Novena Day 9
- Mystery..beckoning us into
Grief...….lament………hope
“Be Still and Know that I am God”
Opening Ritual for 3 minutes -
As you breath in, say
O Mystery
As you breath out - say
Alive in me
At the end of the 3 minutes – pray
May this gift of breathing allow us to touch mystery, alive in the deepest part of ourselves, and may it enhance our communion with the Mystery of all that is.
Pray -God of the Universe
in this time of great vulnerability
throughout our world
you beckon us to create space to engage
in deep listening.
May we listen to you in silence.
May we open our hearts to listen
to the voices of one another
and may we listen to all of Creation
with wonder and respect.
In our listening may we be guided to -
speak courageously,
love inclusively,
imagine creatively
and co-create a more peaceful
and just world
that flows from living a spirituality
of being in communion.
IPA Assembly Prayer 2023
Read and reflect on the following and then take 5 minutes stillness
“Near the cross of Jesus, stood his mother and his mother’s sister Mary, the wife of Cleopas, and Mary of Magdala. (Jn. 19:25
Woman of Hope – by Raphael Consedine
In the face of fear, she chose to be daring
In the face of anxiety, she chose to trust
In the face of impossibility, she chose to begin.
To universal misery, she proposed ministry to persons:
To ignorance, knowledge:
To disillusionment, tenacity of purpose;
And to multiple vexations, singleness of heart.
Faced with failure, she held fast to hope;
Faced with death, she believed in a living future:
A programme for the future she gave in one word:
LOVE
What is staying with you. Who God is for you in your life; Who do you stand with? Where is God beckoning you to?
Today, we remember all members of the Nagle/Rice Family
End prayer
End Prayer – IPA Assembly 2017
Creator God,
you are luring us into a future
more expansive than our minds can conceive.
Grace us and make space
in the womb of our hearts
for the possibilities you offer us.
Unsettle us!
Disturb us!
Move us to the edge of new horizons
that we may be open
as you come to us
in our sisters and brothers
and the cry of our earth.
May wisdom’s flame shine for us,
within us and from us –
our feet know the way;
our hearts carry the light.
IPA Assembly 2017