The Most Common Criticism of Centering Prayer — and Why It’s a Fallacy

Carl McColman
9 min readNov 10, 2021

Sigh.

Last night I stumbled across yet another website from a well-meaning, but obviously misinformed, Catholic blogger who attacks Centering Prayer as “un-Catholic.” Not only has she spilled a lot of ink on her blog about this topic, but she has written an e-book filled with her denunciations of Centering Prayer that you can buy on Amazon for…

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Carl McColman

Contemplative author, blogger (www.anamchara.com) and podcaster (www.encounteringsilence.com). Lover of silence and words, as well as books, ikons, and cats.