Saturday 28 September 2024

Welcome to the Saturday Examen.

As you begin your prayer today, take a moment to become still…picture the Lord sitting beside you now as you begin to remember some of the events of the past week.

Can you recall a moment when you felt close to God? Give thanks for his presence.

Can you recall a time when you felt distant from God? How did this feel?

Offer both these moments to the Lord, who loves you, accepts you and looks upon you with great love.

Now as we reflect on the past week in prayer, a short line will be read from each of the readings from the past week. Notice which one most stirs you today:

Do not withhold good from those to whom it is due,
when it is in your power to do it.

But he said to them, “My mother and my brothers are those who hear the word of God and do it.”

They departed and went through the villages, bringing the good news and curing diseases everywhere.

The root of wisdom—to whom has it been revealed?
 Her subtleties—who knows them?

He said to them, ‘But who do you say that I am?’ Peter answered, ‘The Messiah of God’.

Take time to sit with the verse that most stirred you today.

Perhaps there is something you want to do or say to Jesus following your encounter with scripture today? Continue to sit with him as you share your experience.

Now in the silence, listen to his voice, or enjoy his presence with you.

As you come to the end of this prayer time, tell the Lord about the week ahead of you. What do you most need? Wisdom perhaps, provision, perhaps something else.

Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit. As it was in the beginning, is now and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.