Q: I have tried to practice Centering Prayer for a while. I have been wondering if my intent of receiving the inner peace and silence from practicing is a “legitimate” […]
Difficulty with Centering Prayer
Q: My difficulty with Centering Prayer is distractions of thoughts spilling over and being unable to get to or sustain a deep place in the prayer. I usually sit down […]
Musings of a Part-time Centering Pray-er
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, […]
Contemplative Outreach and Prison Contemplative Fellowship, A New Partnership
Prison Contemplative Fellowship is an affiliation of prisoners, former prisoners, their families, volunteers, and prison chaplains whose focus is the support of Centering Prayer practice in prisons and jails. Prisoners […]
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Book Review: Find God Within, Contemplative Prayer for Prisoners
FINDING GOD WITHIN by RAYMOND LEONARDINI Reviewed by: Sister Catherine Marie Bazar, O.P., Chaplain, Twin Towers Correctional Facility, Los Angeles, CA. This is a book on Centering Prayer for prisoners […]
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The Mind and Centering Prayer
Q: I know that the mind should be quiet, relaxed and empty during centering prayer, but I unsure of what our state of mind should be like. Should the mind […]
Sometimes I Am Goodness, Truth & Beauty
Sometimes, I am goodness, truth & beautyand sometimes I act upon another nature,superimposed on mea life mask over my innocent self,the mask is made of projections, assumptions, and judgements […]
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 […]
Getting Serious about Spirituality and Health
Anything less than a contemplative perspective on lifeis an almost certain program for unhappiness. – Father Thomas Keating Recently a group from Las Vegas enjoyed […]
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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 […]
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 […]
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 […]