The Daily Reader for Contemplative Living

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Publisher : A&C Black
ISBN 13 : 1408194015
Total Pages : 417 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (81 download)

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Book Synopsis The Daily Reader for Contemplative Living by : Thomas Keating

Download or read book The Daily Reader for Contemplative Living written by Thomas Keating and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2013-01-31 with total page 417 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Thomas Keating was a Cistercian monk who founded the worldwide 'Contemplative Outreach', teaching people the art of meditation. This work brings together three prayer practices for each day of the year to enhance contemplative living. First, a brief "active prayer"; second, spiritual reading; and, third, Lectio Divina. The brief introductory prayer sentences are from various sources - the Bible and traditional prayers of the church or of well-known spiritual writers. The spiritual readings come from 11 of Father Keatings' books and one audiotape, with a month's worth of readings derived from each work. Each day's entry concludes with a brief selection from the Bible, or Lectio Divina.

The Thomas Keating Reader

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Publisher : Lantern Books
ISBN 13 : 1590563522
Total Pages : 204 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (95 download)

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Download or read book The Thomas Keating Reader written by Thomas Keating and published by Lantern Books. This book was released on 2012 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For a quarter of a century, Trappist monk Fr. Thomas Keating has been contributing articles on Centering Prayer--the contemporary manifestation of the ancient Christian contemplative tradition--to the newsletter of Contemplative Outreach, the organization that he helped establish to promote this tradition. The Thomas Keating Reader gathers for the first time thirty of those articles (some never published elsewhere) to offer a valuable overview of some of the main strands of Fr. Thomas' thinking and practice on Centering Prayer, Lectio Divina, and interreligious dialogue. Rich with insight and humanity, The Thomas Keating Reader offers a broad introduction to the concepts that have animated Contemplative Outreach and reveals the gifts and challenges of the practice of the spiritual life.

Intimacy with God

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Publisher : Crossroad Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9780824525293
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (252 download)

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Download or read book Intimacy with God written by Thomas Keating and published by Crossroad Publishing. This book was released on 2009 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Filled with insight and practical advice, this resource offers sound wisdom on the way that centering prayer can deepen one's intimacy with God.

Open Mind, Open Heart

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Publisher : A&C Black
ISBN 13 : 9780826414205
Total Pages : 178 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (142 download)

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Book Synopsis Open Mind, Open Heart by : Thomas Keating

Download or read book Open Mind, Open Heart written by Thomas Keating and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2002-01-01 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A beautiful new gift edition of this classic work of spirituality, complete with ribbon marker.This book is designed to initiate the reader into a deep, living relationship with God. Written by an acknowledged spiritual master, the book moves beyond "discursive meditation and particular acts to the intuitive level of contemplation." Keating gives an overview of the history of contemplative prayer in the Christian tradition, and step-by-step guidance in the method of centering prayer. Special attention is paid to the role of the Sacred Word, Christian growth and transformation, and active prayer. The book ends with an explicit treatment of the contemplative dimension of the gospel.

The Human Condition

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Publisher : Paulist Press
ISBN 13 : 1616433574
Total Pages : 41 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (164 download)

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Download or read book The Human Condition written by Thomas Keating and published by Paulist Press. This book was released on 2014-05-14 with total page 41 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: These reflections on contemplative life were delivered at Harvard University in 1997 in a lecture series endowed by Harold M. Wit. (Inside front cover).

Crisis of Faith, Crisis of Love

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Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9780826408051
Total Pages : 140 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (8 download)

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Download or read book Crisis of Faith, Crisis of Love written by Thomas Keating and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 1995-02-01 with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Working from the experiences of the later mystics Keating offers the spiritual sense of scripture elaborated by the Fathers and Mothers of the Church, which has been used repeatedly to illustrate insights useful to the various stages of spiritual development. This rich storytelling tradition traces a spiritual journey, outlining a way of listening to God by sharpening the habit of contemporary prayer.

Manifesting God

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Publisher : Lantern Books
ISBN 13 : 9781590560853
Total Pages : 154 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (68 download)

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Download or read book Manifesting God written by Thomas Keating and published by Lantern Books. This book was released on 2005 with total page 154 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Keating discusses the principles of contemplative prayer--the retreat into the "inner room" mentioned by Jesus in Matthew 6:6. In the inner room, God acts as a divine therapist, healing us and forcing us to recognize how many barriers we put up between ourselves and God. Steiner Books

Invitation to Love 20th Anniversary Edition

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Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1441143769
Total Pages : 184 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (411 download)

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Download or read book Invitation to Love 20th Anniversary Edition written by Thomas Keating and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2012-06-21 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Thomas Keating was a Cistercian monk who founded the worldwide 'Contemplative Outreach', teaching people the art of meditation. Invitation to Love provides a road map for the journey that begins when Centering Prayer is seriously undertaken. Pointing to some of the recognizable landmarks on this journey, as well as to its ultimate destination, Father Keating addresses common questions regarding contemplative practice: How will it affect my life? Where does it lead us spiritually? What obstacles will I encounter along the way? How does it work? Following on from Open Mind, Open Heart, this book establishes a dialogue between the insights of contemporary psychology and the classic Christian spiritual masters, providing a solid conceptual background for the practice of Centering Prayer. This is a practical book, articulating the stages of the process of spiritual growth, and outlining how we might develop a deeper relationship with God and move from contemplation to action.

Active Meditations for Contemplative Prayer

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Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 0826428215
Total Pages : 145 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (264 download)

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Download or read book Active Meditations for Contemplative Prayer written by Thomas Keating and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2007-05-18 with total page 145 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This beautiful gift book contains over 200 selections from the wisdom of several of Father Keating's most popular and significant works, including the best selling 'Open Mind, Open Heart'.

Fruits and Gifts of the Spirit

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Publisher : Lantern Books
ISBN 13 : 9781930051218
Total Pages : 132 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (512 download)

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Download or read book Fruits and Gifts of the Spirit written by Thomas Keating and published by Lantern Books. This book was released on 2000 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Thomas Keating has spent more than fifty years in sustained practice and devotion to the spiritual life. The results of this creative, humble activity are now summarized in this remarkable book, Fruits and Gifts of the Spirit. As Father Keating says, the spiritual journey is a gradual process of enlarging our emotional, mental, and physical relationship with the divine reality that is present in us, but one not ordinarily accessible to our emotions or concepts. The spiritual journey teaches us, first, to believe in the Divine Indwelling within us, fully present and energizing every level of our being; second, to recognize that this energy is benign, healing, and transforming; and third, to enjoy its gradual unfolding step-by-step both in prayer and action.

The Foundations for Centering Prayer and the Christian Contemplative Life

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Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9780826413970
Total Pages : 386 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (139 download)

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Download or read book The Foundations for Centering Prayer and the Christian Contemplative Life written by Thomas Keating and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2002-05-20 with total page 386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: People interested in Centering Prayer often ask: "Which of Father Keating's books should I read first?" This single volume contains the three basic books for the practice of Centering Prayer and its conceptual background. Open Mind, Open Heart deals with how to practice Centering Prayer. Since its first appearance in 1986, this book has been read and used by tens of thousands of people all around in world, including many inmates of U.S. prisons. Father Keating's books have been translated into numerous languages, including Croatian, Czech, Finnish, Japanese, and Korean. A new Spanish translation of Open Mind, Open Heart appeared in 2001. Invitation to Love treats the conceptual background of Centering Prayer rooted as it is in the Christian contemplative heritage. It is a presentation of that heritage in dialogue with contemporary science, especially developmental psychology and anthropology. The Mystery of Christ is a series of homilies based on the liturgical year. It develops the theological principles on which Centering Prayer is based using the scriptural texts of the liturgical cycle as a primary vehicle of instruction. This instruction is embodied in the principal feasts of the year celebrating the themes of divine light, divine life, and divine love. The trilogy contained in Foundations for Centering Prayer and the Christian Contemplative Life develops the material presented in the Ten-Day Intensive Centering Prayer Workshop, in which the method of Centering Prayer is taught (Open Mind, Open Heart) along with its conceptual background (Invitation to Love). The homilies that were given during the liturgy integrate the method and its conceptual background into the mystery of Christ (hence The Mystery of Christ).

The Better Part

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Publisher : A&C Black
ISBN 13 : 0826428207
Total Pages : 129 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (264 download)

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Download or read book The Better Part written by Thomas Keating and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2007-05-15 with total page 129 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The "better part," of course, is that chosen by the introspective Mary of Bethany in the New Testament story, whose experience has long been taken by the contemplative religious. Father Keating, leader of the Centering Prayer movement, understands the contemplative and prayerful life as a form of participation in the suffering, death, and resurrection of Jesus, and his book is both a graceful description of that life and a how-to.

Meditations on the Parables of Jesus

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Publisher : Crossroad Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9780824526078
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (26 download)

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Download or read book Meditations on the Parables of Jesus written by Thomas Keating and published by Crossroad Publishing. This book was released on 2010 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Revising much of the content originally published in The Kingdom of God Is Like, and adding selected material from Awakenings and Reawakenings, Thomas Keating continues to stir the Christian imagination with insightful commentary on the parables of the Bible. Including the Mustard Seed, the Narrow Door, the Penitent Woman, the Sower, the Prodigal Son, and others, this collection of corresponding meditations renews the voice and vigor of each parable's deeper meaning--so often overlooked through familiarity and fame. Originally told to seekers in an ancient land, each parable--packed with clues about the meaning of life, the nature of God, and the purpose of creation--has as much relevance and resonance as ever for both teaching the lessons of God and his mercy and for understanding the daily struggles of today's fast-paced world.

Finding Grace at the Center (3rd Edition)

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Publisher : Turner Publishing Company
ISBN 13 : 1594733635
Total Pages : 94 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (947 download)

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Book Synopsis Finding Grace at the Center (3rd Edition) by : M. Basil Pennington, OCSO

Download or read book Finding Grace at the Center (3rd Edition) written by M. Basil Pennington, OCSO and published by Turner Publishing Company. This book was released on 2012-12-14 with total page 94 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A new edition of the classic that helped launch the Centering Prayer movement. Centering Prayer is a precious part of the ancient spiritual traditions of the West. When Finding Grace at the Center was first published in 1978, people all over the world welcomed this practical guide to a simple and beautiful form of meditative prayer. Reflections and advice on Centering Prayer’s possibilities—and its pitfalls—are presented with clarity and simplicity, with a vision of the deeper life of the soul that contemplative prayer can bring about. Now, with a new foreword by Rev. Cynthia Bourgeault, PhD, another generation will discover the amazing difference Centering Prayer can make in their lives.

Open Mind, Open Heart 20th Anniversary Edition

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Publisher : Continuum
ISBN 13 : 9780826418890
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (188 download)

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Download or read book Open Mind, Open Heart 20th Anniversary Edition written by Thomas Keating and published by Continuum. This book was released on 2006-01-11 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the 20th anniversary edition of Continuum's best-selling spiritual classic, which has sold over half a million in the English language and has appeared in 10 foreign-language editions (Croatian, French, German, Hungarian, Indonesia, Italian, Korean, Polish, and Portuguese). The new edition consists of a substantial new preface, an expanded glossary, some changes in terminology, and a reordering of several chapters.

Reflections on the Unknowable

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Publisher : Lantern Books
ISBN 13 : 1590564383
Total Pages : 152 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (95 download)

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Download or read book Reflections on the Unknowable written by Thomas Keating and published by Lantern Books. This book was released on 2014-04-09 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A distillation of over seventy years as a monastic and more than three decades of writing on centering prayer, Reflections on the Unknowable is Fr. Thomas Keating’s latest volume on how we might develop our intimacy with God and our experience of the Christian contemplative tradition. The first part of the book consists of a long interview with Fr. Thomas, in which he examines concepts of the divine‐including the astonishments, playfulness, and transformation available to the individual willing to open the door to God. The second section consists of thirty-one brief homilies, which range over topics as diverse as the Trinity and the message of Epiphany, spiritual evolution and cultivating interior silence, and the treasure of spiritual poverty and the beauty of chaos.

Consenting to God As God Is

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Publisher : Lantern Books
ISBN 13 : 1590565304
Total Pages : 84 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (95 download)

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Download or read book Consenting to God As God Is written by Thomas Keating and published by Lantern Books. This book was released on 2016-04-01 with total page 84 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book collects the intimate talks and daily presentations made by Trappist monk Thomas Keating to members of Contemplative Outreach, the organization Keating helped establish to promote the revival of the Christian mystical tradition. Oriented toward people who have been practicing centering prayer for several years, CONSENTING is addressed primarily to those with some experience of the spiritual journey and especially to those engaged in some form of contemplative service.