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| Celosia, December 2025 |
A pastor friend hosts a mid-week prayer and communion service each Wednesday.
Today we practiced lectio divina with the Annunciation passage from Luke 1:26-38. I listened as she read the passage three times; listening deeply for God's invitation. Where is the story of Gabriel and Mary intersecting with my real, everyday life? In this season of life?
Gabriel carried a message to Mary. Could it be that Gabriel has a message for me? and for you?
In the Sacred Space Prayerbook, the Jesuits ask it this way,
"If God were trying to tell me something, would I know? If God were reassuring me or challenging me, would I notice? I ask God for the grace to be free of my own preoccupations and open to what God may be saying to me."
Here's to cultivating freedom and openness of heart so we might listen again to the old, old story.
