Good morning all, Bore da
pawb!
For Day 4 we have a different Bible verse to begin
your day.
Benedictine spirituality has another gift for us at this
time? It’s a kind of sacred mindfulness.
While I was in ministry training I had the pleasure of talking
with a Benedictine monk. He told me that one of the most important things that
the Rule of Benedict taught him was to rest every action as if it were sacred. You
would put as much care, thought and prayer into preparing a meal for your
brothers as you would into preparing the bread and wine for Holy Communion. You
would put as much care, thought and prayer into the washing up as you would into
washing the plate and chalice after Communion.
Do what you are doing as if it were a Holy thing. Prepare
food as if it is a Holy act, exercise as it is Holy and wash as if it is Holy.
Because it is Holy. These activities of everyday life are what keep us healthy
and whole and God (however you might think of the Divine) can and does speak to
us through them.
*****
MORNING
Wake, but do not move to begin
with. Be aware of yourself, the air going in and out of your lungs, be aware of
your senses and what they are telling you, feel the aches and pains of life
that were dulled a bit by rest.
Give thanks, because all you feel
means you are alive, the world is better for you being in it.
Take a moment to think of ONE
positive thing you will try to do today.
Psalm 50:23 (Read through
slowly 3 times)
23 Those who bring thanksgiving
as their sacrifice honour me;
to those who go the right way. I will show
the salvation of God.’
BREAKFAST
As you make your breakfast, be
mindful of each thing you do as you do it. Be fully present.
As you consume your breakfast
offer thanks for the producers and distributers of our food, water and power.
LUNCH
Pause. Sit. Breathe. You are
still here.
Follow the same routine of
mindfulness and thanks as at breakfast.
DINNER/TEA
Same as for lunch
EVENING BEFORE SLEEP
Be aware of yourself, the air
going in and out of your lungs, be aware of your senses and what they are
telling you, feel the aches and pains of life that will be dulled a bit by
rest.
Give thanks, because all you feel
means you are alive and have lived, the world is better for you being in it.
Thanks be to God.
Amen
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