Opening Prayer: O Shepherd God, companion me on all the
journeys of my life. Dance through the
darkness with me. (The Song of the Seed by Macrina Wiederkehr)
Scripture: Psalm 23
Journal: How are prayer and dance similar? How is prayer like dance? How is dance like prayer? What dance does Psalm 23 call you to
today? A dance of trust? A dance of contentment? A dance of peace? How does Psalm 23 draw you to pray today?
Reflection:
And so began the stretch of some months of rising early
and doing the things that it took to help get young children to day care and
preschool and so forth, and then over to the church to spend time in the
sanctuary alone with the little blue book: reading from the saints and the
scriptures, reciting the psalms, whispering the prayers, and scribbling in my
journal. After a while, I would go
upstairs to write until it was time to go and pick up the children and head off
home.
Somewhere in that spring an ancient rhythm
began to resonate within me, calling me, drawing me, compelling me to join in
the general Dance.
I seemed then, and still seem, to have no
control over my heart’s response to that rhythm. Like the way one’s feet start tapping when
someone plays a country tune, one simply cannot stop even if one tries. My advice is that if you do not want to tap
your feet, stay away from the jukebox.
If you do not want to pray, then do not go near prayer books. Once your heart has heard the music, it is
happy only when it is dancing. (Living Prayer by Robert Benson)
Prayers
Closing Prayer: Lord you are my Lover, it is you whom I
desire. You flow through my body like a
stream, you shine on my face like the sun.
Let me be your reflection. ~St. Mechthildis
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