These talks draw images and ideas from Scripture, the Christian contemplative tradition, and daily prayer experience, to lead you inward in preparation for meditation. Eileen O'Hea was a Sister of St Joseph of Brentwood, New York. As a teacher of the community, she led the John Main Seminar in 1990, gave many meditation retreats, and was a major inspirational force in the setting up of the "School". She died on 3 February 2005 in Minneapolis.

Rain for the Sea belongs to the Meditatio Talks Series, a collection of talks designed for sharing the teaching of meditation and for personal reflection. The talks offer encouragement and inspiration for the practice of meditation and a deeper understanding of the spiritual journey.

Some titles in the Meditatio Talks Series are:

The Prayer that Jesus Taught Vol 1-4 (2006 A-D)
The Ego on Our Spiritual Journey I & II (2008 A-B)
In Times of Anxiety (2009 C)