Saturday 11 March 2023

Welcome to the Saturday Examen.


Prepare yourself for prayer today by focussing on your breath…take a few deep breaths in…and then a few releasing breaths out. Notice how the change in breath brings stillness and an awareness of God’s presence.


Cast your mind back over the week… we have received some challenges this week – to love our enemies, to conversion, to hope in the face of suffering, to trust in what is right.


Is there a particular moment God is drawing you to remember? Notice what rises to the surface naturally… allow the moment to reveal itself …

Do you notice any tensions, lack of understanding or frustration? Allow these moments to be witnessed…

Where, in the prayer journey of the week, have you found an opening of the heart or sense of challenge, revelation or relationship? Is there something that may lead you through this time of Lent? Again, notice what arises naturally…

Looking forward, what would you like to ask God for, to find movement in your prayer life and practice.

You have given all to me,
To You Lord, I return it.
Everything is Yours, do with it what You will.
Give me only Your love and Your grace,
That is enough for me.
Amen.