Centering Prayer Group Schedule and Readings
at Grace Church, Brooklyn 2012-2013
Archive of centering prayer readings 2008-2009
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Archive of centering prayer readings 2011-2012
Date |
Facilitator |
Psalm |
Passage |
September 18 |
Lindsay | Psalm 1 (Stephen Mitchell translation) | Tao Te Ching #67, Simplicity, patience, compassion |
September 25 |
Lindsay | Psalm 4 | Tao Te Ching #80, A country governed wisely |
October 2 |
Lindsay | Psalm 8 | Tao Te Ching #45, The Master allows things to happen |
October 9 |
Lindsay | Psalm 13 | Tao Te Ching # 1. The unnameable is the eternally real |
October 16 |
Lindsay | Psalm 15 | Parker Palmer, Vocation comes from listening |
October 23 |
Lindsay | Psalm 16 | David Frenette, Acting in gentleness |
October 30 |
Lindsay – Due to the hurricane, the centering prayer group met via Skype | Psalm 136 | David Frenette, Awakening in God is simple |
November 6 |
Lindsay | Psalm 17 | David Frenette, Just letting go and resting in God's presence |
November 13 |
Lindsay | Psalm 19 | Richard Rohr, Intimacy enlarges us spiritually |
November 20 |
No meeting | ||
November 27 |
Lindsay | Psalm 23 | Richard Rohr, God seeks intimacy with the human soul |
December 4 |
Francesca | Psalm 15 | David Frenette, Amen |
December 11 |
Lindsay | Psalm 24 | Richard Rohr, The Bible is an invitation into struggle |
December 18 |
Lindsay | Psalm 30 | David Frenette, God's nature is already in you. |
December 25 |
No meeting | ||
January 1 |
No meeting | ||
| January 8 | No meeting | ||
| January 15 | Lindsay | Evening Gatha | Frank Ostaseski, The First Precept |
| January 22 | Lindsay | Evening Gatha | Frank Ostaseski, The Second Precept |
| January 29 | Lindsay | Evening Gatha | Frank Ostaseski, The Third Precept |
| February 5 | Lindsay | Evening Gatha | Frank Ostaseski, The Fourth Precept |
| February 12 | Lindsay | Evening Gatha | Frank Ostaseski, The Fifth Precept |
| February 19 | Lenten Service with Bach's First Cello Suite | Psalm 4 | Matthew 13: 31-32, The kingdom of heaven is like a mustard seed |
| February 26 | Lenten Service with Bach's Second Cello Suite | Psalm 13 | Matthew 6:25 - 26, Do not worry about your life |
| March 5 | Lenten Service with Bach's Third Cello Suite | Psalm 39 | Luke 17:20-21, The kingdom of God is among you |
| March 12 | Lenten Service with Bach's Fourth Cello Suite | Psalm 84 | Matthew 13:44- 45, The pearl of great price |
| March 19 | Lenten Service with Bach's Fifth Cello Suite | Psalm 139 | Matthew 18:12-14, The lost sheep |
| March 26 | Lenten Service with Bach's Sixth Cello Suite | Psalm 93 | Luke 11:34 - 36, Your eye is the lamp of your body |
| April 2 | No meeting | ||
| April 9 | Meeting in new location: Grace Church Library | Psalm 34 | John 20:19-29, Doubting Thomas |
| April 16 | Lindsay | Psalm 1 | Richard Rohr, Prayer happens and sometimes you are there |
| April 23 | Lindsay | Psalm 3 | Galway Kinnell, Saint Francis and the Sow |
| April 30 | Francesca & Lindsay | Psalm 29 | Christopher Smart, For I will consider my cat Jeoffry |
| May 7 | Lindsay | Psalm 2 | Hafiz, Tired of Speaking Sweetly |
| May 14 | Lindsay | Psalm 150 | The Desert Fathers, Why not be totally changed into fire? |
| May 21 | Jim C. | Psalm 121 | Thomas Keating, Contemplative prayer is the greatest adventure |
| May 28 | Lindsay | Psalm 127 | Richard Rohr, Everything is profane if you live on the surface |
| June 4 |
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