{"id":880,"date":"2026-05-10T18:30:29","date_gmt":"2026-05-10T22:30:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kateri.veym.ca\/emmaus01\/?p=880"},"modified":"2026-07-30T16:36:54","modified_gmt":"2026-07-30T20:36:54","slug":"keep-returning-your-gaze-to-jesus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kateri.veym.ca\/emmaus01\/2026\/05\/10\/keep-returning-your-gaze-to-jesus\/","title":{"rendered":"Keep Returning Your Gaze to Jesus"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In Catholic usage,&nbsp;<strong>\u201cgaze\u201d<\/strong>&nbsp;in contemplative prayer means a&nbsp;<strong>heart-attentiveness like faith looking at Jesus<\/strong>, not mainly something done with the eyes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Catechism defines contemplation as:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>\u201ca gaze of faith, fixed on Jesus. \u2018I look at him and he looks at me\u2019\u201d<\/strong>\u00a0(CCC 2715)<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It also says contemplative prayer is:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>\u201ca gaze of faith fixed on Jesus \u2026 a silent love.\u201d<\/strong>\u00a0(CCC 2724)<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">So,&nbsp;<strong>\u201cgaze\u201d = faithful attention and loving focus on Jesus<\/strong>\u2014the way you look&nbsp;<em>with your heart<\/em>&nbsp;at someone you trust and love (even when prayer is quiet).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/11nmrdj_u-gLpxbHJdpwFJf-6r0K6BV0D\/view?usp=sharing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Explain &#8216;gaze&#8217; to age groups 7-9, 10-12, 13-16 and 16-18 years old<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In Catholic usage,&nbsp;\u201cgaze\u201d&nbsp;in contemplative prayer means a&nbsp;heart-attentiveness like faith looking at Jesus, not mainly something done with the eyes. The Catechism defines contemplation as: \u201ca gaze of faith, fixed on Jesus. \u2018I look at him and he looks at me\u2019\u201d\u00a0(CCC 2715) It also says contemplative prayer is: \u201ca gaze of faith fixed on Jesus \u2026 &#8230; <a title=\"Keep Returning Your Gaze to Jesus\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/kateri.veym.ca\/emmaus01\/2026\/05\/10\/keep-returning-your-gaze-to-jesus\/\">Read more<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Keep Returning Your Gaze to Jesus<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-880","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-lessons2"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kateri.veym.ca\/emmaus01\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/880","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kateri.veym.ca\/emmaus01\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kateri.veym.ca\/emmaus01\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kateri.veym.ca\/emmaus01\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kateri.veym.ca\/emmaus01\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=880"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/kateri.veym.ca\/emmaus01\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/880\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1030,"href":"https:\/\/kateri.veym.ca\/emmaus01\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/880\/revisions\/1030"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kateri.veym.ca\/emmaus01\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=880"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kateri.veym.ca\/emmaus01\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=880"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kateri.veym.ca\/emmaus01\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=880"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}