Lent is a breathed Journey

Center Yourself

Hildegarde of Bingen

but I am continuously filled with fear and trembling

through any kind of personal ability

And yet I raise my hands aloft to God

which has no weight from its own strength

Relax.  Close Your Eyes.  Breathe deeply and slowly

Notice how the feather dances playfully with each breeze

How do you feel when you feel God carrying you gently along

God once hovered over the chaos of the deep

This Lenten season, watch for God speaking life.

Pause and rest here for a moment

Lent often feels desert-like - mesas painted and tufts of dying grass

when you look at these rocks, you see the power of wind.

Like rocks we are shaped by abrasives in our lives,

examine it carefully, and decide if

we still want or need to be shaped

The journey begins when you breathe

Breathe out contrition,

Breathe out confusion,

breathe out frustration at a packed schedule,

As you sit and breathe, think back on anything you would like to leave

If you think of something, jot it on a slip of paper

Prayer

• God, you called each of us forth with your breath
• breathed life into us
• breathed us onto this earth.
• Keep us afloat in your breath

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• Let the molecules which flow around us with your wind,
• Heal us
• Release us from our dependence upon soured relationships
• empty actions, wounded lives

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• Bring us back to your breath and
• let us breathe with you
• and in that easy inhale and exhale
• Imagine a world free of indignities and filled with
• wisdom, light and love