In the midst of pain, loss, grief and joy, music can give expression to what we can’t find words for.

Few artists have shown this as openly as Nick Cave. Following the deaths of two of his sons, Cave has written and sung about grief with rare honesty, naming the unsayable and making room for great suffering and great love to be held side by side.

Centering Prayer is a receptive method of Christian silent prayer. It offers a way of becoming still, opening the heart and resting in God’s presence.

Drawing on the Christian contemplative tradition and the teaching of Thomas Keating, the practice helps us move beyond words and reflection into a more receptive form of prayer. It is both a relationship with God and a discipline that helps us become more available to that relationship.

There are seasons in every human life.

To live is to encounter pain, suffering, heartache and loss. The agony of these moments can bring us to our knees. Burdened by their weight, we can feel lost, abandoned and afraid.

This Season of the Heart can be blinding — what we have known can become obscure. We can even begin to question the reality of God’s presence.

There are seasons in every human life.

To live is to encounter pain, suffering, heartache and loss. The agony of these moments can bring us to our knees. Burdened by their weight, we can feel lost, abandoned and afraid.

This Season of the Heart can be blinding — what we have known can become obscure. We can even begin to question the reality of God’s presence.

Listen to the Word. Open the heart. Be transformed.

Each Friday morning, a virtual community gathers to prayerfully reflect on the Gospel of the coming Sunday.