{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/693ebc1df3a6f9e20ac00b64/6ae38f9a3947670c0f814b1c?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Peace Prayer of St. Francis (Part 4): Where There Is Doubt, Let Me Sow Faith","description":"<p>In this fourth meditation on the Peace Prayer of St. Francis, I invite you to reflect on the words: “Where there is doubt, let me sow faith.”</p><p>Continuing our journey through this beautiful prayer, we explore the relationship between doubt and faith within the contemplative tradition.</p><p>Doubt is not necessarily something negative or something to be feared. When approached honestly and openly, it can become an invitation to question more deeply, to search for truth and to grow in understanding.</p><p>We consider faith both as a deliberate choice to trust and as a gift of divine grace.</p><p>Through stillness, reflection and the words of the Peace Prayer, we explore how doubt can become a beginning rather than an ending, opening us towards greater truth, light and spiritual understanding.</p><p><br></p><p><strong>Chapters:</strong></p><p> 00:00 – Introduction: The Peace Prayer of St. Francis, Part 4</p><p> 00:37 – Opening bell</p><p> 00:37 – Entering meditation with an open heart</p><p> 00:54 – Arriving in the present moment</p><p> 01:05 – Relaxing into the breath</p><p> 01:47 – Remembering the opening lines of the prayer</p><p> 02:00 – Make me an instrument of your peace</p><p> 02:24 – Where there is doubt, let me sow faith</p><p> 02:48 – Understanding doubt within meditation</p><p> 03:08 – Doubt as a pathway towards truth</p><p> 03:34 – Questioning and seeking</p><p> 03:54 – The example of Doubting Thomas</p><p> 04:25 – Doubt is not something to fear</p><p> 04:49 – Allowing doubt to lead us forward</p><p> 05:12 – Exploring the meaning of faith</p><p> 05:29 – Faith as trust and reliability</p><p> 05:47 – Faith as divine gift and grace</p><p> 06:14 – Choosing faith as an act of will</p><p> 06:30 – Believing in the good within others</p><p> 06:50 – Faith and the spiritual life</p><p> 07:01 – Where there is doubt, let me sow faith</p><p> 07:27 – Becoming an invitation to faith</p><p> 07:52 – Moving from doubt towards truth</p><p> 08:18 – Receiving the gift of faith</p><p> 08:44 – Returning to the full Peace Prayer</p><p> 09:03 – Love, pardon and faith</p><p> 09:24 – Allowing doubt to yield to faith</p><p> 09:44 – Returning to the breath</p><p> 10:07 – Resting in the truth of the present moment</p><p> 10:20 – Returning to the body</p><p> 10:36 – Closing bell</p>","author_name":"Cutdown Studios"}