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An Introduction to Centering Prayer Workshop

Saturday, March 10, 2012
St. Joseph's Catholic Church
Red Wing, MN

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• We are an ecumenical group of women and men ministering together to nurture the spiritual lives of Minnesota's Centering Prayer practitioners.  We do this by providing teachers, sharing resources and building community.
• Centering Prayer is an ancient form of Christian meditation that deepens a practitioner's relationship with God.
• Minnesota Contemplative Outreach is one of more than 120 chapters in 30 countries formed by National Contemplative Outreach, Ltd., a worldwide spiritual network that provides support and resources for Centering Prayer Practitioners.
• We have 21 teachers offering classes, retreats and other enrichment opportunities throughout the year.  We also support Centering Prayer groups throughout the state.

The Mystery of Christ

Ordinary Actions Can Transmit
Divine Love

All of us…are being transformed…

2 Corinthians 3:18 NRSV

Contemplative prayer enables us to see the treasures of sanctification and the opportunities for spiritual growth that are present day by day in ordinary life. If one is transformed, one can walk down the street, drink a cup of tea or shake hands with somebody and be pouring divine love into the world. In Christianity motivation is everything. When the love of Christ is the principal motivation, ordinary actions transmit divine love. This is the fundamental Christian witness; this is evangelization in its primary form. (MC, 24-25)

Ephesians 4:23-24 NAB

Be renewed in the spirit of your minds and put on the new self, created in God’s way in righteousness and holiness of truth.

From:
The Daily Reader for Contemplative Living

Excerpts from the works of Father Thomas Keating
Compiled by S. Stephanie Iachetta

Continuum Books