Contemplative at Home

An 18-minute audio guided meditation with the letter to the Philippians, Phil 2:4-16, using Lectio Divina. When we read Paul we get a sense of his intensity, his high energy, his focussed mind. But he can also be read contemplatively. Here you are invited to connect with Paul’s faith, the great experience he has had with the love and life of Christ. This Love sees and holds and knows him, and that has become more compelling to him than any other thing in all creation. What is your vision of Christ? Of Love? At this moment in your life, what desire do you have to journey further into the love and life of Christ? Contemplative at Home [https://contemplativeathome.com/] offers guided meditative prayer – space to slow down and listen to the truth that is being born out of God’s love for you today – drawing on Ignatian spirituality and at times, Lectio Divina. Sign up for Lissy’s newsletter “The Contemplative Window [http://eepurl.com/hkbDFP]” or join our Facebook group here [https://www.facebook.com/groups/1905953786386080/] You can support the show by sharing it with a friend, rating it on your preferred podcast platform, making a one-off donation [https://buy.stripe.com/28oeWx6GB2OUgpO7ss] or becoming a member. [https://contemplative-at-home.cademy.co.uk/memberships] Thank you so much! All music by Pete Hatch [http://instagram.com/brother.boost].  The post The Surpassing Value of Knowing Christ: Lectio Divina: Philippians 3:4-16 [https://contemplativeathome.com/the-surpassing-value-of-knowing-christ-lectio-divina-philippians-34-16/] appeared first on Contemplative at Home [https://contemplativeathome.com].

A 20-minute audio guided body scan, resting in God’s love, Psalm 46:10 A deeply restorative meditation in the body, for the mind and spirit. You will emerge feeling calmer, more centred and more deeply connected with the Spirit of God. This kind of meditation is known as yoga nidra, and I love to offer it to groups in-person. It is best experienced lying flat on your back. Tuck up with a blanket if you’re in a cool environment. If you can stay awake you’ll get the most benefit! This recording has been much-requested, and I trust you will find it beneficial. Every blessing. Lissy Contemplative at Home [https://contemplativeathome.com/] offers guided meditative prayer – space to slow down and listen to the truth that is being born out of God’s love for you today – drawing on Ignatian spirituality and at times, Lectio Divina. Sign up for Lissy’s newsletter “The Contemplative Window [http://eepurl.com/hkbDFP]” or join our Facebook group here [https://www.facebook.com/groups/1905953786386080/] You can support the show by sharing it with a friend, rating it on your preferred podcast platform, making a one-off donation [https://buy.stripe.com/28oeWx6GB2OUgpO7ss] or becoming a member. [https://contemplative-at-home.cademy.co.uk/memberships] Thank you so much! All music by Pete Hatch [http://instagram.com/brother.boost].  The post Twenty Minute Body Scan – Be Still and Know That I Am God [https://contemplativeathome.com/twenty-minute-body-scan-be-still-and-know-that-i-am-god/] appeared first on Contemplative at Home [https://contemplativeathome.com].

A 21-minute audio guided meditation, with text from John 19:38-42 Though it is wildly tempting to rush to Easter morning, I invite you to tarry a while with me, to stay here in the holy, devastating moments as the body of Jesus is removed from the cross. As Michael Rosen so wisely said: we can’t go around it, we can’t go over it, we can’t go under it. We have to go through it. My prayer is that we will all gently grow in our capacity to attend the loss, absence, and bewilderment that will inevitably consume us from time to time. Not because the wilderness is an end in itself, but because our healing and our hope, can only be as deep as the depths to which we have explored our pain. In this meditation I use the text from John 18:38-42 NRSV. I also quote Etty Hillesum, who died at Auschwitz, from her book An Interrupted Life and Letters from Westerbork “And that is all we can manage in these days and also all that really matters: that we safeguard that little piece of You, God, in ourselves. And perhaps in others as well. Alas, there doesn’t seem to be much You Yourself can do about our circumstances. About our lives. You cannot help us. But we must help You, and defend your dwelling place inside us to the last.” A profound reflection for the darkest of days. Thank you to Val for sharing this with me last week. In the closing blessing, I use words that are very close to Jan Richardson’s poem Beloved is Where we Begin [https://paintedprayerbook.com/2016/02/11/lent-1-beloved-is-where-we-begin/]. This poem lives inside of me and sometimes emerges. Jan has lots of helpful blessings for Holy Week and Easter. Do sit with them.  Thank you for trusting me to accompany you on your journey, in your sacred moments. It is a great honour to be here with you.  All blessings. Contemplative at Home [https://contemplativeathome.com/] offers guided meditative prayer – space to slow down and listen to the truth that is being born out of God’s love for you today – drawing on Ignatian spirituality and at times, Lectio Divina. Sign up for Lissy’s newsletter “The Contemplative Window [http://eepurl.com/hkbDFP]” or join our Facebook group here [https://www.facebook.com/groups/1905953786386080/] You can support the show by sharing it with a friend, rating it on your preferred podcast platform, making a one-off donation [https://buy.stripe.com/28oeWx6GB2OUgpO7ss] or becoming a member. [https://contemplative-at-home.cademy.co.uk/memberships] Thank you so much! All music by Pete Hatch [http://instagram.com/brother.boost].  The post When God is Absent: A Meditation for Holy Saturday [https://contemplativeathome.com/when-god-is-absent-a-meditation-for-holy-saturday/] appeared first on Contemplative at Home [https://contemplativeathome.com].

A 21-minute audio guided meditation in John’s Gospel, John 18:1-14, using Lectio Divina. A meditation with John’s account of the arrest of Jesus. Contemplative at Home [https://contemplativeathome.com/] offers guided meditative prayer – space to slow down and listen to the truth that is being born out of God’s love for you today – drawing on Ignatian spirituality and at times, Lectio Divina. Sign up for Lissy’s newsletter “The Contemplative Window [http://eepurl.com/hkbDFP]” or join our Facebook group here [https://www.facebook.com/groups/1905953786386080/] You can support the show by sharing it with a friend, rating it on your preferred podcast platform, making a one-off donation [https://buy.stripe.com/28oeWx6GB2OUgpO7ss] or becoming a member. [https://contemplative-at-home.cademy.co.uk/memberships] Thank you so much! All music by Pete Hatch [http://instagram.com/brother.boost].  Art: Duccio di Buoninsegna, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons The post Arrest: Lectio Divina: John 18:1-14 [https://contemplativeathome.com/arrest-lectio-divina-john-181-14/] appeared first on Contemplative at Home [https://contemplativeathome.com].

A 23-minute audio guided meditation in John’s Gospel, John 13:21-30, using Imaginative Contemplation. Everyone has gathered in Jerusalem for the passover, and Jesus knows that his hour has come. As he sits around the table with his disciples, he becomes visibly distressed before he says aloud “One of you will betray me.” This meditation brings us to this room, to this table, joining Jesus and his friends for 10 minutes, as a moment between Jesus and Judas unfolds. Blessings as you continue on through Lent. Blessings. Contemplative at Home [https://contemplativeathome.com/] offers guided meditative prayer – space to slow down and listen to the truth that is being born out of God’s love for you today – drawing on Ignatian spirituality and at times, Lectio Divina. Sign up for Lissy’s newsletter “The Contemplative Window [http://eepurl.com/hkbDFP]” or join our Facebook group here [https://www.facebook.com/groups/1905953786386080/] You can support the show by sharing it with a friend, rating it on your preferred podcast platform, making a one-off donation [https://buy.stripe.com/28oeWx6GB2OUgpO7ss] or becoming a member. [https://contemplative-at-home.cademy.co.uk/memberships] Thank you so much! All music by Pete Hatch [http://instagram.com/brother.boost].  Photo by Pedro Domingos [https://unsplash.com/@pedrodecimus?utm_content=creditCopyText&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=unsplash] on Unsplash [https://unsplash.com/photos/a-banquet-hall-with-a-red-carpet-and-tables-j9JLxuhiYbY?utm_content=creditCopyText&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=unsplash] The post Jesus and Judas: Imaginative Contemplation: John 13:21-30 [https://contemplativeathome.com/jesus-and-judas-imaginative-contemplation-john-1321-30/] appeared first on Contemplative at Home [https://contemplativeathome.com].