Updated on April 22, 2024
Imaginative Contemplation – Early on the First Day of the Week – Easter Meditation
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A 16-minute audio guided meditation in John’s Gospel, John 20:1-10, using Imaginative Contemplation.
Christ is risen. Alleluia!
In this meditation we are reminded that the resurrection of Jesus broke over his friends and disciples slowly, amidst confusion and stress.
As I reviewed this meditation for editing, I was surprised at how vivid the experience at the empty tomb was for me, and found a beautiful new light in my heart.
Enter this story for yourself and discover a new perspective on your faith in the resurrection of Christ.
He is risen indeed. Alleluia!
Contemplative at Home offers guided meditative prayer – space to slow down and listen to the truth that is being born out of God’s love for you today – drawing on Ignatian spirituality and at times, Lectio Divina.
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Image: The Two Disciples at the Tomb by Henry Ossawa Tanner, 1906. Public Domain.
All music by Pete Hatch.
Hi Lissy — I’ve fallen behind in listening to Contemplative at Home, but am determined to catch up, because I’ve missed it! I work in California as a therapist and spiritual director, and am about to recommend your podcast to a Christian therapy client. I hesitate only because of a technical problem I’m having, and I wonder if it’s just me. I am unable to find a sound balance between the music and your soft voice — the former often drowning out the latter. Has anyone else mentioned this? Advice?
I lost my son to suicide this last Easter morning. Your description of the dark and empty tomb paralelled my broken heart as I approached his spirit-less body. There has to be more than the emptiness I now grieve and so even at the grave I cry out Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia.
I’m holding you in prayer.