Self-help ✦ Penny’s Take
Is Centering Prayer Catholic?
Connie Rossini · 2015
72/100
👍 Worth It
Rossini does the methodological work many similar critiques skip — she goes to Keating's actual texts, lines them up against St. Teresa and CDF documents, and makes her case systematically rather than just asserting it. For a Catholic trying to discern whether to engage with Centering Prayer, this is the most rigorous resource available in accessible form. Readers who support Centering Prayer will find it one-sided, but within its stated purpose it is well-executed and clearly argued.
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Verdict receipt0–100
safety95
substance74
craft70
originality68
accuracy72
hype75
age-fit70
human-eye70
Penny’s verdict72
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