Silentium

Dearest Fellow Seekers,   

I hope as you join me for this weeks journey that you are safe and well and are coping OK with however the Covid 19 Pandemic is affecting you and yours.  

This week The Prayer Path brings you the final of our lenten prayer journeys which, using the stations of the cross as signposts on the way, will guide you along the pilgrim path that Jesus took to Easter joy, The Calvary Way. We will be helping you imagine the scenes from the unique viewpoint of someone who encountered Jesus, loving, healing and forgiving ministry in their lives, and we imagine is now following him closely as he takes his passion journey, the woman judged to be in adultery.  This week we encounter Jesus at the 11th, 12th and 13th Stations, his being nailed to the cross, his death and his removal from the cross.  

A BIG thank you to Vincent Sherlock for allowing me to use his wonderful book.  ' The Stations of The Cross'.  Vincent has his own blog site that contains some lovely thoughts, reflections and prayers. https://sherlockshome.ie/    

Thanks to @saltofthesound for allowing me use their wonderful music. Find more at https://saltofthesound.bandcamp.com/   

Last but not least thank you to my beautiful daughter Niamh for adding her voice to this as both the woman judged to be in adultery and as part of 'Little Islands' a Canadian grown band with musicians from Kildare and Derry in Ireland and Novascotia.  Final Reflection courtesy resourced from Prayer Seeds by Joyce Rupp.   

Until next time stay safe, stay healthy, stay home if you can, stay kind and God Bless.  

Have a Peaceful Journey  

John  

#ThePrayerPath

Dearest Fellow Seekers,   I hope as you join me for this weeks journey that you are safe and well and are coping OK with however the Covid 19 Pandemic is affecting you and yours. 

This week The Prayer Path brings you week 5 of our weekly lenten prayer journeys which, using the stations of the cross as signposts on the way, will guide you along the pilgrim path that Jesus took to Easter joy, The Calvary Way. We will be helping you imagine the scenes from the unique viewpoint of someone who encountered Jesus, loving, healing and forgiving ministry in their lives, and we imagine is now following him closely as he takes his passion journey, the woman judged to be in adultery.  This week we encounter Jesus at the 9th and 10th Stations, his third fall and his being stripped of his garments. 

A BIG thank you to Vincent Sherlock for allowing me to use his wonderful book.  ' The Stations of The Cross'.  Vincent has his own blog site that contains some lovely thoughts, reflections and prayers. https://sherlockshome.ie/   

Thanks to @saltofthesound for allowing me use their wonderful music. Find more at https://saltofthesound.bandcamp.com/   

Last but not least thank you to my beautiful daughter Niamh for adding her voice to this as both the woman judged to be in adultery and as part of 'Little Islands' a Canadian grown band with musicians from Kildare and Derry in Ireland and Novascotia.    

Until next time stay safe, stay healthy, stay home if you can, stay kind and God Bless. 

Have a Peaceful Journey 

John 

#ThePrayerPath

Dearest Fellow Seekers,  

I hope as you join me for this weeks journey that you are safe and well and are coping OK with however the Covid 19 Pandemic is affecting you and yours.

This week The Prayer Path brings you week 4 of our 7 weekly lenten prayer journeys which, using the stations of the cross as signposts on the way, will guide you along the pilgrim path that Jesus took to Easter joy, The Calvary Way. We will be helping you imagine the scenes from the unique viewpoint of someone who encountered Jesus, loving, healing and forgiving ministry in their lives, and we imagine is now following him closely as he takes his passion journey, the woman judged to be in adultery. 

This week we encounter Jesus at the 7th and 8th Stations when he falls again and meets the women of Jerusalem.

 A BIG thank you to Vincent Sherlock for allowing me to use his wonderful book.  ' The Stations of The Cross'.  Vincent has his own blog site that contains some lovely thoughts, reflections and prayers. https://sherlockshome.ie/   Thanks to @saltofthesound for allowing me use their wonderful music. Find more at https://saltofthesound.bandcamp.com/   Last but not least thank you to my beautiful daughter Niamh for adding her voice to this as both the woman judged to be in adultery and as part of 'Little Islands' a Canadian grown band with musicians from Kildare and Derry in Ireland and Novascotia.   

Until next time stay safe, stay healthy, stay home if you can, stay kind and God Bless.

Have a Peaceful Journey

John

#ThePrayerPath

Dearest Fellow Seekers, 

This week The Prayer Path brings you week 3 of our 7 weekly lenten prayer journeys which, using the stations of the cross as signposts on the way, will guide you along the pilgrim path that Jesus took to Easter joy, The Calvary Way. We will be helping you imagine the scenes from the unique viewpoint of someone who encountered Jesus, loving, healing and forgiving ministry in their lives, and we imagine is now following him closely as he takes his passion journey, the woman judged to be in adultery. At this crisis time for our planet, when we all need to play our part in supporting each other in any loving way we can, it seems all the more apt that this week we encounter Jesus at the 5th Station, where Simon of Cyrene is engaged to help Jesus with his cross, and at the 6th where Veronica, who many believe was the woman judged to be in adultery, lovingly offers Jesus a towel to wipe His face. 

A BIG thank you to Vincent Sherlock for allowing me to use his wonderful book.  ' The Stations of The Cross'.  Vincent has his own blog site that contains some lovely thoughts, reflections and prayers. https://sherlockshome.ie/  

Thanks to @saltofthesound for allowing me use their wonderful music. Find more at https://saltofthesound.bandcamp.com/  

Last but not least thank you to my beautiful daughter Niamh for adding her voice to this as both the woman judged to be in adultery and as part of 'Little Islands' a Canadian grown band with musicians from Kildare and Derry in Ireland and Novascotia.  

Have a Peaceful Journey  

John Sponsorships

#ThePrayerPath

Dearest Fellow Seekers, 

This week The Prayer Path brings you week 2 of our 7 weekly lenten prayer journeys which, using the stations of the cross as signposts on the way, will guide you along the pilgrim path that Jesus took to Easter joy, The Calvary Way. For week 2 we encounter Jesus at stations 3 and 4,  His first fall and His meeting His Mother.

 We will be helping you to imagine the scenes from the unique viewpoint of one of the people who encountered Jesus, loving, healing and forgiving ministry in their lives, and is now following him closely as he takes his passion journey, the woman judged to be in adultery. 

A BIG thank you to Vincent Sherlock for allowing me to use his wonderful book.  ' The Stations of The Cross'.  Vincent has his own blog site that contains some lovely thoughts, reflections and prayers. https://sherlockshome.ie/ 

Thanks to @saltofthesound for allowing me use their wonderful music. Find more at https://saltofthesound.bandcamp.com/ 

Last but not least thank you to my beautiful daughter Niamh for adding her voice to this as both the woman judged to be in adultery and as part of 'Little Islands' a Canadian grown band with musicians from Kildare and Derry in Ireland and Novascotia. 

Have a Peaceful Journey 

John

Sponsorships: off for this episode

Dearest Felllow Seekers,

This week The Prayer Path commences our 7 weekly prayer journeys which, using the stations of the cross as signposts on the way, will guide you along the pilgrim path that Jesus took to Easter joy, The Calvary Way. For week 1 we will be encountering the first two stations of the cross, Jesus Condemnation and His taking up his cross. We will be helping you to imagine the scenes from the unique viewpoint of one of the people who encountered Jesus, loving, healing and forgiving ministry in their lives, and is now following him closely as he takes his passion journey, the woman judged to be in adultery.

A BIG thank you to Vincent Sherlock for allowing me to use his wonderful book. Vincent has his own blog site that contains some lovely thoughts, reflections and prayers. https://sherlockshome.ie/

Thanks to @saltofthesound for allowing me use their wonderful music. Find more at https://saltofthesound.bandcamp.com/

Last but not least thank you to my beautiful daughter Niamh for adding her voice to this as both the woman judged to be in adultery and as part of 'Little Islands' a Canadian grown band with musicians from Kildare and Derry in Ireland and Novascotia.

Have a Peaceful Journey

John

Dearest Fellow Seekers,

Starting next Wednesday, Ash Wednesday, The Prayer Path will bring you 7 weekly prayer journeys which, using the stations of the cross as signposts on the way, will guide you along the pilgrim path that Jesus took to Easter joy, The Calvary Way. In this weeks prayer journey we hope to prepare you to travel your own Lenten pilgrim journey by helping you to imagine it from the perspective of someone who might have watched or followed Jesus along the way. We could imagine it from the perspective of any one of a number of people who encountered Jesus', loving, healing and forgiving presence, but for these journeys, inspired by A book called ‘The Stations of The Cross by Vincent Sherlock, we look at it from the unique view point of the woman judged to be in adultery.

Special words of thanks go to Vincent Sherlock for his permission to use his wonderful book, 'The Stations of The Cross' as the inspiration for this Lenten program, and to Salt of The Sound for their beautiful music. I’d also like to thank Niamh for giving  voice to The Woman Judged in Adultery – she will replicate the role each week for the upcoming series of Lenten prayer journeys.

Have a Peaceful Journey

John

Dearest Fellow Seekers,

For this special Episode of The Prayer Path I introduce you to The Examen Prayer practice. St. Ignatius pioneered the examen prayer in the 1500's. The Examen is a prayer which helps us to reflect on a past period of time and while it is mostly carried ouy for a previous day or perhaps even few hours, we can still apply the principles in reflecting on our past year, The Prayer is a method of reflecting and in so doing considering where we might find God at work in our lives, times of consolation, and on the other side of that same coin considering where finding God's hand is a more difficult challenge.

I'd like to take this opportunity to thank all who have listened to The Prayer Path journey's in 2019 - The Journeys have been listened to an humbling 2300 times so far. I pray that you will all find peace and happiness in 2020 and most importantly the consolation of The Devine in your lives through  Prayer.

Have a Peaceful Journey

John

Music Courtesy of : Margaret Rizza

Apisode Art Courtesy of: Nuengbk at Free Digital Photos.net

Dearest Fellow Seekers,

This past week I attended an Advent Prayer gathering that was being led by a good friend who reminded us about Mary's expectant Motherhood. The questions she must have been asking herself about the future of her child, The Son of God!....and what she could not know would become. On this weeks Prayer Journey I invite you to contemplate Mary's expectancy and merge it with your expectant wonder of our still becoming self.

Have a Peaceful and Wonder Filled Journey

Music Artist: Salt of the Sound

Song: Gabriels Message

Download: https://saltofthesound.bandcamp.com/track/gabriels-message

Reading : 'for a mother to be' by John o' Donohue from Benedictus, Bantam Press 2007 - Copyright John O Donohue 2007

Dearest Fellow Seekers.

This week on The Prayer Path the focus moves to Advent and the coming of the light for which we wait patiently. 'In this sacred season we remember and celebrate the gift of Divine Love who leapt from the Holy Womb into the heart of humanity. This Loving Presence became for us a source of hope, compassion and courage. This Love Incarnate came as a Light radiating compassion, a Torch bearing truth, a Beacon offering guidance' - Joyce Rupp from 'Out of The Ordinary' 

Music - 'The Lord is My Light' from Margaret Rizza - Her Music for Advent and Christmas. I do not own the rights to this music. All Rights Reserved. No copyright infringement is intended and I am truly grateful for its existence in the world.

Reading - St. Paul's Letter to The Romans 13:11-14

Invocations - Taken from 'Light Our Way' published in 'Out of the Ordinary - Prayers, Poems and Reflections for Every Season' by Joyce Rupp. Used by permission of Ave Maria Press. All Rights Reserved

Have a Peaceful Journey

John