The Centering Prayer group meets each Thursday via Zoom from 10:15 am to 11:45 am.

This method of silent prayer is based on that taught by Fr. Thomas Keating in his book, “Open Heart, Open Mind.” In silence, we open ourselves to awareness of God‘s presence.

If you are interested, please call Rosemary at 775-544-7802. In addition, every few months a Centering Prayer workshop is offered at various parishes in the diocese for those interested in learning more about this method of prayer.

What is Centering Prayer?

Centering Prayer is a method of silent prayer that prepares us to receive the gift of contemplative prayer, prayer in which we experience God's presence within us, closer than breathing, closer than thinking, closer than consciousness itself. This method of prayer is both a relationship with God and a discipline to foster that relationship.

Centering Prayer is not meant to replace other kinds of prayer. Rather, it adds depth of meaning to all prayer and facilitates the movement from more active modes of prayer — verbal, mental, or affective prayer — into a receptive prayer of resting in God. Centering Prayer emphasizes prayer as a personal relationship with God and as a movement beyond conversation with Christ to communion with Him.

The source of Centering Prayer, as in all methods leading to contemplative prayer, is the Indwelling Trinity: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. The focus of Centering Prayer is the deepening of our relationship with the living Christ. The effects of Centering Prayer are ecclesial, as the prayer tends to build communities of faith and bond the members together in mutual friendship and love.

Please contact parish office for more details.

Source: centeringprayer.com