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 […]
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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 […]
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. […]
Father Thomas: Gently Waiting for the Beginning
For most of the last 30 years, our abba, Father Thomas, has been an indefatigable whirlwind jetting around the world teaching, leading retreats, writing books and preaching the good news […]
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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 […]
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 […]
Centering Prayer and Depression
Some of us are blessed with good health, relative prosperity and long lives. But in even the most charmed life, there are times when things do not go as […]
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 […]
Celebrating 25 Years of Contemplative Practices
“Celebrating 25 Years of Silence, Solitude, Solidarity and Service” — this was the theme of Contemplative Outreach Philippine’s anniversary event from Nov. 4 to Nov. 10, 2015 at the […]
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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 […]
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 […]
