Updated on October 25, 2018
Gentle Examen
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I offer you here a prayer of Examen inspired by the book Sleeping with Bread by Dennis, Matthew and Sheila Linn.
Mom gifted me with a copy of Sleeping with Bread in an unsettled season of my mid-20s, and it was my first exposure to Ignatian Spirituality. I’ve since bought countless copies for friends. Maybe you’ll buy it for someone this Christmas, or put it on your own Christmas list! If you find the Examen beneficial and aren’t familiar with this book, I can’t recommend it highly enough.
A big word of thanks to brother dearest Pete Hatch for the music which brings these episodes to life!!
Enjoy your practice of Examen this week, and feel free to join us in the Contemplative at Home Community on Facebook, which I check in with about once a week.
PS: Thanks to those who noticed there wasn’t a podcast published last week! I recorded and edited an Examen prayer, but it felt forced and off-kilter. I decided not to release it just for the sake of filling a space…
Another warm welcome to those joining us for the first time….
Updated on February 29, 2024
Examen
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The Ignatian Examen is a prayer of review, often used at the end of the day.
St. Ignatius said that if you could only pray once per day, it should be a prayer of Examen!
This is the first in our series of Examen prayers.
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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All music by Pete Hatch.
Updated on October 10, 2018
Hello! Back with a new season!
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Hi Friends!
Just a quick hello to let you know where I’ve been and what is coming up on the podcast.
Thanks for faithfully listening over the summer and a warm welcome to our new subscribers!!
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Warmly,
Lissy
Updated on July 16, 2018
Sent
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And don’t worry about what you’ll say or how you’ll say it. The right words will be there; the Spirit of your Father will supply the words.
In Matthew 10:5-14, Jesus sends out the twelve to minister to people they meet. This week we pray with the Message translation! Find your favourite spot for prayer, grab your journal, and sit deeply with yourself and the Lord for 20 minutes.
Contemplative at Home offers a guided prayer experience drawing on Ignatian spirituality and Lectio Divina.
This will be the last episode before we break for the month of August. We’ll be back in September! For quality audio prayer over the next few weeks, why not check out the archives of Contemplative at Home, or try pray-as-you-go.org. Thank you for being a CAH listener!!
Matthew 10:5-14 & 20 is read from the Message
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Updated on April 22, 2024
The Pharisee and the Tax Collector
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Two men went up to the temple to pray, one a Pharisee and the other a tax collector. The Pharisee, standing by himself, was praying thus, ‘God, I thank you that I am not like other people: thieves, rogues, adulterers, or even like this tax collector…
In Luke 18:9-14, Jesus tells a story specifically to the people who “trusted in themselves that they were righteous.” Aren’t we all weak to this belief, seeing ourselves in almost every scenario as the one in the right? Find your favourite spot for prayer, grab your journal, and sit deeply with yourself and the Lord for 20 minutes
Luke 18:9-14 is read from the NRSV
For further reflection: you may want to listen to this 5-minute homily by Richard Rohr, “Littleness over Bigness”
Art: The Pharisee and the Tax Collector Oil on Board 28 x 40 by Bryn Gillette
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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You can support the show by sharing it with a friend, rating it on your preferred podcast platform, making a one-off donation or becoming a member. Thank you so much!
All music by Pete Hatch.
Updated on April 22, 2024
Cast the First Stone
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“Let anyone among you who is without sin be the first to throw a stone at her.” And once again he bent down and wrote on the ground.
In John 8:2-11, the scribes and Pharisees bring to Jesus a woman who has been caught in the act of adultery, to test Jesus’ interpretation of the law. Find your favourite spot for prayer, grab your journal, and sit deeply with yourself and the Lord for 20 minutes.
Contemplative at Home offers a guided prayer experience drawing on Ignatian spirituality and Lectio Divina.
John 8:2-11 is read from the NRSV
Art: Peter Howson, found here
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.
Sign up for Lissy’s newsletter “The Contemplative Window” or join our Facebook group here
You can support the show by sharing it with a friend, rating it on your preferred podcast platform, making a one-off donation or becoming a member. Thank you so much!
All music by Pete Hatch.
Updated on April 22, 2024
Lazarus
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Then Jesus, again greatly disturbed, came to the tomb….and cried out “Lazarus!…”
In John 11, Jesus’ dear friend Lazarus dies while his family waits for Jesus to come and to heal him. On arriving at the home, four days too late, Jesus is deeply moved, and disturbed in spirit. Find your favourite spot for prayer, grab your journal, and sit deeply with yourself and the Lord for 20 minutes.
Contemplative at Home offers a guided prayer experience drawing on Ignatian spirituality and Lectio Divina.
John 11:32-44 is read from the NRSV
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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.
Sign up for Lissy’s newsletter “The Contemplative Window” or join our Facebook group here
You can support the show by sharing it with a friend, rating it on your preferred podcast platform, making a one-off donation or becoming a member. Thank you so much!
All music by Pete Hatch.
Updated on April 22, 2024
Perfume
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In Luke 7:36-50, Jesus is having a meal in a Pharisee’s home, when a woman who has “lived a sinful life” comes in. She stands behind Jesus and weeps, washes his feet with her tears, dries them with her hair, kisses them and pours expensive perfume over them.
Notice how deeply Jesus sees both this woman, and the Pharisee. You too are invited to deepen your gaze as you engage in these 20 minutes of prayer.
Contemplative at Home offers a guided prayer experience drawing on Ignatian spirituality and Lectio Divina.
Luke 7:36-50is read from the NRSV
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Art: Oil & Acrylic on Canvas by Wayne Forte. Found here.
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.
Sign up for Lissy’s newsletter “The Contemplative Window” or join our Facebook group here
You can support the show by sharing it with a friend, rating it on your preferred podcast platform, making a one-off donation or becoming a member. Thank you so much!
All music by Pete Hatch.
Updated on April 22, 2024
Nicodemus
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Now there was a Pharisee, a man named Nicodemus who was a member of the Jewish ruling council. He came to Jesus at night and said, “Rabbi, we know that you are a teacher who has come from God. For no one could perform the signs you are doing if God were not with him.”
In John 3:1-10, the Pharisee comes to Jesus at night, to ask him some questions. Jesus invites him to a new way of seeing, a new perspective on the Kingdom of God. Find your favourite spot for prayer, grab your journal, and sit deeply with yourself and the Lord for 20 minutes.
Contemplative at Home offers a guided prayer experience drawing on Ignatian spirituality and Lectio Divina.
John 3:1-10 is read from the NIV.
Image: Elsie Anna Wood
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.
Sign up for Lissy’s newsletter “The Contemplative Window” or join our Facebook group here
You can support the show by sharing it with a friend, rating it on your preferred podcast platform, making a one-off donation or becoming a member. Thank you so much!
All music by Pete Hatch.
Updated on April 22, 2024
Zaccheaus
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Zacchaeus stood there and said to the Lord, “Look, half of my possessions, Lord, I will give to the poor; and if I have defrauded anyone of anything, I will pay back four times as much.
In Luke 19:1-10, Zaccheaus, who collects taxes from his fellow countrymen on behalf of the Romans, and earns his wage by inflating the fees, is interested in catching a glimpse of Jesus. Find your favourite spot for prayer, grab your journal, and sit deeply with yourself and the Lord for 20 minutes.
Contemplative at Home offers a guided prayer experience drawing on Ignatian spirituality and Lectio Divina.
Luke 19:1-10 is read from the NRSV
Art: “Zacchaeus,” Misereor Hunger Cloth by Alemayehu Bizuneh found here
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.
Sign up for Lissy’s newsletter “The Contemplative Window” or join our Facebook group here
You can support the show by sharing it with a friend, rating it on your preferred podcast platform, making a one-off donation or becoming a member. Thank you so much!
All music by Pete Hatch.