{"id":155,"date":"2010-08-07T13:01:28","date_gmt":"2010-08-07T12:01:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/contemplativeoutreachireland.com\/coi\/?page_id=155"},"modified":"2010-10-01T12:58:54","modified_gmt":"2010-10-01T11:58:54","slug":"resources","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/contemplativeoutreachireland.com\/coi\/resources\/","title":{"rendered":"Resources"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>\u201c<strong>Silence is God\u2019s first language<\/strong><\/em>.\u201d John of the Cross 16<sup>th<\/sup> Century Mystic<\/p>\n<p><em> <\/em><\/p>\n<p>If you are beginning the practice of Centering Prayer you may not know what materials are beneficial and helpful in getting you started.\u00a0 Similarly, you may have an established practice of <a href=\"https:\/\/contemplativeoutreachireland.com\/coi\/?page_id=9\">Centering Prayer<\/a> and may need further material and resources to help you deepen the practice.<\/p>\n<p>The spiritual direction of those practicing <a href=\"https:\/\/contemplativeoutreachireland.com\/coi\/?page_id=9\">Centering Prayer<\/a>, the particular method that prepares one for contemplative prayer and being companioned on your journey is also very important.\u00a0 We hope the information we provide here in these pages will help, support and enable you to find what it is you need for your spiritual growth in Centering Prayer and to sustain you on your spiritual journey.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>\u201cBeginners on the spiritual journey need concrete instruction as regards the regular practice of Centering Prayer, a simple rule of life and some suggested reading.\u00a0 For those who are established in a prayer practice, there is need for <a href=\"http:\/\/www.contemplativeoutreach.org\/category\/category\/lectio-divina\">Lectio Divina<\/a> and spiritual reading as well as practice for daily life.\u00a0 For those who are more advanced on the spiritual journey, the support of friendship and understanding is the greatest gift one can offer.\u201d <\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.contemplativeoutreach.org\/fr-thomas-keating\">Fr. Thomas Keating<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong> <\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cSilence is God\u2019s first language.\u201d John of the Cross 16th Century Mystic If you are beginning the practice of Centering Prayer you may not know what materials are beneficial and helpful in getting you started.\u00a0 Similarly, you may have an established practice of Centering Prayer and may need further material and resources to help you &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/contemplativeoutreachireland.com\/coi\/resources\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Resources<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":5,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-155","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/contemplativeoutreachireland.com\/coi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/155","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/contemplativeoutreachireland.com\/coi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/contemplativeoutreachireland.com\/coi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/contemplativeoutreachireland.com\/coi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/contemplativeoutreachireland.com\/coi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=155"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/contemplativeoutreachireland.com\/coi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/155\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":389,"href":"https:\/\/contemplativeoutreachireland.com\/coi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/155\/revisions\/389"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/contemplativeoutreachireland.com\/coi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=155"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}