Evening Prayer
SILENCE (sit or kneel, light a candle if you wish) Allow yourself to be ‘still’ for a moment, a minute or longer. Open your hands on your lap. Receive this time as rest.
MUSIC (sing, hum, or move your body gently to the rhythm of the music.)
Listen to: Holy Spirit Come to Us (Taize)
And this: Bless The Lord my Soul (Taize instrumental)
Bless the Lord, My Soul
Bless the Lord, my soul,
and bless God's holy name.
Bless the Lord, my soul,
who leads me into life.
What are you noticing within your body, mind, heart, spirit?
SILENCE Allow yourself to be ‘still’ for a moment, a minute. Receive this time as rest. Close your eyes and listen.
VISIO DIVINA (seeing with the eyes of your heart)
The movement of this prayer uses a visual to help guide and set our minds on prayer thus allowing God to speak into our hearts through the image. Take as long as you can to sit with each portion of the prayer.
Holy Trinity by Andrei Rublev
(read/see with the eyes): Open your eyes and scan the image. Note what draws your interest while continuing to scale the whole image.
Close your eyes and rest.
(meditate) Open your eyes and allow your eyes to be led. Focus on one part of the image and silently give it a name.
Close your eyes again, holding that piece of the image in your mind’s eye.
(pray): Open your eyes and look again at the part of the image that caught your eye. Allow it to bring forth a word, image or emotion. What might God be speaking to you in this moment through this image?
Close your eyes and rest.
(contemplation): Open your eyes and gaze at the image. How would you like to respond to God today?
