What is Centering Prayer?
Cynthia Bourgeault explains: “As a method of meditation, Centering Prayer is founded upon the gesture of surrender, or letting go. The theological basis for this prayer lies in the principle of kenosis. Jesus is self-empty love that forms the core of his own self-understanding and life practice. During the prayer time itself, surrender is practiced through the letting go of thoughts as they arise. Unlike other forms of meditation, neither focused awareness nor a steady witnessing presence is required. There is no need to follow the thoughts as they arise: merely to let them go promptly as soon as you realize you’re engaged in thinking (a “Sacred Word” is typically used to facilitate this prompt release).”
Our format:
Prayer of supplication
The practice of Centering Prayer
Reading from Centering Prayer and Inner Awakening by Cynthia Bourgeault
Discussion focused on the reading
Please join us on Saturdays at 11:00 am in the chapel.
