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Thursday, April 6, 2017
All Welcome to Women Priest's Community in Canada
http://www.durhamregion.com/news-story/7224977-all-welcome-to-woman-priest-s-catholic-masses-in-pickering/
All welcome to woman priest's Catholic masses in Pickering
Rev. Roberta Fuller invites all in Durham to attend regular masses that will begin in June
Rev. Roberta Fuller
Ron Pietroniro / Metroland
PICKERING — Rev. Roberta Fuller will begin holding Catholic mass at Dunbarton-Fairport United Church in the spring. She is part of a small group of women in Canada who have been ordained as Catholic women priests. March 30, 2017
DurhamRegion.com
PICKERING — Rev. Roberta Fuller stands at an altar at Dunbarton-Fairport United Church, the spot from which she will soon be performing Catholic mass on a regular basis.
The offer to hold services at the United Church in Pickering is one Fuller gladly took up, as the Roman Catholic Church does not recognize women as priests.
Fuller is one of 12 priests belonging to Roman Catholic Women Priests (RCWP) Canada, and feels she’s been called into priesthood.
“I’ve always been a feminist,” she says. “I believe women’s rights are human rights. I wanted to reach out to people.”
The women priests movement began in 2002 when a bishop in good standing with the Catholic Church, anonymous and only known as “Bishop X,” began ordaining women in secret, first on the Danube River.
“These women were ordained by an active bishop which means they were officially ordained in apostolic succession,” says Fuller.
Wednesday, April 5, 2017
"By Breath...We are all one" Video by Sara Thomsen, Prayer by Bridget Mary Meehan ARCWP
Breath in.... Breathe out
God's Spirit Breathes in me/us
God's Spirit Heals me/us
God's Spirit Frees me/us
God's Spirit Empowers me/us
God's Spirit Transforms me/us
I am living
my oneness
with
my family, friends, neighbors, creation....
Upper Room Liturgical Celebration - April 2, 2017
On Sunday,
April 2, 2017, Dennis McDonald and Lindy Sanford, ARCWP led the Upper Room
Liturgical Celebration. Dennis' homily starter based on the Gospel reading of
the raising of Lazarus and Joyce Rupp’s poem, Dry Bones is printed below.
Dry Bones by Joyce Rupp, OSM
Tiredness
grounds me
Into a
quiet stupor
Of the
spirit.
I yearn to
be inspired,
To be
lifted up, set free
Beyond the
place of deadness.
The
struggle goes on,
However,
And you and
I, God,
We exist
together
With
seemingly
Little
communion.
Yet, in the
deepest part of me,
I believe
in you,
Perhaps
more strongly than ever.
I am
learning you
As a God of
silence,
Of
darkness, deep and strong.
I do not
wrestle anymore,
Only wait,
only wait,
For you to
bring my dry bones
Into
dancing once again.
Dennis
McDonald’s Homily Starter:
“I yearn to
be inspired,
To be
lifted up, set free
Beyond the
place of deadness.”
As I
reflected on the Gospel today, I was struck by these words of Joyce Rupp, and
began to apply them to Martha, Mary and Lazarus. That then led me to think
about the inspiration that, perhaps, we each yearn for in our lives, at one
time or another.
Martha and
Mary cannot understand why Jesus has not come when they send word that Lazarus
is dying. They struggle to understand
how a good, dear friend waits, not far away, until death takes Lazarus from
them.
When word
comes that Jesus is finally coming, Martha rushes to meet him and chastises
him. Lazarus would still be alive if he had come. Martha doesn’t wait for an invitation, she
goes in search of being lifted up and set free from her anger and hurt. Jesus calls her to examine her faith in him,
and it provides the author of this Gospel the opportunity for Martha to express
the belief of the Christian community that Jesus is the Christ, the
“resurrection and the life”. Belief in
the Christ will bring you new life, but not always in your timeframe.
Mary, on
the other hand, stays at home with the other mourners, and only approaches
Jesus when he has called her to him. She also chastises Jesus, but his response
this time is to ask where Lazarus is and to be taken to him. He is, in this instance, going to answer by
showing the power that he, through his relationship with the Source of Life,
has to bring forth new life.
Finally,
Lazarus lies in a tomb wrapped and bound. Some of those who have reflected on
this reading, speak of Lazarus not being physically dead, but being spiritually
dead. Either way, Jesus calls him forth from the tomb, and Lazarus responds to
the call and comes forth to be set free, unwrapped, and given new life in
Christ.
When have
you been in the position of Martha, Mary or Lazarus? We have all, I am sure at
one time or another struggled and questioned where God is, where Jesus is when
we are desperate for answers, when we seek a sign that we will be lifted up and
freed “beyond the place of deadness”.
And which
of them are you, are you Martha who is proactive and goes searching for the
answer and being reassured that there is life eternal? Or are you Mary who stays at home surrounded
by others, hoping that you will receive a message to go and discover the answer
by being shown the power of faith? Or
are you Lazarus, laying in the darkness, wrapped and bound, unable to move
forward, awaiting the call to come forth and live again, being set free from
that which binds you?
Joyce Rupp
provides us one answer on what to do during those times when our bones are dry,
when our faith is low:
“I do not
wrestle anymore,
Only wait,
only wait,
For you to
bring my dry bones
Into
dancing once again.”
What
message have you heard through today’s readings, how do they call you forth,
what will it cost you?
Tuesday, April 4, 2017
"Why women don’t do church any more"
..."Young women, research suggests, tend to express egalitarian values, and dislike the traditionalism and hierarchies that they imagine are integral to the Church. As an A-level student interviewed by a Ph.D. researcher, Jeannine Heynes, remarked: “Nowadays women have the same opportunities as men, but it’s only really in religion where they’re still being stopped from doing things.”
Partly as a result of its perceived focus on female empowerment, young women are attracted by New Age phenomena such as Wicca. The loss of younger women from Church is less about women deciding to leave, and more about their never having attended in the first place..."
THERE ARE further reasons for the decline in women’s church commitment — notably fertility levels, feminist values, paid employment, family diversity, and sexuality..."
Homily at Holy Spirit Catholic Community for Palm Sunday by Beverly Bingle RCWP
When Jesus entered Jerusalem,
“the whole city was shaken.”
They saw the sign, and they asked,
“Who is this?”
It helps to know a bit about the scriptures and the culture
so we can understand
that what shook them up
was Jesus heading into Jerusalem like a king.
________________________________________
First, there’s the donkey.
Jesus’ riding in on a the donkey
not only fulfills Zechariah’s prophecy
for the coming of the king,
but it also shows that he had the deep humility
that a true king would have.
________________________________________
Then there’s the people
crying out their hosanna to the Son of David
and “blessed is the one who comes.”
Matthew’s phrasing clearly points to Jesus
as the Messiah who is to deliver Israel.
________________________________________
Who is this?
For our ancestors in faith,
this Jesus from Nazareth
was both king and messiah,
the one who would transform their lives
and set them free.
They saw the signs.
Those who were oppressed believed…
and they followed him.
Those who were oppressors believed…
and they crucified him.
________________________________________
Who is this Jesus for us today, now?
More and more of us,
around the world and even here in the United States,
live under oppression of one sort or another,
and all of us live under threats
from environmental degradation.
________________________________________
Will we choose the path of wealth and power,
serving only ourselves and our own interests,
no matter who we hurt?
Or will we choose the path of Jesus,
serving the common good,
no matter what happens to us?
Today, let’s choose
once more
to follow the Way of Jesus.
___________________________________________
Homily for the Mass
Jesus spent his life doing what real leaders do.
He poured his life
into working for the poor and despised and vulnerable.
He spoke truth to power.
He went about doing good.
Because he did not hide
from the consequences of doing good,
he was tortured and killed.
In both life and death, Jesus reflects
what God’s power and God’s love really are:
giving oneself to others.
________________________________________
In today’s reading from the Hebrew scriptures
we heard about Isaiah’s Suffering Servant
and the true leadership that requires
speaking the word that will rouse the weary,
trusting in God,
and going forward regardless of the consequences.
________________________________________
And we heard from Paul
how the divine presence in Jesus
moved him to humility and obedience
throughout life and unto death,
ready and willing to pour himself out for others.
________________________________________
The Gospel accounts of the events
leading up to and including the death of Jesus
are full of references to the Hebrew Scriptures.
Like the infancy narratives,
these passion narratives
either quote directly or echo
the Hebrew Scriptures in almost every verse.
The message is simple,
shared by Christians and Jews and Muslims
and people of good will the world over:
we are one people with one God,
called to love God and love one another,
no matter what happens to us.
________________________________________
But we know that the way of Jesus
has been rejected and condemned throughout history,
even by those who claim to follow him.
Just think of our crusades, our inquisition, our slaves, our wars.
And it still goes on.
All over our country, from Ferguson to Chicago,
from California to North Carolina,
from coal country to central Toledo,
people are afraid that if they really follow Jesus,
they will lose their white privilege
or political power
or tax loopholes.
They would have to share resources
and act out of concern for other people’s rights
to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.
________________________________________
Holy Week asks us pointed questions:
Do we act with justice?
Love our neighbors?
Go about doing good?
No matter what it costs us?
If we can say yes, we try,
then we’re on the right path.
Thanks be to God!
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Holy Thursday, April 13, 5:30 p.m. Mass of the Lord's Supper
Easter Mass of the Resurrection, Saturday, April 15, 5:30 p.m.
at 3925 West Central Avenue
Toledo, OH 43606
(Washington Church)
Rev. Dr. Bev Bingle, Pastor
Mailing address: 3156 Doyle Street, Toledo, OH 43608-2006
Monday, April 3, 2017
Mary Mother of Jesus Inclusive Catholic Community at Sun City Center
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Fifth Thursday of Lent- April 6, 2017
Looking at ourselves, Being Christ for Our World
"God spoke to Moses: Tell the Children of Israel: "YHWH, the "I AM" the God
of your ancestors, the God of Sarah and Abraham, of Rebecca and Isaac, of
Leah and Rachel and Jacob, has sent me to you. This is my Name forever;
this is the name you are to remember for all generations." Exodus 3:15
Presider: In the name of God our Creator, and of Jesus our brother, and of
the Holy Spirit, our Liberator we begin our worship together All: Amen
Gathering Prayer All: O God, be with us during this season of Lent as we
seek to serve you more faithfully. Bless our country and our world.
Enlighten our leaders; make them instruments of your peace. Bless all in
research; reward their efforts with healing for our people and regeneration
for our environment. Let us be a time of salvation for us and of glory and
praise to you. We ask this in Jesus' name. Amen.
(People's Companion to the Breviary Liturgy of the
Hours with Inclusive Language p441)
Healing our souls and spirit this Lent
Presider: As we pray and fast against injustices and give alms, may we be
the face of God in our world by living Gospel compassion and justice. Jesus,
you are compassion. All: Jesus, we will live compassion and do justice.
Presider: Jesus, your death reminds us that must be willing to suffer the
consequences of living truth to power. Jesus, you walk with us in our
courage. All: Jesus, we will walk with others in their challenges and stand
against systemic injustice in our communities, nation and world.
Presider: Jesus, in your rising, you show us the path to liberation from
structures of domination, Jesus, you are liberator. All: Jesus, we will live
your vision of liberation and justice, one with your peoples, your planet
and all creation.
Presider: Let us pause now for reflection. Place your hand over your heart
and breathe in God's compassionate love for you...be aware that God
forgives, frees and heals us...Let us let go of guilt, live justly, and love
tenderly. We are the face of God in our world... (Extend hands and recite
prayer of General Absolution and prayer for healing)
All: God, Mother-Father of mercies who through the life, death and
resurrection of Jesus, have reconciled the world and sent Sofia your Holy
Spirit among us so that we might live and be Jesus in our time and place.
May we live to bring to its fruition the kindom of God on Earth. God give us
pardon and peace always; we only need to be open to God's reconciliation and
peace. We forgive ourselves for the times when we were closed to your
healing and we forgive others when they were not, as well. Amen.
First Reading: from Jean Leclercq, ("Solitude and Solidarity," P 81)
Each human being is like a mirror of every other and of the whole universe;
personality is the crossroad of the entire world. And the Logos (Jesus) who
is in God, who is God, who is the mirror in whom God...is reflected in the
oneness of their Spirit, is also the mirror of every human being. The
inspired word of Jean All: Thanks be to God.
Psalm: #105 Response All: "You are the promise of our wholeness and
holiness"
Seek the One who is Life, your strength, Walk harmoniously in Love's
Presence! Remember that you are not alone, for through Love doubt and fear
are released. All: "You are the promise of our wholeness and holiness"
O people of the earth, ever bear in mind the unity of diversity in the
Divine plan. You are the promise of our wholeness, you await our readiness
to choose Life. All: "You are the promise of our wholeness and holiness"
Your covenant of Love stands firm through all ages; You forgive us when we
stray far from Home. Help us to learn to trust You, to untangle the webs of
illusion that we have made. All: "You are the promise of our wholeness and
holiness"
Give us Wisdom and courage to release all that binds us. O Divine Presence,
as we surrender our hearts to You, teach us to be worthy of trust. All: "You
are the promise of our wholeness and holiness"
(from Nan Merrill "Psalms for Praying-an Invitation to Wholeness)
Gospel: John 51-59
Jesus said to the Jews. "The truth of the matter is, anyone who keeps my
word will never see death." They retorted, "Now we're sure you're
possessed! Sarah and Abraham are dead; the prophets are dead; yet you claim,
"Anyone who keeps my word will never know death." Surely you don't pretend
to be greater than our ancestors. Sarah and Abraham, who died! Or the
prophets, who died! Who do you make yourself out to be?"
Jesus answered, if I glorify myself, that glory comes to nothing, but the
One who glorifies me is Abba God, of whom you say, "This is our God." You
haven't come to know God, but I do, and if I were to say, "I don't know
God," I would be a liar, like you! But I do know God and I faithfully keep
God's word. Your ancestors Sarah and Abraham rejoiced to think that they
would see my day---and they did see it, and were glad."
Then the authorities objected, "You're not yet fifty years old, and you say
you've seen Sarah and Abraham?" Jesus answered them, "The truth of the
matter is, before Sarah and Abraham ever were, I AM." At this they picked up
stones to throw at Jesus. But he hid himself and slipped out the Temple.
This is the Good News of our Brother Jesus. All: Glory and Praise to you our
Brother Jesus the Christ.
Shared Homily
Jesus promises eternal life for those who keep his word. How do I find
Jesus' words most life-giving? How do I mirror God's love for all in my
daily life especially this Lent? What does Jesus mean when he says, "The
truth of the matter is, before Sarah and Abraham ever were, I AM?" What do
you believe happens after death? What part of my life brings glory to God?
Profession of Faith All: We believe in I AM who calls us to be the
compassion of God in our world. We believe in Jesus, whose death and
resurrection reveals that God's liberating love overcomes all oppression
including death and evil. We believe in the Holy Spirit, the breath of
Wisdom Sophia, who energizes and guides us to live Gospel equality in
inclusive communities where all are welcome everywhere in our nation and
world. We believe in the communion of saints our heavenly friends who
inspire us to live holy lives. We believe in the love that does justice and
heals our world. Amen
Prayers of the Community
Presider: That you may free us of the doubts of who you are and may we trust
in your Love for our world and each of us, we pray. Response: I AM of all
ages, hear us!
Presider: That we may live compassion and mutuality, letting go of all
selfishness and self-interest we pray. Response: I AM of all ages, hear us!
Presider: That we will do all we can to save all life on earth, we pray.
Response: I AM of all ages, hear us!
Presider: That the sick may be healed, especially Mary Prouty, Tish Rawles
ARCWP, Bob Murray MMOJ-Sarasota (mention names), we pray. Response: I AM of
all ages, hear us!
Presider: For what else shall we pray?
Presider: O Holy One, we walk in faith that nothing is impossible and we can
care for others. May we ask for others, seek justice for others, knock on
doors for others in need through the power of your Spirit Sophia working in
us to heal each other and the world. All: Amen
PREPARATION OF THE GIFTS
Presider: Blessed are you, O God, Seeker of all. This bread is your MMOJ
community seeking for and knocking on the door to your Presence asking to be
the living mirror of your Compassion throughout our country. Through your
divine providence, we have this bread to offer, it will become for us the
Bread of Life. ALL: Blessed be God forever.
Presider: Blessed are you, O God, Creator of all. This wine is our asking
and seeking to be in solidarity and justice makers for all those who suffer
in our country and our planet. Through your divine providence, we have this
wine to offer, it will become our spiritual drink.
ALL: Blessed be God forever.
Presider: Divine Presence, we are united in this sacrament by the love of
our Brother Jesus Christ in communion with all who seek to be the
Compassionate presence of God in our world ALL: Amen.
All: Blessed are you, God of all life, through your goodness we have this
bread and this wine, the whole of creation, and our own lives to offer.
Through this sacred meal may we become your new creation. Amen.
Presider: God is with us, loving and healing through us. All: Namaste
Presider: Lift up your hearts. All: We lift them up in tender love, open to
serve.
Presider: Let us give thanks to our God. All: It is our joy to give God
thanks and praise.
Eucharistic Prayer
Voice: Life-giving Love, You have called us to be midwives of grace, radiant
reflections of your holy presence on earth. United with You, we are one with
all beings in the community of creation as we celebrate the new life
occurring in our expanding cosmos. And so we join the angels and saints as
we sing:
All: We are holy, holy, holy. You are holy,... I am holy,... We are
holy...(3 times -Karen Drucker)
Voice: Gracious God, you set the banquet table and invite all to the feast
that celebrates your boundless love in the universe. As mystics and
prophets, we are the hands of I AM, lifting up those who suffer, the
vulnerable and excluded in our world today. We especially thank you, Holy
One, for Jesus, the Compassion of God, who came to show us a new vision of
community where every person is loved and all relate with mutual respect. As
midwives of grace we welcome all God's family into the Circle of Life at
Your Banquet of Love.
Voice: Jesus threatened the religious and political leaders of his time and
so they put him to death. Like Jesus, the holy ones throughout the ages
have been executed for their prophetic witness by the oppressive systems
they challenged. As God's beloved, we speak truth to power and work for
justice and equality, no matter what the cost.
(Please extend hands as we recite the consecration together)
All: May your Spirit, present in these humble gifts, fill us with a new
outpouring of love that makes us more deeply one Body in the Cosmic Christ
living the fullness of your compassion.
All: On the night before he was betrayed, Jesus gathered with his friends
including us for a meal. He took bread, broke it and said; Take this all of
you. This is my body. Every time you eat it, remember me.
All: In the same way after supper, Jesus took the cup, and raising it with
love beyond all telling, he gave thanks and shared the cup with those at
table and said to us: Take this all of you and drink from it. This is the
cup of my life blood, the making of a new and everlasting covenant. Every
time you drink of it, remember me.
Presider: Jesus, who was with God "in the beginning of the creation of the
heavens and the earth," is with us now in this bread. Jesus' Spirit, of whom
the prophets spoke in history, is with us now in this cup. Let us proclaim
this mystery of faith. All: Christ has died. Christ is risen. Christ lives
in us and through us in the world today.
Voice: And so, liberating God, the I AM of all creation, we hold our
religious ministers and political leaders in the light of Christ Sophia,
Holy Wisdom. We pray for our pope and bishops, the young and the elders,
and all God's holy people. We remember Mary, mother of Jesus, Mary Magdala,
Peter, Paul, Junia, our patron saints and all the saints and angels who hold
us with loving prayer each day. We remember our loved ones and all those
who have died, that they may experience the fullness of life in the embrace
of our compassionate God.
ALL: Through Christ, with Christ, in Christ, all praise and glory are yours,
Loving God. Amen.
The Prayer of Jesus All: Our Father and Mother who is in heaven, blessed is
your name....
The Sign of Peace; Presider: God, we ask you to grant us Your peace and
unity beyond all words and imagination can express. Join hands in a circle
of love and sing Peace...Love...Joy is flowing like a river...
Litany at the Breaking of the Bread
All: Loving God, You ask us to live mercy, we will do so. Loving God, You
seek for us to live justice, we will do so. Loving God, You ask us to live
equality, we will do so.
Presider: This is Jesus, who calls us to open doors that are closed and to
share our bread on the altar of the world. All are invited to eat and drink
at this sacred banquet of love.
All: Jesus our I AM, we are worthy to receive you and to be your compassion
in our world. Let us share the Body of Christ with the Body of Christ. Amen.
Prayers of Thanksgiving
All: Life-giving God, Jesus showed the way to overcome all oppression
through his death and resurrection. Through the power of the liberating
Spirit at work within us, and our world, we will comfort the afflicted and
afflict the comfortable by living as the Compassion of God and the Gospel
values of justice, peace and equality in our lives and communities. Amen
Community Prayers of Gratitude
Concluding Rite Presider: Our God is with you. All: and also with you.
Closing Blessing (Everyone please extend your hands in mutual blessing.)
ALL: May our gracious God, bless us all gathered here, in the name of God
our Loving Creator, in the name of Jesus our Healer and in the name of Sofia
Holy Spirit our Sanctifier as we care and minister to one another and all
those we meet with love. Be with us as we continue on our path and follow in
the footsteps of Jesus for we are the face of God in our world. Amen.
Closing Prayer Presiders: May we all go in the peace of Christ who
continues to seek us in relationship with him as Beloved brothers and
sisters. Let our service continue! ALL: Thanks be to God.
Adapted from a liturgy by Bridget Mary Meehan, ARCWP
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Married Priests and Female Deacons, What The Pope’s Politics Look Like From Latin America
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/married-priests-and-female-deacons-what-the-popes_us_58e230b1e4b0ca889ba1a7c2
..."Thus, his recent statements about easing the celibacy requirement are converging with an ongoing conversation about allowing women in the diaconate. Ordained female deacons supporting an all-male ministry does not entirely fulfil progressive Catholics’ demands to allow women in the priesthood, but it has calmed some anxiety and indicated a potential path forward.
The view from Latin America
How has this news been greeted in Argentina, the Pope’s home country, and in Latin America, home to 40% of the world’s Catholics?
To paraphrase Émile Poulat, the great Church scholar, Catholicism is a world. And in Latin America, as in other Catholic places, this world is comprised of diverse groups, all of which have received the papacy of their old acquaintance Jorge Bergoglio in different ways.
Progressive Latin American Catholics were leery of this Pope early on, given his origins in the conservative pastoral-theologian tradition. When he was Bishop Jorge Bergoglio of Buenos Aires, this group did not have the best relationship with him.
Unexpectedly, they’ve now been seduced by the open-minded pontiff who listens to concerns about the Church’s restrictive view on sexual diversity, abortion and convicted criminals. When the Pope was a cardinal, issues such as women in the priesthood, the celibacy vow and contraception were not on his agenda.
...Such is the character of Pope Francis, a refined and intelligent man educated in the turbulent waters of Argentinean ecclesiastic politics, which have always been linked to national politics. After decades of political acrobatics, the Pope has learned an operating style that plays with the divide between public statements and what’s said in private, between the general rule of mercy and actually engaging with personal suffering.
A sharp shepherd
Every papacy is political but the politics depend on nuances of the international scenario. Pope John Paul II came infused with anti-communist charisma, (which later hastened his fall), and Pope Benedict XVI demonstrated the continued preeminence of European academic theological thinking.
As Pope, Bergoglio, the pastoral theologian who hews closely to the faithful and the marginalised, is seeking to reify his commitment to society’s most vulnerable – immigrants, the poor, peasants – without changing the Church in any fundamental way.
Bergoglio is a son of the Catholicism that has dominated in Argentina since the 1930s: plebeian in its social leanings, with strong government relations. This kind of Catholicism does not limit itself to personal belief; it has something to say to all society, is willing to recognise modernity and even, at times, to have a dialogue with it.
A sharp shepherd of his flock, the Pope has mastered the art of containing people without making structural changes. Argentina is full of stories about his papal calls: the time he called a divorced woman to comfort her with the possibility that she might one day again receive communion, for instance, or the human rights NGO director to whom the Pope committed his support for public political actions.
Much like these anecdotes, Francis’s recent declarations about married viri probati are an extension of his conservative, people-centred pastoralism, rather than a sign that he’s turned progressive on the moral question of sex. This is the Catholicism in which Father Bergolgio was raised, and Pope Francis continues to be its beloved son."
Verónica Giménez Béliveau, Professor, Religion and Society , University of Buenos Aires
A Litany Prayer to Christ Who Raised Lazarus by Mary Sue Barnett ARCWP
5th Sunday of Lent
ALL: Christ, my
Companion, weep with me, for the sorrow of my life can be so heavy.
Take two deep
breaths
ALL: Christ, my
Teacher, fill my mind with your peace.
Take two deep
breaths
ALL: Christ, my
Guide, fill my heart with your wisdom.
Take two deep
breaths
ALL: Christ, my
Healer, pour your oil of compassion on my life.
Take two deep
breaths
ALL: Christ, my
Living Water, quench the thirst of my soul.
Take two deep
breaths
ALL: Christ, my Friend,
hold my hand in the lonely hours.
Take two deep
breaths
ALL: Christ, my
Advocate, stand with me and give me strength.
Take two deep
breaths
ALL: Christ, my
Light, call me out of the darkness.
Take two deep
breaths
ALL: Christ, my
Power, pull me out of the tomb of despair.
Take two deep
breaths
ALL: Christ, my
Hope, unbind me.
Take two deep
breaths
ALL: Christ, my
Love, assure me that I am your beloved.
Take two deep
breaths
ALL: Christ, my
Liberator, fill my desert with superabundant blossoms.
Take two deep
breaths
ALL: Christ, my
Song, lift my being into joy.
Take two deep
breaths
ALL: Christ, my
Vision, open my eyes to your Love all around.
Take two deep
breaths
ALL: Christ, my
Presence, grace me with courage.
Take two deep
breaths
ALL: Christ, my Inner
Voice, lead me along a path of self-understanding.
Take two deep
breaths
ALL: Christ, my
Savior, help me to love myself freely.
Take two deep
breaths
ALL: Christ, my
Prophet, help me to love others freely.
Take two deep
breaths
ALL: Christ, my
Breath, You are in, with, and around me. You are my Resurrection.
Amen.
Mary Sue Barnett
ARCWP
Chaplain at a
psychiatric hospital in Louisville, KY
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