Centering Prayer and Disabled Adults
Q: I have a 50 year old sister with Williams’ Syndrome (similar to Downs Syndrome – different chromosome). My mother and father cared for her, until my mother recently died. […]
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Centering Prayer and Panic Attacks
Q: I have been centering for about seven years. Lately, when I try, I feel like I’m having a panic attack. Can you give me some insight? A: Our faithful […]
Amount of time for Centering Prayer
Q: I have been practicing Centering Prayer for about a year now. I wanted to increase my time to 40 minutes because I was used to sitting for a half […]
Centering Prayer & Contemplation
Q: It is my understanding that God loves us at the level of our being which is the closest most intimate level at which love can take place. It is […]
Centering Prayer and the Nights
Q: A few months ago, I seem to have woken up during Centering Prayer in terror over not being able to find God. I had been sensing that this night […]
Contemplative & Vocal Prayers
Q: Is it possible to experience contemplative prayer and vocal prayer simultaneously? A: All prayer is a gift from the Holy Spirit. As a faith-filled person responds to the deepening […]
Challenge
Having just struggled with my 80th birthday, I resonated with Fr Arico’s challenge in the June 2015 CO NEWS: Challenge To BE and not to DO Experiencing ageChallenge to […]
The Rosary and Contemplation
Q: Is it possible to pray contemplatively while saying the rosary at the same time? A: The rosary, like Lectio Divina, can move one into a state of resting in […]
IONA
We wear our small marble crossesto prayer every Thursday.They were brought from Iona,a ‚Äúthin place‚Äù, where the spiritis more accessible, the landscaperough-hewn, rocky and barren.I wear mine and imagine a […]
Chapter 2: Renewing your Practice of Centering Prayer Part III
From The Path of Centering Prayer: Deepening your Experience of God Chapter 2: Renewing your Practice of Centering Prayer Part III: Grounding your Centering Prayer Practice by Letting Intention and Consent […]
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An Invitation to Join the Governing Board
An Invitation to Join the Governing Board For those who have been practicing Centering Prayer for 10 years or more and are engaged in service to the Contemplative Outreach […]
A Homemade Psalm
Oh God, an owl in the night calls out over and again… “who…who-who … are you?” Dawn awakens the winter trees’ long bony fingers, scratching at the clouds…” tell us…tell […]
