contemplative life

Another problem was not having any time to lead a contemplative life.

This state is the goal of the contemplative life, if not here, then certainly after death.

On the 31 October following, she decided to now live the contemplative life.

Third comes the contemplative life, which we shall consider later.

Henry refused, however, as he had decided to lead a contemplative life.

Despite his preference for a contemplative life, he had great organizational skills.

But this is the mistake of ignorance, because they do not know what the contemplative life stands for.

After losing his wife he decided to retire and devote himself to the contemplative life.

In practice active and contemplative life get in each other 's way.

Secondly, although the contemplative life is the center of their existence, it does not cover the bills.

However he was unsuccessful in getting employment and instead devoted his time to a contemplative life.

Contemplative life is an uneven road that eventually leads to community participation.

He said he missed the Italian sun and his contemplative life.

"To go out with a missionary purpose is antithetical to the contemplative life."

At this point, the contemplative life begins, and watchfulness takes on a whole other meaning.

Unable to participate in missions, he then cultivated the contemplative life.

They are an enclosed religious order dedicated to making the contemplative life possible for women with physical disabilities.

He is greatly revered among the Orthodox as a model of the contemplative life.

With so much lecturing, writing and advocacy, does he miss the quiet, contemplative life?

This intense contemplative life was the setting that alone made sense of the Occultation.

Better quarters in a natural setting could help to convert more women to the contemplative life style, the sisters say.

In this change in him there was a certain despair, a giving up on himself and the contemplative life.

Book Three, the only part translated into English, deals with the contemplative life.

The essay champions contemplative life to the life of action.

These writings expressed a yearning for a simpler, more contemplative life.