Centering Prayer Readings for April - June 2012

Sunday Centering Prayer

April 1
No Centering Prayer (Palm Sunday)

April 8
No Centering Prayer (Easter Day)

April 15
Macrina Wiederkehr, A Tree Full of Angels, "Hello, Into the Eye of God"
Led by Jean Jackson Hastings

April 22
Thomas Merton, "Excerpts from Contemplative Prayer"
Led by Heather Rippetoe

April 29 
Becca Stevens, Finding Balance, "Service and Solitude"
Led by Heather Rippetoe

May 6
Brian C. Taylor, Becoming Christ: Transformation through Contemplation
Led by Arlene Wilson

May 13
The Cloud of Unknowing, "How the Work of Contemplation Shall Be Done"
Led by Peter Saama

May 20
The Cloud of Unknowing, "During Contemplative Prayer"
Led by Jean Jackson Hastings

May 27 
Simply Centering
Led by Heather Rippetoe

June 3
Simply Centering
Led by Arlene Wilson

June 10
Simply Centering
Led by Peter Saama

June 17
Simply Centering
Led by Jean Jackson Hastings

June 24
Simply Centering
Led by Heather Rippetoe

 

Thursday Centering Prayer

April 5, 12, 19, 26 
Selected Readings from Intimacy with God, Fr. Thomas Keating 
Led by Laura Copeland

May 3, 10, 17, 24, 31
Selected Readings from The Wisdom of Thich Nhat Hanh 
Led by Arlene Wilson

June 7, 14, 21, 28
Lectio Divina - Sunday Gospel Lectionary
Led by Catherine Snell

 

Tuesday Centering Prayer

April through June 
Fr. Thomas Keating, Intimacy with God 
Led by Mimi Shimmin and Butch Durst