
Audio only
God Loves the Autistic Mind
Prayer Guide for Those on the Spectrum and Those Who Love UsBy Fr. Matthew P. Schneider LCLength5h 15m
About this audiobook
Fr. Matthew Schneider, a priest on the autism spectrum, knows the challenges that autistics face in prayer, as well as the autistic traits that can be leveraged to deepen one’s prayer. With clarity and honesty, he shares from his own experience and that of others on the spectrum to give hope and confidence to readers. This ground-breaking book includes 52 meditations, which provide a coherent progression of material for prayer that can be used on a daily or weekly basis.
Father Matthew P. Schneider is an openly autistic Catholic priest. He’s originally from Calgary, Canada, but since joining the Legionaries of Christ, has done ministry across North America. He has written for many publications including the National Catholic Register, America, Crux, and Aleteia. [, and you] You can find him on social media at @FrMatthewLC, @AutisticicPriest, and FrMatthewLC.com. He currently lives in Northern Virginia, writing a doctoral thesis in moral theology.
Audiobook details
GenreSelf-Help
Length5 hrs 15 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateJun 3, 2022
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Introduction
2Introduction
3My Life as an Autistic Priest
4Language and Perspective
5Part One: What Makes Autistic Prayer Different?
Show all chaptersShow less
6Chapter One: Types of Autistic Prayer
7Vocal Prayer and Liturgy
8Stimming and Prayer
9Prayer of Location or Object
10Mental Prayer
11Chapter Two: Deeper Prayer for the Autistic Christian
12Difficulties Going Deeper in Prayer
13Prayer in the Fast Lane
14Autism at the Deepest Levels of Prayer
15Autistic Missionaries to an Autistic World
16Chapter Three: Myths About Autism and Prayer
17We Don’t Need the Autism “Prayed Out”
18We Can Pray
19We Aren’t Automatic Psychics
20Part Two: Meditations for Autistics and Those Who Love Us
21God Protects Me
221. God Sees the Whole of Me
232. Jesus Loves Me as an Autistic
243. Jesus Wants My Heart
254. I Believe in You, Jesus
265. The Good Shepherd
276. Mary, My Mother
28Entering the Lord’s Presence
297. God’s Peace Overpowers
308. Leaving Our Stress in God’s Hands
319. God’s Abundance
3210. Seeing God in Creation
3311. Facts Help Us Enter God’s Presence
3412. From Loneliness to Being Alone with God
35Autistic Is as Jesus Planned
3613. In God’s Eyes, Being Autistic Is Not Wrong
3714. Thanking God for Autism
3815. My Autistic Identity in Jesus
3916. God Has Wonderful Designs for Me
4017. Imperfections Are Not Sins
4118. Our Stims Are Gifts
42Personal, Autistic Prayer
4319. Understanding God’s Mind
4420. Prayer Without Words
4521. Keeping God in Our Autistic Memory
4622. The Validity of My Personal Autistic Prayer
4723. A Different Viewpoint Can See God
4824. Repetition in Prayer
49Deep Autistic Prayer
5025. Our Senses and Imagination Lead Us to God