The Lectio Divina Service Team will present an Introduction to Monastic Lectio Divina. More information to come. […]
Six-Day Centering Prayer Retreat: Intensive & Post-Intensive
The retreat will provide an opportunity to deepen one’s practice of Centering Prayer in an atmosphere of profound silence and community support. All participants observe silence from the opening to […]
How Zen Contemplation Relates to Centering Prayer
Q: I’ve been practicing Zen meditation with a Christian group for 18 years. What is your view with respect to how Zen contemplation relates to Centering Prayer? The principles […]
“Deliberately dismantle the emotional programming of the false self”
by Cherry Haisten member of Welcoming Prayer service team At the end of early editions of Open Mind, Open Heart appears a list Thomas Keating calls “Means of Extending the […]
“The Greatest Experience of God is No Experience”
Q: I heard you share this quote: “The greatest experience of God is no experience of God” (Thomas Keating). This saying has me very confused. My life has been filled […]
The Divine Economy – Teachings by Thomas Keating
These teachings were given in 2009 in Austin, Texas, USA. Here you can download the mp3 recording (about 44 minutes) and/or the accompanying transcript. […]
The Cross of Uncle Raymond
by Tom Agness Rochester, New York, USA I have never liked crucifixes. For years, the emphasis on the bloody death of Jesus Christ, his anguished face, without the corresponding […]
Thomas Keating and the Snowmass Dialogue – via Zoom
Contemplative Outreach of Maryland and Washington invites you to join us Saturday, Nov. 19 for half-day retreat (via Zoom) focusing on “Thomas Keating and the Snowmass Dialogue” led by Netanel […]
Fall Day of Prayer with Fr. Carl Arico – via Zoom
“Dying to New Life: Journey Through Aging” I am telling you the truth a grain of wheat remains no more than a single grain unless it is dropped into the […]
A Tale of Two Thomases: Entering the Woods of Awareness with Thomas Keating and Thomas Berry – via Zoom
With each passing day it seems our world is becoming more divided and polarized. Media commentators continually assure us that humanity is becoming more separated by the minute. Against this […]
How Centering Prayer is Changing the World: A Love Letter from the Dominican Republic
We embrace the process of transformation in Christ, both in ourselves and in others, through the practice of Centering Prayer – Contemplative Outreach vision A brief history of […]
Blending Prayer Practices
Q: I’ve practiced Centering Prayer on and off for years. Same with Lectio Divina and the Liturgy of the Hours. Now I’m trying to blend them into an integrate […]
