Week 19 - Jesus gives life

Welcome to this Friday evening meditation with the theme “Jezus gives life”. 

Theme: Jesus gives us food for the journey. In this way, He enables us to live in his spirit.

What I long for: That Jesus can satisfy my hunger and that I may learn to receive from Him.

I take the time to land in this place. I let go of everything outside the chapel and breathe in and out quietly a few times. I can close my eyes while doing so. I breathe in and out quietly a few more times and now place myself before God, who looks at me with love.

Image: Painting by Peter Clare (c. 2000) for Psalm 23. The painting is owned by the British Jesuits.

The Lord is my shepherd (2:27 minuut)

Spotify:  https://open.spotify.com/track/5DSzGsw6LmnfonBIrkjIoG?si=4b2d873270134a6d

The Lord is my shepherd

Therefore can I lack nothing

He shall feed me in a green pasture

And lead me forth beside the waters of comfort

He shall convert my soul

and bring me forth

in the paths of righteousness

For His name’s sake

Even though I walk

Trough the valley of the

Shadow of death

I will fear no evil

For Thou art with me

Thy rod and Thy staff comfort me

Thou shalt prepare a table before me

Against them that trouble me

Thou hast anointed my head with oil

And my cup shall be full

But thy loving kindness

and mercy

Shall follow me all the days of my life

And I will dwell

In the house of the Lord forever.

Glory be to the Father

and to the Son and to the Holy Ghost.

As it was in the beginning,

is now and ever shall be.

World without end.

Amen

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The psalm writer describes his relationship with God as that of a shepherd with his flock. The shepherd, God, lets him rest in green pastures and leads him to water that gives life. The painter of the image on the card gives his own picture of how people find life with God.

I become still and notice what image arises in me when I think about my relationship with God/Jesus. I try not to create this image myself, but to let it reveal itself to my inner eye.

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I stay with my image and explore it with my senses.

What do I see?

What do I hear?

What do I smell?

What is the atmosphere of this place like?

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How do I feel in this place?

Do I experience peace, comfort, joy, resistance, unrest, longing, or something else? Where do I notice this within myself?

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I turn to God/Jesus, who may be present in this image and in this place. Do I want to say something to Him, or do I want to listen to see if He has something to say to me?

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The music once more.