Voices of Grace & Gratitude are joyful expressions of grace and gratitude from the worldwide community of Contemplative Outreach for the gift of Centering Prayer in their lives and its meaning for all creation. A new video will be presented every Monday. May they serve to lift your hearts.
English Transcript
A group of people in contemplative prayer kind of adopted me and said: ‘You’re giving all the time. You need something to feed you.’ And so, I have learned some of that self-care that pastors have such a hard time doing in the practice that is very prescriptive. I tend to use Centering Prayer in my day job because I do pasturing half-time. I work at a hospital and so, when all that drama is going on around you, what I often talk about – and we talk about in ministry – is being the non-anxious presence [which] has been made much easier by the practice of Centering Prayer.
La Oración Centrante y el estar presente sin ansiedad
Un grupo de personas que hacen oración contemplativa en cierto modo me adoptó, y dijeron: “Tú estás dando constantemente. Necesitas algo que te sostenga.” Y así he aprendido algo del propio cuidado que a los pastores les cuesta tanto practicar para si mismos. Acostumbro usar la Oración Centrante en mi trabajo durante el día porque parte del tiempo soy sacerdote. Trabajo en un hospital; cuando todo ese drama sucede a mi alrededor, de lo que muchas veces hablo – y de lo que hablamos en el ministerio – es del hecho de estar presente sin ansiedad, [lo que] se ha hecho mucho más fácil por la práctica de la Oración Centrante.
