toward divine ends.
Tips:
- Apply senses to contemplative exercises with Scripture (makes it present to us).
- Try using senses more in prayer.
- Be open to the Holy Spirit.
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