These monks dreamed of taking the church’s rich, centuries-old tradition of contemplative prayer and distilling it into a simple, easily learned prayer that ordinary people could practice. They ...

St. Paul encourages us to “not be anxious about anything.” But how to attain such peace in our world so filled with peril and strife, as it surely was in Paul’s day, and in every chapter of history?

A technique out there purporting to be a form of Christian prayer has made inroads in countless parishes across the U.S. and Canada. Its promoters try very hard to sound Catholic and monastic, but it ...

Centering Prayer is the life's work of Thomas Keating, an eighty something year old Christian monk who lives in Snowmass, Colorado. Centering Prayer is a quiet type of prayer which Keating says is a ...

Kathy and Mike Smith had always been strong participants in their church. But when faced with the death of their 18-year-old daughter, the couple felt they needed something more. "What that situation ...

Shirley Burgher begins each day by getting closer to God. She starts with centering prayer, a type of meditation developed by three Trappist monks in the 1970s, and Lectio Divina, a monastic practice ...

Quieting one's self is not always an easy task in today's busy, noisy world. Doing so, however, is worth the time and effort it takes, as it can allow one to deepen his or her personal relationship ...

MASON CITY | Centering Prayer and Lectio Divina are offered to the community through the Faith and Wellness Outreach program at Trinity Lutheran Church. Centering Prayer is a form of silent prayer ...

Centering Prayer Workshop Focuses on God's Gift of Contemplative PrayerOur Lady of the Lake Church parishioners, family and friends are invited to attend an introductory centering prayer workshop on ...