Centering Prayer

The source of Centering 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.

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.

Welcoming Prayer

Lectio Divina

Like Centering Prayer, Lectio Divina cultivates contemplative prayer. It is a participatory, active practice that uses thoughts, images and insights to enter into a conversation with God.

Lectio Divina, literally meaning “divine reading,” is an ancient practice of praying the scriptures. During Lectio Divina, the practitioner listens to the text of the Bible with the “ear of the heart,” as if he or she is in conversation with God.

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