WITH JESUS IN THE DESERT
The Australian Jesuits offer a guided online retreat specifically aimed at people who have to isolate themselves during the Coronavirus pandemic. There are two sessions daily - morning and evening. The suggestions on how to pray the retreat invite you to imagine yourself in different Gospel stories. Each day also includes a way of reviewing your day and how your heart has been moved during that day. This can be especially helpful if you find the time of isolation wearisome and dispiriting. Briton Rivière's painting above vividly depicts Jesus' loneliness and lassitude in his 40 days' solitude. Knowing that he experienced, and triumphed over, a silent, barren time we take comfort in the knowledge that he is both the Way and the Wayfarer.
Access this excellent spiritual resource here.
The Australian Jesuits offer a guided online retreat specifically aimed at people who have to isolate themselves during the Coronavirus pandemic. There are two sessions daily - morning and evening. The suggestions on how to pray the retreat invite you to imagine yourself in different Gospel stories. Each day also includes a way of reviewing your day and how your heart has been moved during that day. This can be especially helpful if you find the time of isolation wearisome and dispiriting. Briton Rivière's painting above vividly depicts Jesus' loneliness and lassitude in his 40 days' solitude. Knowing that he experienced, and triumphed over, a silent, barren time we take comfort in the knowledge that he is both the Way and the Wayfarer.
Access this excellent spiritual resource here.
"St Paul is usually misunderstood. Understandably, because he was an intense personality, a volcano of vision and passion. But failing to see what he is teaching is to miss out on one of the great sources of wisdom." Laurence Freeman is a Benedictine monk. A renowned author and speaker, he is the director and spiritual guide of the ecumenical World Community for Christian Meditation. In this online retreat, he connects the earthy mysticism of Paul with our own inner journey, and explores how it changes the options we face about how we live. The old and the new self, the Mind of Christ, death and resurrection, liberty of spirit, the fruits and gifts of the Spirit, human relationships and life in community – these are some of the threads of Paul’s exuberant and profound vision of living our life as it can be lived.
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Any time, online, self guided .
3-Minute Retreats invite you to take a short prayer break right at your computer or on your mobile device. Spend some quiet time reflecting on a Scripture passage. Knowing that not everyone prays at the same pace, you have control over the pace of the retreat. After each screen, a Continue button will appear. Click it when you are ready to move on. If you are new to online prayer, the basic timing of the screens will guide you through the experience.
3-Minute Retreats invite you to take a short prayer break right at your computer or on your mobile device. Spend some quiet time reflecting on a Scripture passage. Knowing that not everyone prays at the same pace, you have control over the pace of the retreat. After each screen, a Continue button will appear. Click it when you are ready to move on. If you are new to online prayer, the basic timing of the screens will guide you through the experience.