Midweek Mindfulness ~ Fifth Week of Lent, 2023

Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ!
Let us take a moment to sit and rest with Jesus, the spring of living water
We offer you a song and a simple prayer

A Song

A Prayer

Take a moment to sit with Jesus in silence

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When you're ready, let's pray the following prayer with Him
If you want a sister or brother to pray with you, click the bar below.
The accompanier will pray the whole prayer with you
You are invited to join in praying the purple italicized words with them

Today we meditate with a prayer from the Iona Community

Laying Aside

Lord Christ, help me to have the courage and humility
to name my burdens
and lay them down
so that I am light to walk across the water
to where you beckon me.

My pride,
armouring me,
making me defend my dignity
through justifications, explanations,
recriminations,
I name it
and lay it down.

The memory of hurt and insult
and slanders
driving me to lash out,
to seek redress,
I name it
and lay it down.

My antagonism against those
whose actions, differences, presence,
threaten my comfort and security,
I name it
and lay it down.

My fear,
of unsolved questions,
of the unknown,
of fear itself,
I name it
and lay it down

My grief
at my loss,
which makes me dwell on moments that cannot return,
which churns my stomach with anguish.
I name it
and lay it down.

The worry I have
for those I love
and whom I cannot help at the present time.
I name it
and lay it down.

My confusion, my guilt, my self-doubts,
which sap me of energy
and render me
rudderless,
I name it
and lay them down.

I do not need these burdens,
but I have got used to carrying them,
have forgotten what it is to be light.

Beckon me to Lightness of being,
for you to show me it is not unbearable.
Only so I can close up the distance.
Only so I can walk on water.

It is so.

Blessed are You, Lord Christ,
who makes heavy burdens light.