Q: I attended a one-day Centering Prayer event for people who were experienced in Centering Prayer. We had three periods of prayer, with some teaching. At the end of the […]
Centering Prayer and Salivating
Q: A very annoying thing happens to me during many (about 75%) of my Centering Prayer times. I salivate excessively which is distracting to me. I cannot find a commonality […]
Centering Prayer and Mindfulness
Q: I practice Centering Prayer and recently a friend asked me to explain the difference between it and mindfulness meditation. I replied that the difference was in intent – Centering […]
Centering Prayer and Mental Illness
Q: I am hoping to get some direction for myself and a community I work with. I have schizo-affective mental illness, diagnosed when I was 28. I have had regular […]
The Blessed Sacrament as a Vestibule
Q: When I’m sitting in a small chapel doing my Centering and the Blessed Sacrament is exposed directly in front of me, must I close my eyes? Behind the Monstrance […]
Practicing Centering Prayer and Lectio Divina
Q: I have just started practicing Centering Prayer. I‚Äôm Portuguese, live in Lisbon, and I‚Äôm almost 70! It looks like Centering Prayer came to me (I didn‚Äôt look for it) […]
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Let Your True Self Shine
Jesus took Peter, James, and his brother John and led them up on a high mountain by themselves. He was transfigured before their eyes. His face became as dazzling as […]
Having a Vital Relationship with Christ
Q: I have been practicing Centering Prayer for ten years. The grace of really knowing that I am loved by God has been given to me. I am certain that […]
The Crooked Keel
I loved to go lobster fishing with my uncle. I loved being out on the open water; the fresh sea air, the confident growl of the engine, the lobster boat […]
Including People of Different Faiths in Centering Prayer Groups
Q: What is your position on bringing in people of many different faiths to our Centering Prayer groups? When there is an interest in learning Centering Prayer, are we to […]
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From Vietnam to Centering Prayer
I remember 50 years ago riding in an UH-34D helicopter heading west over the South China Sea. A clear blue morning greets me under a cloudless sky. We are U.S. […]
Centering Prayer and Runners
Q: A friend is a marathon runner. He says he prays as he runs and he comes to a place of peace where miles seem to go by and he […]
Centering Prayer and Existential Angst
Q: In part my question relates to receptivity and trusting the process of Centering Prayer. I have participated in Centering Prayer for the past three years or so. I‚Äôm 35 […]
Our God of Surprises …
Many years ago while taking a morning hike on Mt Tamalpais, north of San Francisco, I felt the urge to sit down and to silently pray to the Lord. I […]
Moments
In this silent momentsee how the palm treehas shrugged off old bark,how trim and stately it standsagainst an azure sky, comes the next momentand the next‚Äîthe mind races aheador remembers […]
Centering Prayer and Grief
Q: I would like to share with you something I experienced during my sit. I have been practiced Centering Prayer for 15 years, but the last year I have had […]
A Book Review of A TASTE OF SILENCE
Our Centering Prayer group has recently finished watching the Sounds True Centering Prayer DVD series featuring Fr. Thomas Keating, Gail Fitzpatrick- Hopler and Fr. Carl J. Arico. A number of […]
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Morning Prayer at South Padre Island
Breathe in —the tide rolls out to the Mother Sea of Source in air-sucking return to the oceanic womb of life,pulling consciousness like a uterine contractionat three centimeters dilation Breathe out —the tide rolls […]
Centering Prayer and Panic Attacks
Q: I have been centering for about seven years. Lately, when I try, I feel like I’m having a panic attack. Can you give me some insight? A: Our faithful […]
Contemplative & Vocal Prayers
Q: Is it possible to experience contemplative prayer and vocal prayer simultaneously? A: All prayer is a gift from the Holy Spirit. As a faith-filled person responds to the deepening […]
Challenge
Having just struggled with my 80th birthday, I resonated with Fr Arico’s challenge in the June 2015 CO NEWS: Challenge To BE and not to DO Experiencing ageChallenge to […]
Centering Prayer & Contemplation
Q: It is my understanding that God loves us at the level of our being which is the closest most intimate level at which love can take place. It is […]
Amount of time for Centering Prayer
Q: I have been practicing Centering Prayer for about a year now. I wanted to increase my time to 40 minutes because I was used to sitting for a half […]
The Rosary and Contemplation
Q: Is it possible to pray contemplatively while saying the rosary at the same time? A: The rosary, like Lectio Divina, can move one into a state of resting in […]
IONA
We wear our small marble crossesto prayer every Thursday.They were brought from Iona,a ‚Äúthin place‚Äù, where the spiritis more accessible, the landscaperough-hewn, rocky and barren.I wear mine and imagine a […]
