About five years ago, I was searching for a spiritual practice. One day, a notice appeared in our local paper about an event called ‚ÄúA Taste of Silence.‚Äù The rest, […]
An Awakening Mystic
Q: My major spiritual awakening happened in August 2012, I’ve seen many signs and messages from the Holy Spirit. The Spirit moved me to become Catholic that year too and […]
Why Do I Sit in Silence?
Why do I sit in silence?I sit in silence to be with God.I sit in silence so God can act in me.I sit in silence to forget me.I sit in […]
Sounds and Centering Prayer
Q: Sometimes as I am entering into Centering Prayer and settling into stillness, I hear an external sound–such as the purring of my cat or birdsong through an open window–and […]
Chanting and Centering Prayer
Q: Is it a good idea to listen to soft Gregorian Chant while engaged in Centering Prayer? A: Let me share with you what many practitioners of Centering Prayer do: […]
Centering Prayer and Lectio Divina
Q: Hello from Malaysia! Our group has been practising twenty minutes of Centering Prayer followed by Lectio Divina ( with the 4 movements – Read, Reflect, Response and Rest) for […]
A Heartfulness Practice
I suspect that whatever has occurred in my life in this regard has, to a significant extent, been a gift that I have received through my practice and involvement related […]
A Centering Prayer
O Holy Spirit please,please seal my soulinto your service. Let silence soarwithin our boundless beingthat I may wakento our wonder of oneness. Let me sit in stillnessand know that You […]
Yahuwah’s Love
Yahuwah, as a child in your Garden offering You your flowers,You smile tenderly and hold me in your arms for hours.|Yahuwah, I live in your Heart, offering You your Love‚Ķ […]
Walking Into the Dawn
Before setting out for morning services, John and I stood outside of our hermitage, which overlooked the valley and the monastery below, and gazed into the pre-dawn sky; the same […]
The Silent Call
Step inside and bolt the door.The inner room is now secure.Distractions quelled from busy mind,The Lord of Hosts is here to dine. This daily banquet with our LordIs fullness of […]
Praying the Rosary and Centering Prayer
Q: Is there a way to pray the rosary simultaneously with Centering Prayer? A: I am not aware of how you would pray the rosary simultaneously with centering prayer. However […]
Centering Prayer and Young Children
Q: I am based in the U.K. and about to launch Centering Prayer into the local junior school (children aged 4-11). The school head and deputy head are very keen […]
A Quiet Communion
All things must have a start, even times of quiet contemplation. After several days of hard cold rain on the Northern California coast ones thinking can become gray as the […]
Set Free from the Pit, by Centering Prayer and the Truth
I was overwhelmed by constant, intense, thoughts and feelings of fear. At the time, I believed that if I was just ‚Äòright with God‚Äô, or, became a ‚Äòbetter Christian‚Äô, these […]
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One Step
We gather at the noon hourMorning choices made, now past;Silence at table, sit wonderingIf the insights will last. I’ve been here many times beforeWell, in this kind of holy place;Impatient […]
On Use of the Sacred Word
Q: I have found that saying my sacred word continuously throughout Centering Prayer works better for me than only when thoughts come in. Is this all right also, or what […]
Given to Me
In May of 2008, I attended a Centering Prayer Presenter-Formation Retreat at St. Mary‚Äôs Retreat Center, Sewanee, Tennessee. On the night of May 18, we all participated in group lectio […]
Crises and the Prayer of Jabez
Q: My question is regarding grief. Actually I suppose it is regarding prayer in any form of strain or fear, but grief especially. If God is, as we believe, a […]
Centering Prayer and Biofeedback
Q: What do you think about doing Centering Prayer while wearing a biofeedback device such as an emWave? I have been doing this for about 2 years now and it […]
But
What would you doIf you were givenBut just one more day to live? “I’d spend it with a loved one”“I’d conquer every fear”“I’d grab life by the horns,And do all […]
The Sacred Word
Q: I know my sacred word is not a mantra. It is for me to use to express my intention of attending during my prayer time and I am to […]
The Jesus Prayer and Centering Prayer
Q: Can you tell me similarities or differences between what happens in ‘The Jesus Prayer’ where the mind moves into the heart leading to the Hesychast experience, and Centering Prayer? […]
Stillness and Centering Prayer
1. The Rock ‚Äì a living relationship with Christ Jesus urges his followers to build on rock and not on sand (Mt. 7.24 ‚Äì 27). In South Africa we have […]
Lessons
The Real only comes to some-to those listening. To those whocan endure the fathomless silence,starting first in your core, then spreadingthroughout the room,through shut windows. It takes time to hear, sometimes […]
