Take a few slow, deep breaths.

If you’re able, you might like to stand, kneel or simply remain seated. Let God look at you. Just as you are.

Let your shoulders fall, your knees soften, your arms hang gently by your sides, your head loll a little, then come to rest

Be calm, be still, come to rest.

Ask God to throw light on this time of prayer, as you look back over your week.

Think of the Jesus you have come across this week: who calms storms, who befriends the imperfect, who invites the doubting into conversation, whose heart goes out to the rejected …..who challenges and sometimes makes tough demands.

In God’s presence, recall any moment or moments that have brought you joy or peace. Remember that they might even have been while you were in pain. Allow those moments of consolation to filter through your mind and body again. Give thanks to God.

Was there a time - an attitude or a conversation, perhaps - which you regret? Bring it to God.

What grace do you need for the coming days? To show patience, perhaps, or greater kindness. Christlikeness. You can ask God for that now.

Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit.

As it was in the beginning, is now and ever shall be

World without end

Amen