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.
“Provides clear methods and images
for the practice and understanding of centering
prayer.”
—Catholic
News Service
“Father Keating writes with the
simplicity and depth that emerges from more than fifty years of
practicing to become a ‘friend of God.’…
Those of us who learn from him are grateful for—and
blessed by—his gifts.”
—Elaine
Pagels, author of Adam, Eve, and the Serpent and other books
“Basil Pennington [was] a gifted,
creative, powerful and wise teacher—one of the truly
precious souls of our generation.”
—Lawrence
Kushner, author Invisible Lines of Connection:
Sacred Stories of
the Ordinary and other books
Thomas Keating, ocso, is a monk, priest and former abbot who currently
lives at St. Benedict’s Monastery in Snowmass, Colorado.
His books include Open Mind, Open
Heart; Intimacy with God and
many others.
Thomas E. Clarke, SJ, is a well-known Jesuit writer and spiritual
father. He now resides at Bethany Retreat Center in Highland
Mills, New York.
Rev. Cynthia Bourgeault, PhD, is an Episcopal priest and retreat leader
focusing on Christian spirituality.
