Ernest E. Larkin, Contemplative Prayer for Today: Christian Meditation

Abstract

In discursive meditation you use the imagination, the power to picture to yourself scenes from the life of Christ, as a means to help  you draw closer to the Lord. Using this power, you also listen to his words spoken in the scene you are thinking about and draw out  conclusions, and enter into a conversation with the Lord about the scene and his words to you. Through this exercise you get to know  Jesus better and you grow in love of him. As a result, you make resolutions to live a life that is more in harmony with his teachings and  demands. The practice of discursive meditation, then, leads to a reform of life, the correction of bad habits and the fostering of good  habits or, as these are also called, the virtues.