The readings for this week are here, and as you continue the rhythm of our lockdown journey, I invite you to dwell with the texts, returning to the word or phrase that stays with you or draws you, and allowing the quiet whispers of the Spirit to speak to your life through the words of the scriptures.
Questions for reflection
Whichever text is calling for your attention, dwell with that one for the week and return to these questions: how have I experienced this is my life? Where am I experiencing this now? How would I express in my own words what I think this passage is saying? What is the text asking of me? And how do I respond? Where am I at with this?
Listen for winds of change
With the new freedoms of progressive level 2, I know that our days are starting to become fuller as more and more things are available to us and call for our attention. Your time and energy may be more stretched than before.
As we return to our pre-lockdown lives, there may be a window of opportunity to make some wise choices about re-engaging with those things that brings life and limiting or leaving out those things that drain life. Perhaps the Spirit is showing you something new, something unexpected that breaks the patterns of the familiar but offers a path of life…
As you journey…
Some additional resources for you to reflect with
How God comes to the soul:
I descend on my love
As dew on a flower.
-Mechtild of Magdeburg
(trans. by Oliver Davies)
Spirit prayer
Holy Spirit, fire of God, enflame me.
Breath of life, take wing in me.
Divine love, reach through me.
I am the vessel of your wine,
the flesh of your soul,
the candle of your flame.
Breathing out, I release myself;
breathing in, I receive you.
Filling me, you enliven my cells.
From within, you are my life.
In every other, there you are as well.
In you, I meet myself in them.
Fill me with your living,
send me in your loving,
your loving that does not die.
~Steve Garnaas-Holmes
