One of my favorite breath prayers is to breathe in Love and exhale Light...then breathe in Light and exhale Love.....thanks for another great column.....
Beautiful. Amen. Mary Ruth Wilkinson talked about this book in her books for children/youth class (I don't remember the name) and it is such a simply naming of what there is, that recognition that it is a part of our life that exudes gratefulness.
I love breath prayers. My favourite is "Yah - weh" especially when I'm undergoing some form of physical treatment or exercise - kind of like I'm inhaling the Holy Spirit and letting it replace some of the stress and worry, doubt and distress that I carry so close in my brain - it's like letting my heart have a hold of it and letting it go.
On my desk I have "SPEAK LORD, for your servant is listening." At one time the breath prayer, encouraged by Cassian, "Come to my help, O God; Lord, hurry to my rescue" was what was on my desk. It might be time for me to revert back to that. Simply recognizing that He was embodied, we are embodied and that life and living can be recognized as a part of the holiness of creation - Good night moon. Good night computer, good night lamp. Thank you for helping me to do God's work today. Thank you God for these simple (and complex) things that you have given to me to do your work today (even when most of the day I did things in my own power and for my own good).
Thank you for sharing. For helping to remind me that these gifts I'm surrounded by I ought to be grateful for and the simple perspective change of saying "good night" is a moment of graceful gratefulness.
Hi Jen, So much great content in your reply - Mary Ruth Wilkinson and John Cassian and the lovely "Yah-weh" treatment prayer. Amen amen. Grateful for your words and your engagement they are an invitation to a thoughtful and peaceful pace, and they are helpful for me to consider in my own schedule and life.
One of my favorite breath prayers is to breathe in Love and exhale Light...then breathe in Light and exhale Love.....thanks for another great column.....
Beautiful. Amen. Mary Ruth Wilkinson talked about this book in her books for children/youth class (I don't remember the name) and it is such a simply naming of what there is, that recognition that it is a part of our life that exudes gratefulness.
I love breath prayers. My favourite is "Yah - weh" especially when I'm undergoing some form of physical treatment or exercise - kind of like I'm inhaling the Holy Spirit and letting it replace some of the stress and worry, doubt and distress that I carry so close in my brain - it's like letting my heart have a hold of it and letting it go.
On my desk I have "SPEAK LORD, for your servant is listening." At one time the breath prayer, encouraged by Cassian, "Come to my help, O God; Lord, hurry to my rescue" was what was on my desk. It might be time for me to revert back to that. Simply recognizing that He was embodied, we are embodied and that life and living can be recognized as a part of the holiness of creation - Good night moon. Good night computer, good night lamp. Thank you for helping me to do God's work today. Thank you God for these simple (and complex) things that you have given to me to do your work today (even when most of the day I did things in my own power and for my own good).
Thank you for sharing. For helping to remind me that these gifts I'm surrounded by I ought to be grateful for and the simple perspective change of saying "good night" is a moment of graceful gratefulness.
Hi Jen, So much great content in your reply - Mary Ruth Wilkinson and John Cassian and the lovely "Yah-weh" treatment prayer. Amen amen. Grateful for your words and your engagement they are an invitation to a thoughtful and peaceful pace, and they are helpful for me to consider in my own schedule and life.
Yeah, I like that. Breath prayer. We all pray, and maybe don't even realize that. As long as we breathe - we are praying…