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what is
Centering Prayer ?
Father Thomas Keating is well known for breathing life back into Christian Contemplation. He first became interested in the Christian contemplative tradition in 1940. He realized then that devloping a personal relationship with God was a key message carried throughout the Scriptures. It was not until 1961 that he would begin to develop, with other contemplatives, the Christian Contemplative practice of Centering Prayer. Contemplative Outreach was later formed in 1984 to support the growing numbers of practitioners in this developing spiritual community.
Father Thomas Keating
March 7, 1923 – October 25, 2018
Guidelines of Centering Prayer
1. Choose a sacred word as the symbol of your intention to consent to God’s presence and action within.
2. Sitting comfortably and with eyes closed, settle briefly and silently introduce the sacred word as the symbol of your consent to God’s presence and action within.
3. When engaged with your thoughts, return ever-so-gently to the sacred word.
4. At the end of the prayer period, remain in silence with eyes closed for a couple of minutes.
2. Sitting comfortably and with eyes closed, settle briefly and silently introduce the sacred word as the symbol of your consent to God’s presence and action within.
3. When engaged with your thoughts, return ever-so-gently to the sacred word.
4. At the end of the prayer period, remain in silence with eyes closed for a couple of minutes.
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