Contemplative Outreach Symbol
Contemplative Outreach Symbol
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Jobs Redeemer – Patient Waiting
- Alpha and Omega – the Symbol of God – the Beginning and the End
- The Cross – the Symbol of our Salvation
- Flowers – the Symbol of Abundance of Life – the Resurrection
- Circle – the Sign of Ongoing Progress
The heart and soul of the Centering Prayer is consenting to God’s presence and action in our lives. The Alpha and Omega acknowledges that our God is at the center of our consent and being. The Cross is a symbol of our dying to our thoughts and commentaries. In the letting go our false self gives way to the flowering of the new self. This is an ongoing process bringing us deeper into Divine Intimacy.
Like Job, our patient waiting and consenting will be our gift of gratitude.
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This symbol has been seen in three different locations:
- On the ancient Church in the Land of Uz. Uz is a place in south Edom, east of Palestine. Scripture references of Uz are found in Job 1:1, the residence of Job and also in Jer. 15:20 and Lam. 4:21.
- It has been seen as a Byzantine Stone from excavations in Jerusalem at the southern wall of the Old City near Huldah gates and the original stairs to the Temple.
- The Church of “Multiplication of the Loaves” in Galilee area. The Church was completed in1984 and this Symbol was over the main door entrance. The Monastery and Basilica are run by German Benedictines.
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The above Monogram Logo of Job’s Redeemer,
is the official Symbol of Contemplative Outreach Ltd,
and is used internationally world wide, as the Symbol for
Centering Prayer
Centering Prayer Kuala Lumpur Chapter, Malaysia,
is also identified by this Symbol, there should be no other Symbol to represent us.