Meditations

Focusing: Listening to the Wisdom of the Body for Healing 1

May 27, 2020

By Kathy Keary
Society teaches us to suppress our feelings and to distract ourselves from our emotions rather than to care for them. If you found a way to listen to the wisdom of your emotions as revealed in your body and care for them in a life-giving way, would you try it?

Using Our Bodies in Prayer

May 26, 2020

By Kathy Keary In our series on contemplative living, an element that stands out is that prayer goes...

The Fruits of Contemplation

May 19, 2020

By Kathy Keary
Six months after incorporating centering prayer into my day, I noticed a shift in my inner world. I felt a calm — a sense of peace that found its way into my response to life. This is the fourth part of my four-part series on centering prayer and contemplation.

Contemplation: Going Deeper into Silence

May 13, 2020

By Kathy Keary
In our last two articles, we explored the sacred symbols of the word, the breath, and the image. Over time our use of a sacred symbol will diminish. We will no longer rely on it to take us to a place deep within where we commune with the living God. In Part 3, we go deeper into the silence.

Contemplation: The Use of Breath and Image in Centering Prayer

May 11, 2020

By Kathy Keary
In our introduction to centering prayer, we discussed using the sacred word as a method of expressing our intent to be open to the indwelling presence and action of God in the deepest center of our being. We now turn our attention to other sacred symbols: the breath and the image.