As presented by Sr. Rose Marie Jasinski, Country Leader of the Sisters of Bon Secours, US:
Let us continue our prayers for each other in this Lenten season with the following passage.
Peace,
Rosie
In Lent, we are laid bare. As we remember our pain, as we touch our woundedness, we journey toward the terror of the cross, we may find ourselves feeling vulnerable, sore, exposed. We may struggle against the way Lent strips us of pretense and beckons us to see what is basic to us. Yet the ashes of the first day of Lent affirm that we are elemental people. We who are fashioned of earth are also touched by fire, brought to life by the breath of God, and blessed by the birthing waters. Here, in the middle of the Lenten journey, we pause to reflect on the elements of which we are made, to consider not only the wounds that they sometimes harbor but also the possibilities they hold for blessing.God of fire, earth, wind, and water, embrace the elemental
wounds we bear. God of grace and healing, help us return
your embrace, that we may bring forth new blessings from
the broken places. By all the things that have and do connect
us may we be blessed. By the God of journeys, of healing, of
reconciliation and of hope may we continually be birthed to new life.(Sacred Journeys, Jan L. Richardson)
Tags: Lent, Prayer, spirituality
