Resources for times of retreat and isolation
Jesus often withdrew to lonely places and prayed
Luke 5.16
Thirteen Daily Meditations from the national Church of England
Pray as You Stay (from the excellent pray as you go website)
The same site has a number of tailored reflections, including these two:
Some Books
Christopher Jamison, Finding Sanctuary: Monastic Steps for Everyday Life (Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2006).
Martin Laird:
Into the Silent Land: The Practice of Contemplation (Darton,Longman & Todd Ltd, 2006).
A Sunlit Absence: Silence, Awareness and Contemplation (Oxford University Press, 2011).
An Ocean of Light: Contemplation, Transformation and Liberation (Oxford University Press 2019)
Thomas Keating, The Foundations for Centering Prayer and the Christian Contemplative Life: Open Mind, Open Heart; Invitation to Love; The Mystery of Christ (Bloomsbury Academic, 2002).
Benignus O’Rourke, Finding Your Hidden Treasure: The Way of Silent Prayer (London: Darton Longman & Todd, 2010).
Anthony de Mello, One Minute Wisdom (Doubleday 1985)
Meditations with Meister Eckhart (edited Matthew Fox), Bear & Co. 1983
John Anthony McGuckin (ed. and trans.), The Book of Mystical Chapters: Meditations on the Soul’s Ascent from the Desert Fathers and other Early Christian Contemplatives (Shambala, 2003)