Learn to meditate in 7 Steps
Fr Sahaya G. Selvam, SDB takes you through an ancient method of Christian Contemplative Practice: the Jesus Prayer.
These 7 steps introduce you to a method of prayer and contemplation that has been used in the Christian tradition at least since the 4th century. It consists in reverently repeating the name of Jesus. There is power in the name of Jesus.
In some of the steps, we suggest you use a prayer bead. However, this is not very crucial to the technique. The prayer bead can act as an anchor.
Every session of meditation begins and ends with a few minutes of instrumental music. The sessions are timed as indicated in the list of contents. Timing is marked by the clang of the […]
Publications
Publications
Taize: a New Way of Being Church
Selvam, S.G. (2008). “Taize: a New Wayof Being Church,” New People, no.116, pp.31-33. (Nairobi,Kenya)
First click on the title of this entry> Then Click on the file to download>Article on Taize in New People by Selvam
Trainer Resources
For Trainers, Teachers and Youth Ministers
(A companion to Scaffoldings and Chuo Cha Maisha)
This Trainers’ Resources DVD is a companion to the Scaffoldings Manual. The DVD provides demonstrations of some of the games and activities that are used for building life skills. It also has some extra resources like action-songs and hints on how to divide groups.
Copies available from BEAMS, Nairobi
Nadhi Vazhvu Nirai Vazhvu
River Me in Tamil
Translated by
Bharath Jeyaraj and Jeyaseelan.
Produced by Alaihal Midea – a Don Bosco Insitution, Trichy, Tamil Nadu, India.
Released on the occasion of the Priestly Ordination of Bharath Jeyaraj in December 2009 at Chinnamuttam, Kanyakumari.
Jesus Experience: the Book
Jesus Experience: The Core of Christian Life Journey
by Sahaya G. Selvam, sdb
Mumbai: St Pauls, 2011 (151pp; Rs.90; $6.95)
Born out of personal experience and reflection, the book can be a valuable guide to anyone who seriously desires a God-experience. For a Christian, the experience of God through an encounter with Jesus is a journey that is marked by different milestones. The author traces some of the patterns that emerge in the gospel narratives of the encounter between Jesus and different people like the Magi, the first disciples, Zacchaeus, the Samaritan woman, and the disciples on the road to Emmaus.
At least seven steps are discernible in these encounters: the beginning of the journey as a result of the awareness of an inner thirst (or desire for God), the recognition of the pointers on the way, the search that takes us along meandering paths, the timely invitation from God/Jesus, the peak of the journey […]