"...go into your room and shut the door and pray to your Father who is in secret; and your Father who sees in secret will reward you." - Matthew 6:6-7

Centering Prayer is a technique for becoming more receptive to God's presence and action within. We meet every Monday except holidays from 9:30am until 10:45 am in the St. Anthony Claret Room. Group practice supports and informs our individual practice. Many useful resources to pray and learn more about the spiritual journey are also available at www.contemplativeoutreach,org.

This prayer practice traces its origins to Jesus' Gospel admonition to seek solitude within to commune with God. This inner communion was known by the Apostolic Fathers as "prayer of the heart," by the Desert Fathers as 'the Jesus prayer," by Pope Gregory the Great as "resting in God," and by St. Teresa of Avila as "the prayer of the quiet."

At the invitation of Vatican II, this form of prayer was adapted for modern times by American Trappist priests Thomas Keating, William Meninger, and Basil Pennington. Another notable proponent was Father (Louis) Thomas Merton.

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