CONTEXT The suggested meditation flows from the themes explored in today's readings and the unique tension of this feast day. For deeper biblical and theological context, explore the Feast of the Holy Family (Year A) - Biblical Background, which examines Sirach's defense of families under cultural pressure, the meaning of splanchna compassion in Colossians, and the Holy Family's vulnerability in Matthew's Gospel. For liturgical planning and the...
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Placement: Beginning of liturgy, replacing standard penitential riteDuration: 4-5 minutesMinister's Note: Read slowly, with long pauses. Model stillness and groundedness. This is about creating...
A guided body prayer for post-Communion reflection. Second Sunday of Advent (Year A) - Experience CONTEXT & BACKGROUND This meditation emerges from today's Gospel (Matthew 3:1-12), where John...
A guided somatic meditation for post-communion adoration or personal Advent practice Introduction (spoken by the leader or read privately): In our Advent waiting, Christ invites us to keep watch...
TWELVE NAMES FOR JESUS: CHOOSING HOW TO ADDRESS HIM THIS WEEK Introduction This is the last Sunday we will see Jesus in his wholeness for nearly two months. As we prepare to meet him next week as...
FOR THE LEADER: We're doing this practice WITH the community, not TO the community, so let us use "we" language throughout. Let us warm, even playful tone at the beginning. This isn't heavy...
Post-Communion Reflection - 29th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year C) We have just received the Body of Christ. We did nothing to earn this gift - Christ came to us freely. He placed himself in our...
Placement: Beginning of liturgy, replacing standard penitential riteDuration: 4-5 minutesMinister's Note: Read slowly, with long pauses. Model stillness and groundedness. This is about creating space, not filling it. For the full theological and scriptural foundation of this practice, especially understanding the story of Ahaz’s refusal to receive the sign from God and St. Joseph’s receptiveness and to dig deeper into Jesus’ lineage, see...
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CONTEXT The suggested meditation flows from the themes explored in today's readings and the unique tension of this feast day. For deeper biblical and theological context, explore the Feast of the...
A guided body prayer for post-Communion reflection. Second Sunday of Advent (Year A) - Experience CONTEXT & BACKGROUND This meditation emerges from today's Gospel (Matthew 3:1-12), where John...
A guided somatic meditation for post-communion adoration or personal Advent practice Introduction (spoken by the leader or read privately): In our Advent waiting, Christ invites us to keep watch...
TWELVE NAMES FOR JESUS: CHOOSING HOW TO ADDRESS HIM THIS WEEK Introduction This is the last Sunday we will see Jesus in his wholeness for nearly two months. As we prepare to meet him next week as...
FOR THE LEADER: We're doing this practice WITH the community, not TO the community, so let us use "we" language throughout. Let us warm, even playful tone at the beginning. This isn't heavy...
Post-Communion Reflection - 29th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year C) We have just received the Body of Christ. We did nothing to earn this gift - Christ came to us freely. He placed himself in our...
A guided body prayer for post-Communion reflection. Second Sunday of Advent (Year A) - Experience CONTEXT & BACKGROUND This meditation emerges from today's Gospel (Matthew 3:1-12), where John baptizes in the Jordan River, and from the deeper mystery of what baptism means in light of Isaiah's peaceable kingdom and Paul's call not to give up hoping for the impossible. The Biblical Foundation: In the Biblical Background for this Sunday, we...
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CONTEXT The suggested meditation flows from the themes explored in today's readings and the unique tension of this feast day. For deeper biblical and theological context, explore the Feast of the...
Placement: Beginning of liturgy, replacing standard penitential riteDuration: 4-5 minutesMinister's Note: Read slowly, with long pauses. Model stillness and groundedness. This is about creating...
A guided somatic meditation for post-communion adoration or personal Advent practice Introduction (spoken by the leader or read privately): In our Advent waiting, Christ invites us to keep watch...
TWELVE NAMES FOR JESUS: CHOOSING HOW TO ADDRESS HIM THIS WEEK Introduction This is the last Sunday we will see Jesus in his wholeness for nearly two months. As we prepare to meet him next week as...
FOR THE LEADER: We're doing this practice WITH the community, not TO the community, so let us use "we" language throughout. Let us warm, even playful tone at the beginning. This isn't heavy...
Post-Communion Reflection - 29th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year C) We have just received the Body of Christ. We did nothing to earn this gift - Christ came to us freely. He placed himself in our...
A guided somatic meditation for post-communion adoration or personal Advent practice Introduction (spoken by the leader or read privately): In our Advent waiting, Christ invites us to keep watch with him. Not with anxiety, but with the peaceful vigilance of one who knows the beloved is coming. Let us place ourselves now in that liminal hour - the predawn time when watchmen stand guard, when night is ending but day has not yet broken. Find a...
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CONTEXT The suggested meditation flows from the themes explored in today's readings and the unique tension of this feast day. For deeper biblical and theological context, explore the Feast of the...
Placement: Beginning of liturgy, replacing standard penitential riteDuration: 4-5 minutesMinister's Note: Read slowly, with long pauses. Model stillness and groundedness. This is about creating...
A guided body prayer for post-Communion reflection. Second Sunday of Advent (Year A) - Experience CONTEXT & BACKGROUND This meditation emerges from today's Gospel (Matthew 3:1-12), where John...
TWELVE NAMES FOR JESUS: CHOOSING HOW TO ADDRESS HIM THIS WEEK Introduction This is the last Sunday we will see Jesus in his wholeness for nearly two months. As we prepare to meet him next week as...
FOR THE LEADER: We're doing this practice WITH the community, not TO the community, so let us use "we" language throughout. Let us warm, even playful tone at the beginning. This isn't heavy...
Post-Communion Reflection - 29th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year C) We have just received the Body of Christ. We did nothing to earn this gift - Christ came to us freely. He placed himself in our...
TWELVE NAMES FOR JESUS: CHOOSING HOW TO ADDRESS HIM THIS WEEK Introduction This is the last Sunday we will see Jesus in his wholeness for nearly two months. As we prepare to meet him next week as Christ the King, and then enter Advent's focused waiting, we're invited to choose one name—one way to address Jesus personally—that we will carry with us through the coming week. Below are twelve names for Jesus from Scripture, spanning the Old...
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CONTEXT The suggested meditation flows from the themes explored in today's readings and the unique tension of this feast day. For deeper biblical and theological context, explore the Feast of the...
Placement: Beginning of liturgy, replacing standard penitential riteDuration: 4-5 minutesMinister's Note: Read slowly, with long pauses. Model stillness and groundedness. This is about creating...
A guided body prayer for post-Communion reflection. Second Sunday of Advent (Year A) - Experience CONTEXT & BACKGROUND This meditation emerges from today's Gospel (Matthew 3:1-12), where John...
A guided somatic meditation for post-communion adoration or personal Advent practice Introduction (spoken by the leader or read privately): In our Advent waiting, Christ invites us to keep watch...
FOR THE LEADER: We're doing this practice WITH the community, not TO the community, so let us use "we" language throughout. Let us warm, even playful tone at the beginning. This isn't heavy...
Post-Communion Reflection - 29th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year C) We have just received the Body of Christ. We did nothing to earn this gift - Christ came to us freely. He placed himself in our...
FOR THE LEADER: We're doing this practice WITH the community, not TO the community, so let us use "we" language throughout. Let us warm, even playful tone at the beginning. This isn't heavy penance—it's honest inventory. We're creating space for encounter, not inducing guilt. Key principle: We're PARKING things, not discarding them. They'll be there after Mass if people want to pick them back up. This isn't permanent transformation—it's...
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CONTEXT The suggested meditation flows from the themes explored in today's readings and the unique tension of this feast day. For deeper biblical and theological context, explore the Feast of the...
Placement: Beginning of liturgy, replacing standard penitential riteDuration: 4-5 minutesMinister's Note: Read slowly, with long pauses. Model stillness and groundedness. This is about creating...
A guided body prayer for post-Communion reflection. Second Sunday of Advent (Year A) - Experience CONTEXT & BACKGROUND This meditation emerges from today's Gospel (Matthew 3:1-12), where John...
A guided somatic meditation for post-communion adoration or personal Advent practice Introduction (spoken by the leader or read privately): In our Advent waiting, Christ invites us to keep watch...
TWELVE NAMES FOR JESUS: CHOOSING HOW TO ADDRESS HIM THIS WEEK Introduction This is the last Sunday we will see Jesus in his wholeness for nearly two months. As we prepare to meet him next week as...
Post-Communion Reflection - 29th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year C) We have just received the Body of Christ. We did nothing to earn this gift - Christ came to us freely. He placed himself in our...
Post-Communion Reflection - 29th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year C) We have just received the Body of Christ. We did nothing to earn this gift - Christ came to us freely. He placed himself in our hands. Let us close our eyes or lower the gaze. Let each of us focus on our hands. Notice where your hands are right now. Resting in your lap? Folded together? Don't change anything yet. Just notice. Feel the weight of your hands. Are they heavy or...
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CONTEXT The suggested meditation flows from the themes explored in today's readings and the unique tension of this feast day. For deeper biblical and theological context, explore the Feast of the...
Placement: Beginning of liturgy, replacing standard penitential riteDuration: 4-5 minutesMinister's Note: Read slowly, with long pauses. Model stillness and groundedness. This is about creating...
A guided body prayer for post-Communion reflection. Second Sunday of Advent (Year A) - Experience CONTEXT & BACKGROUND This meditation emerges from today's Gospel (Matthew 3:1-12), where John...
A guided somatic meditation for post-communion adoration or personal Advent practice Introduction (spoken by the leader or read privately): In our Advent waiting, Christ invites us to keep watch...
TWELVE NAMES FOR JESUS: CHOOSING HOW TO ADDRESS HIM THIS WEEK Introduction This is the last Sunday we will see Jesus in his wholeness for nearly two months. As we prepare to meet him next week as...
FOR THE LEADER: We're doing this practice WITH the community, not TO the community, so let us use "we" language throughout. Let us warm, even playful tone at the beginning. This isn't heavy...
