Hello lovely souls,
I invite you into a few
moments of silence before we begin our prayer time
together...
Take a deep
breath and breathe in the breath of God, knowing by faith that God breathes into
us the breath of life.
Opening Prayer: Taize chant – “The
Lord is my light, my light and salvation...”
A couple of minutes of chanting available here:
Center in silence for
20 – 30 minutes.
Closing Prayer: From Peter
Traben Haas “Centering Prayers,” March 31 prayer:
Living and Radiant Source of Love: Awaken me to
the importance of wisely using my time to prepare a reservoir of interior
peace.
Show me how to identify with common human
difficulties through fasting, prayer, and almsgiving and to realize that my own
problems do not define me, but can connect me through empathy to a world in
process of being reborn.
Amen.
Reflection: I invite
you, if you’d like, to share something that spoke deeply to you from Chapter 9
in Rohr’s The Universal Christ. Or share anything that
you feel called to share about your life and your spiritual journey over this
past week. Please hit “reply all” to share your response with the group.
My sharing: I savored Fr. Richard’s discussion on
page 117 of “angels” as the inner spirit or soul of a thing. “When we
honor the ‘angel’ or soul of a thing, we respect its inner spirit. And if we
learn how to pay attention to the soul of things—to see the ‘angels’ of
elements, animals, the earth, water, and skies—then we can naturally work our
way back through the Great Chain of Being to the final link, whom many call
God.” And also, continuing onto page 118: “What I am saying in this chapter is
that there must be a way to be both here and in the depth of here. Jesus is the
here. Christ is the depth of here. This, in my mind, is the essence of
incarnation, and the gift of contemplation. We must learn to love and enjoy
things as they are, in their depth, in their soul, and in their fullness...”
Next week, onward to Chapter
10.
May God bless us with every gift of the Spirit as
we continue our journey during these best and worst of
times.
Love,
Mary
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