Call to the Center
The Gospel's Invitation to Deeper Prayer
1st Edition
Published on 23. March 2011
208 pages
978-0-307-76875-9 (ISBN)
Description
Well-known retreat master and author of the bestselling Centering Prayer, Basil Pennington now demonstrates the spiritually enriching power of that ancient prayer technique when used in conjunction with scripture. Just as a centering prayer involves listening to a call, he explains, so too our encounters with the Word of God are a listening experience.
This devotional book contains thirty excerpts from Matthew's Gospel with corresponding meditational essays that invite prayerful reflection through "centering." We are guided through such areas as poverty of spirit, self-alienation, the transformation of consciousness, authentic love, abandonment and "letting go," and openness to the Spirit.
Equally suites for a personal at-home retreat or in a prayer-group setting, this treasury of Gospel spirituality brings even greater joy to the experience of centering prayer.
This devotional book contains thirty excerpts from Matthew's Gospel with corresponding meditational essays that invite prayerful reflection through "centering." We are guided through such areas as poverty of spirit, self-alienation, the transformation of consciousness, authentic love, abandonment and "letting go," and openness to the Spirit.
Equally suites for a personal at-home retreat or in a prayer-group setting, this treasury of Gospel spirituality brings even greater joy to the experience of centering prayer.
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M. Basil Pennington, O.C.S.O. is Abbot of the Abbey of Our Lady of the Holy Spirit, in Conyers, Georgia, and travels widely as a teacher and lecturer on Christian spirituality. He is a member of the Religious Life Committee for the Conference of Major Superiors of Men in the United States, and the author of O Holy Mountain and Daily We Touch Him.
Content
- Intro
- Other Books by This Author
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Contents
- Preface - A Word to Friends
- Chapter 1 - The Wise Still Seek Him
- Chapter 2 - Space for the Spirit
- Chapter 3 - Not by Bread Alone
- Chapter 4 - If not a Word, at Least a Light
- Chapter 5 - Blessed are You
- Chapter 6 - Children of our Father
- Chapter 7 - Being all There
- Chapter 8 - Do not Babble . Your Father Knows
- Chapter 9 - Coming into the Light
- Chapter 10 - Him First
- Chapter 11 - Known by the Fruits
- Chapter 12 - Lord, Lord
- Chapter 13 - Follow Him-Wherever
- Chapter 14 - In the Boat of Centering Prayer
- Chapter 15 - A new Wineskin for Fasters
- Chapter 16 - In Their Love
- Chapter 17 - The Way to Unity and Peace
- Chapter 18 - Mothering the Christ
- Chapter 19 - Enriching the Soil
- Chapter 20 - The Gift of Centering Prayer
- Chapter 21 - Let the Darn Darnel Be
- Chapter 22 - Smallest of All
- Chapter 23 - Yeast
- Chapter 24 - A Treasure, a Pearl, a Dragnet
- Chapter 25 - You can't Lose
- Chapter 26 - Blessed and Broken to Feed Others
- Chapter 27 - To Walk on Water
- Chapter 28 - From the Heart
- Chapter 29 - We are Mothers and we are Dogs
- Chapter 30 - We are no one but Jesus the Beloved
- Appendix - Centering Prayer
- Select Bibliography
- About the Author
