Events for December 4, 2021
Advent Retreat: Incarnation as Practice – via Zoom
This online retreat is an entry into an intentional Advent where we are invited to pause, listen, reflect, and be renewed in our relationship with the Indwelling Presence through prayerful, silence, solitude and community. During this three-day retreat, we will practice Incarnation through intentional silence, solitude, listening, resting and stillness. This retreat is about spaciousness
The Fullness of Love: An Advent Wisdom Retreat
Join us for a three-day in-person Advent retreat exploring Mary’s relationship to Jesus as a hidden-in-plain-sight illumination of the Christian path of engaged non-attachment. Following the Gospel texts and the poetry of Khalil Gibran, we will discover Mary’s robust and courageous embodiment as a joy-filled teaching and invitation to shelter, germinate, release, and sow the
Leaning Into Blessing: A Silent Advent Retreat
The Mercy Center Centering Prayer Program presents: Leaning Into Blessing: An Advent Silent Retreat December 3-5, 2021 Starts 4 pm Friday and ends 12 pm Sunday (lunch provided afterwards) on site at Mercy Center in Burlingame, CA. Registration: $300 (includes retreat, accommodations, and meals) "The season of Advent means there is something on the horizon
In Person – Advent Silent Saturday
As the busyness of the Advent and holiday season approaches, nourish your spirit with a quiet morning of Centering Prayer and silence. The morning provides time for communal prayer, a contemplative walk, private journaling and reflection, and ends with a period of Lectio Divina. This event is open to beginners as well as those experienced
Advent Silent Saturday
As the season of Advent approaches, join us for a quiet morning of Centering Prayer and silence. This day is open to beginners as well as those experienced in contemplative prayer or silent meditation. The day provides time for communal prayer, a contemplative walk, private journaling and reflection and ends with a period of Lectio
Introduction to Lectio Divina Workshop: In Person or Zoom
Saturday, December 4, 2021 from 9:00 am to 12:30 pm In Person at the Center for Contemplative Living, Elm Grove, WI or Via ZOOM Register for $20 or for FREE
John of the Cross & The Song of Songs: Mysticism, Eroticism, and Centering Prayer
In these sessions, Netanel Miles-Yépez (who shares the same surname as his subject, Juan de Yépes) will discuss how the Spanish saint, better known as John of the Cross, gives instruction in contemplative prayer in terms that seem strikingly similar to Centering Prayer, and uses the erotic imagery of the Song of Songs to describe
