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A Letter from Our National Coordinator
Dear Friends,
John Main said that meditation helps us to receive the gift of our own being. If you are like me, Christian meditation is one of the most deeply personal things that you do.
What we experience in our groups and gatherings, whether in-person or online, and what draws us to meditate on our own, is the sheer gift of life that, in our world, can easily be lost. This is why I am so grateful for the community we share as the WCCM-USA, and why I am delighted with how our national community has nurtured the gift of meditation in 2023.
When I attended the Meditatio seminar, “The Peace of Childhood”, which we offered online to the global community from Cleveland, OH, I was moved by the desire of meditators in the US and around the world to bless children in an anxiety-prone, distracted time with the gift of Christian meditation. I heard numerous participants commit to exploring the introduction of meditation in their schools. Out of the retreat, I took a step of my own. This fall, I helped the parish I serve as pastor to incorporate Christian meditation into our weekly Sunday School. I don’t know that I would have taken that step without the support and encouragement of our community.
This is how the Spirit seems to grow our community: in small steps taken, hidden from most, but which pass along the gift to another, who likewise cherishes the gift and shares it in turn.
If you have taken the step of donating to WCCM-USA, you have made a bigger impact on lives than any of us could know. As Financial Officer Gene Bebeau writes in his note, donations have helped to provide scholarships to retreats, supported online events, and furthered the working of WCCM International. The dollars given to WCCM-USA have a real benefit to our operations, but more than that, donations are a sharing in a vital spiritual movement in today’s church and world. Our world is filled with people who, know it or not, long to receive the sheer giftedness of being. I believe that no practice opens one to this gift better than Christian meditation.
Next year, the US community will be privileged to host the John Main Seminar July 11-14, 2024, in New Harmony, IN. We look forward to sharing the topic and presenter when those details are firm. Donations of any amount will help us to hold a successful John Main Seminar for the global community, enable generosity with scholarship assistance for events, and support the introduction of Christian meditation to children and schools. If every member gave as they were able, even at the smallest level, our community would be amply resourced to keep sharing the gift that John Main was so passionate to share with others.
Fr. John’s passion came, I believe, from his experience of the Divine within, in silence and stillness. That passion still runs through our community. So, I ask you to consider the difference that Christian meditation, your group, and WCCM-USA have made in your life, and to respond to that gift of being with a donation to our community.
With love,
Matt Reeves, WCCM-USA National Coordinator
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