"We don't have [to work] to pray. We have to let prayer happen to us. The Holy Spirit is already alive in us. When we renounce our afflictions, prayer starts surging up."
Sr. Mary Margaret Funk has been a Benedictine nun at Our Lady of Grace Monastery in Beech Grove, IN, since 1961. She holds a M.A. from Catholic University in Religion and Religious Education and a M.S. from Indiana University.
She has served as a 4th grade teacher, as Director of Catechesis for the Catholic Archdioceses of Indianapolis and Louisville, as Prioress both in Beech Grove and in Ireland at Kylemore Abbey, as Executive director of Monastic Interreligious dialogue, and as Director of the School of Lectio Divina at Benedict Inn, Beech Grove. She’s the author of five books in the Matter Series that brings forward the teachings of the Desert Spirituality. She is currently facilitating the St. Enda retreat, a 100 day online retreat.
Show notes:
"Thoughts Matter, " and the rest of the Matters series: https://litpress.org/Products/3572/The-Matters-Series
St. Enda 100-day retreat: Email nunmegfunk@gmail.com
