Posted 101 days ago
Back from Celtic Prayer Retreat 08
By Christine Sine
We had a great retreat on Camano Island in site of the rain. On 32 adults, 12 kids and 2 dogs gathered for a time of worship, prayer, scripture and reflection. We walked the prayer trails and the labyrinth. We ate meals together and swapped recipes of all the wonderful salads. We BBQued everything from vegetarian burgers to gourmet steaks. Saturday night a record 4 families and 4 singles camped overnight enjoying morning prayers and evening vespers together. We soaked in the beauty of God’s creation and shared our vision for the development of a Celtic Monastic centre that could provide a more permanent place for people to come for retreat and renewal.
I took lots of photos but please bear with me – I managed to upload them with the last ones first so you start with the tear down photos first. Will try to re upload them later today.
Our theme for the year was Living into the Kingdom of God. I wrote a number of new prayers for the event. here is one that I wrote as a centring prayer at the beginning of the retreat.
Breathe in the breath of God,
Breathe out your cares and concerns,
Breathe in the love of God,
Breathe our your doubts and despairs,
Breathe in the life of God,
Breathe out your fears and frustrations.
We sit quietly before the One who gives life and love to all creation,
We sit in awe of the One who formed us in our mother’s wombs,
We sit at peace surrounded by the One who fills every fiber of our being.
Breathe in the breath of God,
Breathe out your tensions and turmoil,
Breathe in the love of God,
Breathe out your haste and hurry,
Breathe in the life of God,
Breathe our your work and worries,
We sit quietly before the One who gives life and love to all creation,
We sit in awe of the One who formed us in our mother’s wombs,
We sit at peace surrounded by the One who fills every fiber of our being.
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christine,
what a healing prayer. i will use it this sunday in my worship service. it’s so filled with God’s peace. i can feel it across the web, for goodness sake.
peace,
amy
amy powell » 100 days ago » Link