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“For I am convinced,” writes Paul in Romans 8, “that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.”

And I am convinced that a deepening knowledge and acceptance and trust in this love that God has for you is the essence of a flourishing life.

This is a journey which never fully reaches its destination because we simply do not have the capacity to mine the infinite depths of God’s eternal love.

To grow in acceptance and understanding of the love that God has for you is probably the best gift that you could ever give yourself, your family, your community, the world… and even God’s very Self.

So today we simply recieve the Lord’s love, with a few verses from the prophets, the Psalms and the Song of Songs to keep us focussed. (Psalm 23, Psalm 36, 2 Samuel 22:20, Zephaniah 3:17, Micah 7:18, Song of Songs 2:4 and 7:10)

“I pray that you bring rooted and grounded in love may have power, together with all the Lord’s holy people, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ, and to know this love that surpasses knowledge—that you may be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God” – Ephesians 3:17-19

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.