The Complete 20min Centering Prayer by Fr. Thomas Keating (with him reciting the Lord’s Prayer)

The Complete 20min Centering Prayer by Fr. Thomas Keating (including introduction to the method with guidelines and ending with Fr. Keating reciting the Lord’s Prayer)


The 4 Guidelines of Centering Prayer:

1. Choose a sacred word as the symbol of your intention to consent to God’s presence and action within.
2. Sitting comfortably and with eyes closed, settle briefly and silently introduce the sacred word as the symbol of your consent to God’s presence and action within.
3. When engaged with your thoughts*, return ever-so-gently to the sacred word.
4. At the end of the prayer period remain in silence with eyes closed for a couple of minutes.
(*thoughts include body sensations, feelings, images, and reflections)


For more info and resources on this prayer practice, check out Contemplative Outreach at http://www.contemplativeoutreach.org