{"id":171,"date":"2010-08-07T13:11:39","date_gmt":"2010-08-07T12:11:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/contemplativeoutreachireland.com\/coi\/?page_id=171"},"modified":"2019-08-16T17:26:46","modified_gmt":"2019-08-16T16:26:46","slug":"continuing-a-practice-of-centering-prayer","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/contemplativeoutreachireland.com\/coi\/resources\/continuing-a-practice-of-centering-prayer\/","title":{"rendered":"Continuing a Practice of Centering Prayer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Continuing a Practice of Centering Prayer<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Hanging in there!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>For much of the time\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/contemplativeoutreachireland.com\/coi\/?page_id=9\">Centering prayer<\/a>\u00a0will be practiced by us on our own. However, a weekly sharing of the experience in a small group has proven to be very supportive as well as a good means of ongoing education. Sometimes just knowing that the group are meeting together each week is a great encouragement to keep going or an invitation to return to the practice of prayer if circumstances have prevented us from carrying out our commitment to the daily practice for a time. By sharing the experience of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/contemplativeoutreachireland.com\/coi\/?page_id=9\">Centering prayer<\/a>\u00a0in a group our own discernment of the ups and downs of the practice are more finely tuned.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/contemplativeoutreachireland.com\/coi\/?page_id=9\">Centering Prayer<\/a>\u00a0Retreats<em>\u00a0<\/em>are also a good way to sustain and immerse us even more in the practice of the prayer and the Spiritual journey. They provide an opportunity to take a step out of the noise and activity of our busy lives and to simply rest in God\u2019s presence for a time.<\/p>\n<p>In everyday life\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.contemplativeoutreach.org\/fr-thomas-keating\">Thomas Keating<\/a>\u00a0also suggests the use of an Active Prayer Sentence. Pick a five to nine syllable sentence from Scripture or prayer and gradually work it into your sub-conscious by repeating it mentally when your mind is free, such as doing light chores, walking, driving, waiting for the bus or a phone call. Eventually it becomes part of you and maintains a link with your reservoir of interior silence built up during the periods of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/contemplativeoutreachireland.com\/coi\/?page_id=9\">Centering Prayer.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Some examples are:<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>My Lord and my God<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>My Jesus mercy<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Sacred Heart of Jesus I place all my trust in you<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Not my will but yours be done<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Continuing a Practice of Centering Prayer Hanging in there! For much of the time\u00a0Centering prayer\u00a0will be practiced by us on our own. However, a weekly sharing of the experience in a small group has proven to be very supportive as well as a good means of ongoing education. Sometimes just knowing that the group are &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/contemplativeoutreachireland.com\/coi\/resources\/continuing-a-practice-of-centering-prayer\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Continuing a Practice of Centering Prayer<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":155,"menu_order":3,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-171","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/contemplativeoutreachireland.com\/coi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/171","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=171"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/contemplativeoutreachireland.com\/coi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/171\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1345,"href":"https:\/\/contemplativeoutreachireland.com\/coi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/171\/revisions\/1345"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/contemplativeoutreachireland.com\/coi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/155"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/contemplativeoutreachireland.com\/coi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=171"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}