Introduces the practice of silent prayer and offers both a practical guide to beginning the meditative process and a vision of the deeper life of the soul that centering prayer can bring about.
M. Basil Pennington, ocso, is abbot of Our Lady of the Holy Spirit Abbey in Georgia and the author of many modern spiritual classics, including Centering Prayer and Lectio Divina.
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.