Meditations

Video Series: Savoring Our Response to Beauty

February 28, 2022

By Kathy Keary
Enjoy a meditative experience where we are not only present to the beauty before us as we watch an awesome music video, but also we are invited to savor how it is to be present to such beauty.

Video Series: Prayer of Silence: Using Touch to Recenter

February 21, 2022

“With regular practice of silence, slowly something opens and deepens in you and eventually this state abides and endures. Then, when you face reality, you experience equanimity: a sense of centeredness, peaceful and present with whatever comes and goes.” ~ Jamal Rahman

Video Series: Prayer of Silence: Using a Mantra to Center Ourselves

February 14, 2022

By Kathy Keary
Through the prayer of silence, we become aware of an inner spaciousness – a stillness – a calm center. Eckhart Tolle asserts: “It is the kingdom of heaven that Jesus pointed to, which is within you, here and now.”

Video Series: Prayer of Silence: Focusing on Stillness to Recenter

February 7, 2022

By Kathy Keary
Today we will focus on our stillness as a way to recenter ourselves when we become attached to a distraction while engaged in the prayer of silence.

Video Series: Prayer of Silence: Using an Image to Recenter

February 1, 2022

By Kathy Keary
Mirabai Starr speaks of moments of grace interspersed among distractions in the prayer of silence stating that “if you were to string these together you would have a strand of contemplative jewels that make your life richer, deeper.”

Video series: Prayer of Silence: Using a Sacred Word to Recenter

January 24, 2022

By Kathy Keary
Distractions while engaged in silent prayer can be discouraging even though we all experience it. Using a sacred word to return to the stillness can be helpful.

Video Series: Prayer of Silence: Using Breath to Recenter

January 17, 2022

By Kathy Keary
Some shy away from the prayer of silence because of distractions. In this video, we will focus on our breath to recenter ourselves.

Video Series: Breath as a Threshold to the Present Moment

January 10, 2022

By Kathy Keary
Focusing on our breath invites us to the present moment, a fruitful spiritual practice.

Video Practice: Creative Journaling to Usher in 2022

January 3, 2022

By Kathy Keary
The new year offers us a chance to redirect our focus on what truly matters – to re-create ourselves as we endeavor to become more and more the person God created us to be.

Video Practice: Visio Divina with the Nativity

December 20, 2021

By Kathy Keary
As we continue our video series on contemplative prayer and with Christmas fast approaching, let's take a moment using visio divina and journaling to pause and reflect on that graced moment when the Christ child was born.