Intimacy with Christ – Centering Prayer is sometimes accused of falling short of true intimacy with Christ. What is meant by “true intimacy?” Ordinarily we think of prayer as thoughts […]
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2015 December
God is Already Here – The realization that we know very little about the universe grows as we experience the presence of God everywhere. When we see God everywhere, we […]
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2015 June
Notes From A Deep Conversation – Without thinking or feeling some emotion, there is just awareness. There is then no desire for bliss, enlightenment, or to teach others. Things are […]
2014 December
The Gift that Keeps on Giving – God through Jesus Christ has become sin with all its negative consequences out of love for us and to manifest the complete gratuity […]
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2014 June
Powerlessness, an articles by Fr. Thomas Keating. Powerlessness is our greatest treasure. Don’t try to get rid of it. Everything in us wants to get rid if it. Grace is […]
Contemplative Spirituality, Father Thomas Keating, Ministry, Spiritual Journey, The Practice of Contemplative Living
2013 December
Epiphany, the Feast of Contemplative, A Homily by Thomas Keating. At the culmination of the Christmas season is the feast of the Epiphany. Epiphany means revelation. What revelation? Each of us […]
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2013 June
Spiritual Evolution, Fr. Thomas KeatingSpiritual evolution is a process of liberation. It completes biological evolution which has brought us to the relative freedom of rational consciousness. But full access to […]
Centering Prayer, Contemplative Spirituality, Father Thomas Keating, Gift of Living, Ministry, Spiritual Journey
2012 December
Centering Prayer & Resting in God by Fr. Thomas Keating Centering Prayer moves us toward the deepest level of relationship and intimacy with God described in Matthew 6:6: as an […]
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2012 June
The Seven Stages of Centering Prayer, Fr. Thomas KeatingThe essence of Centering Prayer is consenting to God’s presence and action within. The seven stages of Centering Prayer outlined below continue […]
Centering Prayer, Contemplative Spirituality, The Practice of Contemplative Living, Welcoming Prayer
2011 December
Simplicity, Fr. Thomas KeatingSimplicity is the integration and unification of human capacities. Our Lady of the Sign, Gail Fitzpatrick-Hopler… Mary is truly the model of consent to the presence and action […]
