About 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 Guidelines:

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.


*thoughts include body sensations, feelings, images, and reflections  

                                FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

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Subtitle

Centering Prayer Intro Workshop
Via YouTube

 Presented by Father Arico & LJ Milone
     Part 1: 57 min
     Part 2: 1 hr 15 min
Recorded July 18, 2020
Sponsored by COMW