Priest-Spiritual Director-Contemplative-Diocesan Adviser for Womenβs Ministry-SCP Rector (Eds and Ips)-Godly Play Storyteller-Flings with Poetry-Trees-Cats
Sitting on a bench, listening.
Meditate with sounds:
whispering trees
twittering birds
chattering folk
zooming traffic.
Let individual sounds come and go (donβt chase them).
Eventually they will meld into a whole.
Outer noise transfigures into inner silence.
And God sounds.
Angels swinging thuribles at Salle.
Let my prayer be set forth before thee as incense; and the lifting up of my hands as the evening sacrifice.
Psalm 141
Pray Our Father.
Adjust yourself to the Lordβs presence.
And now let your prayers rise.
Take your time.
Glory be.
And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three; but the greatest of these is charity.
1 Cor 13.13 KJV
Either way, here they are on the door of All Saints, Icklingham!
Meditate on the above verse.
May Godβs grace nurture and encourage these virtues within us.
Glory be.
A joyful half-hour today visiting All Saints, Icklingham, with @SimoninSuffolk and Cam Self!
Pray Our Father.
Be still awhile and revisit your day.
Find the moments of rest amid the busyness.
Give thanks for the opportunity to pause and do something different!
Glory be.
All things bright and beautiful
all creatures great and small β¦
Carvings at Salle!
Our Father.
Settle into stillness.
Revisit the last few days.
Did you interact with any creatures (besides humans!)?
What did you learn?
Are you surprised?
Give thanks for insights.
Glory be.
Church Crawling and finding angels at Cawston and Booton.
Visit this place, O Lord, we pray,
and drive far from it the snares of the enemy;
may your holy angels dwell with us and guard us in peace,
and may your blessing be always upon us; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
Wonder Club this afternoon.
The Great Family
#GodlyPlay
Homemade play dough (thank you @motherhelen75 !), paper chain people, and starry skies.
Oh, and cake. Lemon, blueberry and almond cake to be precise! Yum.
Spent an hour, dodging heavy showers, looking at graves in Flempton.
Pray Our Father.
Settle in Godβs loving presence and
review your week.
What do you find?
Notice what pulled your heart towards/away from God.
Offer your prayers accordingly.
Ask for the grace you need.
Glory be
Corpus Christi!
Rose petals strewn
incense billowed
procession had (indoor because weather!)
cracking sermon by @motherhelen75
obviously the great joy of the Eucharist
and great conversation and jollity afterwards.
Blessed be Jesus in the most holy sacrament of the altar.ππ»
Corpus Christi!
Rose petals strewn
incense billowed
procession had (indoor because weather!)
cracking sermon by @motherhelen75
obviously the great joy of the Eucharist
and great conversation and jollity afterwards.
Blessed be Jesus in the most holy sacrament of the altar.ππ»
Open the door
Cross the threshold
Hovering in the here and yet not here
Through the liminality of prayer
Linger in the silent place
Aided by breath: follow it
Anchored by a mantra: Maranatha
Each repetition, word and air
sees divine space expand
At the end: return with gratitude