The Broom Prayer

The “Broom Prayer”

The swift and powerful action of the Holy Spirit

Now removes from (place, circumstance or situation)

Any person or activity that is not in accordance

With the Jesus Christ Principles

Of Love and Truth

The swift and powerful action of the Holy Spirit

Now brings into (place, circumstance or situation)

All people and actions that are in accordance

With the Jesus Christ Principles

Of Love and Truth

This is an old Unity prayer which is perfect for many situations and the season of lent when we release whatever keeps us from realizing our Christ consciousness.

The Final Days of Lent: Watch and Learn

As we come to the close of the Lenten season we contemplate on the meaning of these days.

Susan Stabile in her blog shares:

Week 3 of the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius invites us to be with Jesus in his passion and to enter into his perspective. St. Ignatius wants us to focus on Jesus’ experience – being with his feelings all the way through the passion, including on the cross, all the way to his death.

But it is not just about Jesus’ feelings, but also about his response. My friend Maria Scaperlanda quoted in her blog post last night her friend Father Thomas Boyer, who said:

The Passion of Christ is not about how Christ suffered, what happened to him, and how awful we might think it was. The Passion of Christ is about his response, not his persecution…

Watch and learn from the master. Despite his fear and his agony, he is focused on God and on others. He meets women who are weeping for him, and he tells them to weep for themselves. He hangs there with a criminal, and he comforts him with a promise of Paradise. No matter what happens in this Passion, it is never about him. He remains attentive and focused on God and the needs of others… This is what we can learn from the Passion; not how Christ died, but what he still teaches us through his death about hope, about sacrifice, and about love for others.

In your meditation time watch and learn from the master.

Blessings and Love

John

Fasting

I have posted some thoughts on Fasting on the Journey Through Lent blog.
http://insidelent.blogspot.com/
I hope you enjoy them.


John

Ash Wednesday

Today is Ash Wednesday the first day of Lent.

Lent is a period of intensified spiritual practice. The purpose of Lent is to take the time to focus on strengthening our connection and awareness of the presence of God.

What can you do for the next 40 days of Lent to strengthen your spiritual practice?
(If you would like a copy of our Lenten Journal let me know.)

A traditional practice is eating less. As a child you may have given up candy etc. Another approach is giving up complaining or another negative thought process. Tomorrow I will discuss the tradition of fasting and Emmet Fox’s comment on the power of fasting from food and how this practice can be used to serve others.

I have created a blog called Journey through Lent which will contain reflections on our journey this Lenten season. the Url is www.insidelent.blogspot.com

I hope you will join us.

John