For this Sunday, October 2nd, the focus for our meditation will be on Prayer. Social activist Dorothy Day once said the following about Prayer: “Does God have a set way of Prayer, a way that He expects each of us to follow? I doubt it. I believe some people – lots of people – Pray through the witness of their lives, through the work they do, the friendships they have, the love they offer people and receive from people. Since when are words the only acceptable form of Prayer?” When you look at Prayer this way it makes how we choose to Pray so much more meaningful. I have friends who engage in handcrafts who put a Prayer in each bead, each knitting or crochet stitch, often for the recipient. The finished work becomes an entire Prayer. Some people have a custom of Praying when they are idling at stop lights. I have a finger Rosary in my car that I will slip on so I can Pray the Rosary while driving, often assigning a decade to a particular concern or person. I also love walking Prayer and will begin each day with a morning hike on a wooded trail with my dog and use that time to Pray for different causes. Maybe it is the multitasker in me, but I love that I am accomplishing more than one thing at once. I am walking the dog, I am getting my exercise, and I get to Pray! The world now more than ever so needs our Prayers that I ask in this month’s meditation time we consider whether there are more varied ways we can add Prayer into our life. Perhaps while we are doing what might otherwise seem like mindless household chores such as laundry, washing dishes, mowing the lawn, etc., we can fill that time with Prayer. Since for me Prayer is a physical activity where I am consciously using my body to send out the energy of my Prayer, doing so while engaged in a physical activity only helps amplify its power. This month in our Prayer and meditation time let us ask to be shown new ways to include Prayer in our daily routine. May we find creative ways to engage in Prayer that help to bring light into the world and ease its many ills.
In our efforts this month let us also continue to use the energy of our prayers and meditation to amplify the light that covers and fills this nation. As we perform our meditation let us begin by re-energizing the brilliance and power of the light we create. Just as before, begin by forming a concentrated ball of light that is so bright it is almost impossible to look directly at it. Raise this sphere of light up high over the nation and then let its rays cascade down to create a solid, impenetrable dome of light that completely covers every inch of our country. From shore to shore and border to border let the entire continent be filled with this brilliant, dense light that will serve to magnify the best and highest qualities of our country and the people who live across its vast lands.
Please follow the same practice as before: Get centered in your body, ask to bring in your guides and others who are there to assist us and connect to the circle of others participating in this project.
Ask yourself what do I feel in my body when I am aware that Prayer can be a physical exercise? How does it feel in my body when I delight in finding creative ways to include non-traditional Prayer in my life? Then send the energy and intention of those feelings to the nation.
Be sure to disconnect from the circle at the end and express thanks for those who have helped us in this effort.
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