Centering Prayer

The app feels more like a friend than a device. I’ve had a centering prayer practice for nearly 30 years, but I didn’t know about this app originally. (Maybe it wasn’t out.) Over the years I’ve chosen many different opening scripture passages, usually memorizing them after being with them so long. The same with the background images. I like the seasons, but over the years I’ve been drawn to different ones, which seem just right at the time. I prefer the gong sounds for opening and closing, but there are a variety to choose from which should meet anyone’s needs. I’ve recommended this app to so many people, and they’ve found it very helpful for their centering prayer practice. Easy to use, and such a variety of options. Blessings.

I love this app. I initially downloaded it to help me with the specific daily prayer practice I was cultivating, and it was perfect for that. Yet as the year (or more) since then has unfolded, I find I use it as a sort of “spiritual spot check” to re-center me at times when I get spun out or off in some way - I’ll just do 5 minutes in the car, or even during my work day. I have used it to share a meditation time with friends during a hike or while on a retreat. I use it as a prelude to a form of journaling I do as spiritual inquiry, inviting God into the inquiry through contemplative prayer before I begin my writing time. The sounds are good, the prayer selection abundant, and the directions at the beginning succinct and clear. Thank you for this app - I have shared it happily many times over!

This app is the perfect companion for beginning or continuing the journey of centering prayer. The creators don’t charge anything, and yet it has everything you need to begin, including a digital form of the pamphlet available on their website, which gives you the basics of centering prayer. Using the app takes you through a process beginning with an opening prayer, followed by the centering prayer period itself, which you can adjust to a duration you’re comfortable with. You can also select the Bell sounds you prefer to open and close your prayer. After the prayer you’re encouraged to meditate on a closing text. The opening prayer and closing thought can be selected from a number of options available within the app itself. In short, I cannot imagine a better app for free that provides the guidance and support this one does, and does so elegantly. The app was clearly designed by people who have no other motive than to introduce the practice of centering prayer to the widest range of people they can.