Centering Prayer Group Schedule and Readings
at Grace Church, Brooklyn 2011-2012
Archive of centering prayer readings 2008-2009
Archive of centering prayer readings 2009-2010
Archive of centering prayer readings 2010-2011
Date |
Facilitator |
Psalm |
Passage |
September 13 |
Lindsay | Psalm 84, from Stephen Mitchell's A Book of Psalms | Rilke's Book of Hours, "God speaks to each of us as he makes us" |
September 20 |
Lindsay | Psalm 111 | Rilke's Book of Hours, "You, my own deep soul" |
September 27 |
Francesca | Psalm 2 | Thomas Keating, Open Mind, Open Heart |
October 4 |
Francesca | Psalm 116:1-11 | Thomas Keating, Open Mind, Open Heart |
October 11 |
Lindsay | Psalm 112 | Galway Kinnell, St. Francis and the Sow |
October 18 |
Lindsay | Psalm 114 | Luke 7:11-17 I say to you, rise! |
October 25 |
Lindsay | Psalm 121 | Gospel of Thomas, Logion 108 |
November 1 |
Lindsay | Psalm 122 | Matthew 5:1-12 The beatitudes |
November 8 |
Lindsay | Psalm 126 | Richard Rohr, "If we do not transform our pain, we will most assuredly transmit it." |
November 15 |
Lindsay | Psalm 127 | Matthew 25:14-30 The five talents |
November 22 |
No meeting | ||
November 29 |
Lindsay | Psalm 130 | Richard Rohr, "A sense of possibility" |
December 6 |
Francesca | Psalm 85 | Cynthia Bourgeault, Centering Prayer and Inner Awakening |
December 13 |
Lindsay and Matilda | Psalm 130 | Richard Rohr, "What makes the mystics dangerous" |
December 20 |
Lindsay | Psalm 131 | Richard Rohr, "Live the questions" |
December 27 |
No meeting | ||
January 3 |
No meeting | ||
| January 10 | Lindsay | Psalm 133 | Matthew 3:13-17 Jesus's baptism |
| January 17 | Lindsay | Psalm 136 | Richard Rohr, "The naked and undefended now" |
| January 24 | Matilda & Lindsay | Psalm 139 | Richard Rohr, "Enlightenment is always passed on from another" |
| January 31 | Francesca & Matilda | Psalm 91:9-16 | Thomas Keating, “Before you pray, tell God it’s okay if He takes you to the other side.” |
| February 7 | Lindsay | Psalm 139 | Richard Rohr, "To live and fully accept our reality" |
| February 14 | Lindsay | Psalm 139 | Richard Rohr, "Taste the fullness of the now" |
| February 21 | Shrove Tuesday - No meeting |
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| February 28 | Psalm 62 | Mark 14:32-42, The woman with the alabaster jar | |
| March 6 | Psalm 130 | Mark 14:32-42, Sit here while I pray | |
| March 13 | Psalm 103 | Mark 14:66-72, Peter's denial | |
| March 20 | Psalm 46 | Mark 15:16-20, The crown of thorns | |
| March 27 | Psalm 22 | Mark 15:33-39, My God, why have you forsaken me? | |
| April 3 | Regular Centering Prayer Resumes - Lindsay, Laurie & Debbie |
Psalm 146 | Mark 15:42-47, Joseph of Arimathea |
| April 10 | Lindsay, Matilda, Debbie | Psalm 147 | John 20:11-18 Do not cling to me |
| April 17 | Matilda & Francesca | Psalm 16 | C.S. Lewis, from Mere Christianity |
| April 24 | Lindsay, Matilda & Francesca | Psalm 148 | Luke 24:36 - 42, Touch me and see |
| May 1 | Lindsay, Jim & Connie | Psalm 149 | John 10:11-18, The good shepherd |
| May 8 | Lindsay | Psalm 150 | John 15:1-8 , I am the true vine |
| May 15 | Lindsay & Matilda | Psalm 1 | John 15:9-17 , Love one another |
| May 22 | Matilda, Debbie & Connie | Psalm 150 | New Zealand Prayer Book, Lord it is night |
| May 29 | Lindsay, Debbie & Matilda | Psalm 4 | Acts 2:1-13, The howling of a fierce wind |
| June 5 | Lindsay, Matilda & Jim | Psalm 4 | Isaiah 6:1-8, Here I am; send me! |
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