Category: Meditations

“Prayer is where the action is.”
—John Wesley

How do you find prayer in action?

Intertwine your fingers, so that your hands are clasped together with your thumbs crossed at the top. Note that although your hands are now thoroughly interconnected, there is a sheltered open space there between your palms.

Who do you invite into the sheltered space of your care and compassion?

In Flanders fields the poppies blow
Between the crosses, row on row,
That mark our place; and in the sky
The larks, still bravely singing, fly
Scarce heard amid the guns below.

We are the Dead. Short days ago
We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,
Loved and were loved, and now we lie
In Flanders fields.

Take up our quarrel with the foe:
To you from failing hands we throw
The torch; be yours to hold it high.
If ye break faith with us who die
We shall not sleep, though poppies grow
In Flanders fields.
—John McCrae

Today, how will you remember and honor those who have sacrificed in military service?

Scientists have recently discovered that there are probably ten times as many galaxies in the universe as they had previously thought. Which means that our tiny lives belong to a web of existence that is ten times as incomprehensibly complex as we had imagined. But once you’re into the realm of the incomprehensible, it’s hard to tell.

What boggles your mind in a way that expands your heart and soul?

In Catholic tradition a rosary is used to keep track of the number of specific prayers one has said. But a rosary or other prayer beads also connects prayer to the body as beads slip through the fingers.

What physical objects are part of your prayer life?