Beginning with Ash Wednesday, February 22, we will be re-posting 10-minute contemplative prayers recorded for Lent in 2022 by four United Church ministers: Barb Jardine, Cheryl Kinney Matheson, Loraine MacKenzie Shepherd and Cathie Waldie. They are available through the links below:
February 22: Barb Jardine – Centering prayer – focus on Ash Wednesday
February 23: Barb Jardine – Centering prayer
February 24: Barb Jardine – Centering prayer
February 27: Cathie Waldie – lectio divina with Psalm 139
February 28: Cathie Waldie – lectio divina with Psalm 139 continued
March 1: Cathie Waldie – lectio divina with a passage from “Embers” by Richard Wagamese
March 2: Cheryl Kinney Matheson – contemplative walk outside – slides and voice
March 3: Cheryl Kinney Matheson – a virtual labyrinth walk with music
March 6: Loraine Mackenzie Shepherd – breath prayer, with Zen Buddhist focus on the “tanden”
March 7: Loraine Mackenzie Shepherd – begin with “tanden” focus; move to Centering Prayer
March 8: Loraine Mackenzie Shepherd – Welcoming Prayer
March 9: Cheryl Kinney Matheson – body prayer from Thomas Merton
March 10: Cheryl Kinney Matheson – entering into Silence through music
March 13: Barb Jardine – After you are centered
March 14: Barb Jardine – After you are centered
March 15: Barb Jardine – After you are centered
March 20: Cathie Waldie – Prayer of the Heart/Breath Prayer
March 21: Cheryl Kinney Matheson – body prayer
March 22: Cheryl Kinney Matheson – Spring contemplative walk
March 23: Loraine Mackenzie Shepherd – body prayer: excerpt from St. Patrick’s Breastplate
March 24: Loraine Mackenzie Shepherd – body prayer: another excerpt from St. Patrick’s Breastplate
March 27: Loraine Mackenzie Shepherd – Taizé chanting with icon
March 28: Barb Jardine – Entering into the Mystery
March 29: Barb Jardine – Entering into the Mystery
March 30: Loraine Mackenzie Shepherd – Ignatian Examen
March 31: Loraine Mackenzie Shepherd – lectio divina with Psalm 46:10
April 4: Cathie Waldie – Holy week continued
April 5: Cheryl Kinney Matheson – Jesus received loving care
April 6: Cheryl Kinney Matheson – Jesus shared a meal with friends (Maundy Thursday)
