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• CarmelitesHistory

  The Carmelites are a Catholic religious order that originated in a community of hermits on Mount Carmel in the twelfth century. The order's life centers on contemplative prayer: remaining in silence before God and gazing upon him.

• Silent PrayerDoctrine & Theology

  Silent prayer is prayer offered inwardly without speaking aloud, or prayer in which one ceases speaking and rests quietly before God. In Korean Protestant churches, it is also referred to as mukdo (wordless prayer) or meditative prayer.

• TrappistsHistory

  The Trappists are a Catholic religious order that arose in 1664 when Rancé, abbot of La Trappe Abbey in France, reformed the Cistercians. Officially named the Order of Cistercians of the Strict Observance, the order is known for a strictly cloistered monastic life centered on prayer, silence, and labor.

• Psalm 54Bible

  Psalm 54 is a seven-verse individual lament of David, set at the time when the Ziphites informed Saul of David's hiding place. It opens with a prayer for deliverance, confesses God as the psalmist's helper, and closes with a vow to offer a sacrifice of thanksgiving.

• TherapeutaeHistory

  The Therapeutae were a Jewish ascetic and contemplative community that the first-century Jewish philosopher Philo described as living near Alexandria, Egypt. Because the fourth-century church historian Eusebius presented them as Christians, they were long discussed in connection with the origins of the monastic tradition.

• Psalm 55Bible

  Psalm 55 is a lament psalm of David in which one betrayed by a close friend cries out to God amid an enemy's oppression and the terror of death, and finally arrives at the confession of trust, "Cast thy burden upon the LORD."

• Psalm 42Bible

  Psalm 42, a psalm of the sons of Korah that opens Book II of the Psalter, is a lament in which the psalmist, separated from temple worship, longs for God as a deer pants for streams of water and urges his own downcast soul to hope in God.

• Psalm 44:22Bible Verses

  A verse from Psalm 44, a communal lament, in which Israel protests to God that its people are being killed not because of their sin but "for thy sake." Because Paul quotes it in Romans 8:36, it is frequently cited in discussions of suffering and faith.

• Psalm 32:5Bible Verses

  Psalm 32:5 is a verse from Psalm 32, a psalm traditionally attributed to David. In it the psalmist testifies that when he stopped concealing his sin and confessed it to God, he was promptly forgiven. It is one of the passages most often cited on the confession and forgiveness of sin.