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Exploring Personal Prayer: Lectio Divina

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Here is the scripture we will be using for the Lectio Divina prayer this evening (6.30pm UK time) and the zoom link. You are most welcome to join, even if you haven’t registered.

Psalm 27:7-14 

Hear, O Lord, when I cry aloud, 
    be gracious to me and answer me! 
8 ‘Come,’ my heart says, ‘seek his face!’ 
    Your face, Lord, do I seek. 
9     Do not hide your face from me. 

Do not turn your servant away in anger, 
    you who have been my help. 
Do not cast me off, do not forsake me, 
    O God of my salvation! 
10 If my father and mother forsake me, 
    the Lord will take me up. 

11 Teach me your way, O Lord, 
    and lead me on a level path 
    because of my enemies. 
12 Do not give me up to the will of my adversaries, 
    for false witnesses have risen against me, 
    and they are breathing out violence. 

13 I believe that I shall see the goodness of the Lord 
    in the land of the living. 
14 Wait for the Lord; 
    be strong, and let your heart take courage; 
    wait for the Lord! 

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Praying with Images: Expectant

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Year A: Fourth Sunday of Advent

Here, as stated before, it is my intention to draw from the forthcoming Sunday liturgy and to offer a guided prayer on one of the pieces of scripture in the same way that we have been doing in Exploring Personal Prayer. I do not intend to offer any reflections on the scripture. My suggestion is that you follow the Ignatian structure: preparation for prayer by reading the scripture, going to your prayer place and doing the prayer itself, and then moving away to another place and doing a review of the prayer. Keeping some sort of prayer journal is good practice. Note any moments of consolation in the prayer, where you felt drawn more deeply into God, and moments of desolation, where prayer was disturbed, where you were distracted and pulled further away from God: feelings of attraction and repulsion should be noted. These points may provide areas for repetition of the prayer. Also, if you have a spiritual director or prayer partner, someone who can listen with an ear to where God is in this, it may be worth sharing your prayer with them. I am following the processes outline in the prayer cards above. You may print these onto A6 or A4 card to have in your prayer space to help you become accustomed to this way of praying, remembering it is more of a flow than a rigid structure.

Vermeer: Woman Holding a Balance
Praying with Images: Expectant. Guided prayer.

Background music is the album: Keith Halligan – Lifestyle Meditation, Global Journey

Praying with Images: Light in the Darkness

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Year A: First Sunday of Advent

Image inspired by the second reading:

Romans 13:11-14

An Urgent Appeal

11 Besides this, you know what time it is, how it is now the moment for you to wake from sleep. For salvation is nearer to us now than when we became believers; 12 the night is far gone, the day is near. Let us then lay aside the works of darkness and put on the armour of light; 13 let us live honourably as in the day, not in revelling and drunkenness, not in debauchery and licentiousness, not in quarrelling and jealousy. 14 Instead, put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the flesh, to gratify its desires.

Praying with Images – Light in the Darkness guided prayer

Background music is the album: Keith Halligan – Lifestyle Meditation, Global Journey