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God Loves the Autistic Mind

Prayer Guide for Those on the Spectrum and Those Who Love UsBy Fr. Matthew P. Schneider LC

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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.

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GenreSelf-Help

Length5 hrs 15 mins

Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices

FormateBook with Audio

Publish dateJun 3, 2022

LanguageEnglish

1Introduction

4420. Prayer Without Words

2Introduction

4521. Keeping God in Our Autistic Memory

3My Life as an Autistic Priest

4622. The Validity of My Personal Autistic Prayer

4Language and Perspective

4723. A Different Viewpoint Can See God

5Part One: What Makes Autistic Prayer Different?

4824. Repetition in Prayer

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6Chapter One: Types of Autistic Prayer

49Deep Autistic Prayer

7Vocal Prayer and Liturgy

5025. Our Senses and Imagination Lead Us to God

8Stimming and Prayer

5126. Seeing Particulars First

9Prayer of Location or Object

5227. Beyond Just Emotions

10Mental Prayer

5328. Praying for Others

11Chapter Two: Deeper Prayer for the Autistic Christian

5429. Mystical Contemplation

12Difficulties Going Deeper in Prayer

5530. Coming Close to Mary

13Prayer in the Fast Lane

56God Helps with My Autistic Struggles

14Autism at the Deepest Levels of Prayer

5731. Caring for Myself

15Autistic Missionaries to an Autistic World

5832. When Sensory Overload Comes

16Chapter Three: Myths About Autism and Prayer

5933. A Meltdown/Shutdown Is Not the End

17We Don’t Need the Autism “Prayed Out”

6034. Dealing with Social Situations

18We Can Pray

6135. The Humility to Accept Misunderstanding

19We Aren’t Automatic Psychics

6236. Being the Good Samaritan

20Part Two: Meditations for Autistics and Those Who Love Us

63The Life of Jesus

21God Protects Me

6437. Jesus as the Model of All Virtue

221. God Sees the Whole of Me

6538. Seeing Jesus in Bethlehem

232. Jesus Loves Me as an Autistic

6639. Seeing Jesus in His Passion

243. Jesus Wants My Heart

6740. Seeing Jesus in His Resurrection

254. I Believe in You, Jesus

6841. Pentecost

265. The Good Shepherd

69The Sacraments

276. Mary, My Mother

7042. A Sacramental Worldview

28Entering the Lord’s Presence

7143. Our Baptism Changes Us

297. God’s Peace Overpowers

7244. The Liturgy as a Schedule for Worshiping God

308. Leaving Our Stress in God’s Hands

7345. Seeing Jesus in the Eucharist

319. God’s Abundance

7446. The Father of Mercies in Confession

3210. Seeing God in Creation

7547. Accepting God’s Mercy

3311. Facts Help Us Enter God’s Presence

76Fighting to the End

3412. From Loneliness to Being Alone with God

7748. Remain Watchful in Our Own Lives

35Autistic Is as Jesus Planned

7849. Death

3613. In God’s Eyes, Being Autistic Is Not Wrong

7950. The Resurrection: A World Without Social Disability

3714. Thanking God for Autism

80Go Forth Autistically

3815. My Autistic Identity in Jesus

8151. The Autistic Disciple

3916. God Has Wonderful Designs for Me

8252. Missionaries to the Autistic World

4017. Imperfections Are Not Sins

83Appendix A. What Is Autism?

4118. Our Stims Are Gifts

84Appendix B. Basic Catholic Prayers

42Personal, Autistic Prayer

85Appendix C. Method of Mental Prayer

4319. Understanding God’s Mind

86Appendix D. Advice for Autistic Penitents and Those Who Hear Their Confessions

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