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“The Psalms have a surprising and marvelous depth for those who know how to enter them. They are bread, miraculously provided byChrist, to feed those who have followed Him into the wilderness.” – Thomas Merton Reading the Psalms Everything in our lives can be an occasion for prayer. In the Psalms, we find prayers offered from everyContinue reading “Spring Retreat 2026 Reading the Psalms”

All four weeks of On Retreat: A Prayer Podcast are posted! Merry Christmas from Ancient Streams!  Thank you for all the ways you have engaged with our ministry through prayer, giving, and  participation.  In this final week of Advent,  join us for a guided time of prayer and contemplation on the story of the birthContinue reading “On Retreat: A Prayer Podcast”

“For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though he was rich, yet for our sakes he became poor, so that you through his poverty might become rich.” 2 Cor. 8:9 The nativity story is full of “great reversals” where everything seems to be upside down—God takes on human flesh, a poor JewishContinue reading “Advent Retreat 2025”

Fall Outdoor Retreat“Let the earth bless the Lord … O Ye mountains and hills bless ye the Lord…O ye green things upon the earth bless ye the Lord…Praise Him and magnify Him forever.”(From Canticle Benedicite) For over 13 years, the Ancient Streams community has gathered for an outdoor day retreat at Bertam Park. Each year is different–whether blue skiesContinue reading “2025 Outdoor Day Retreat”

   by  St John of the Cross From The Collected Works of St. John of the Cross. Translated by Kieran Kavanaugh and Otilio Rodriguez. ICS Publications, 2017. 58-60. For I know well the spring that flows and runs,      although it is night. 1. That eternal spring is hidden,      for I knowContinue reading ““Song of the soul that rejoices in knowing God through faith””