Haiku

Eucharist at Sullington. March 22nd. 

wait and love simply

patiently breathing peace,

dissolving in Beauty.

presence encounters

presence. Love is the food and 

we provide the hunger.

Rachel Stapleton

Emptying into the Presence

A Service of Silence & Beholding

an unhurried time in which to dwell at the heart of the Eucharist

Sunday 22nd March

St. Mary's Church, Sullington, RH20 4AE

8a.m. 

'Remain undivided and withhold yourself from all meddling with good or bad, 

high or low; let everything be, and keep yourself free to devote yourself to your Beloved and to content him whom you love in Love. This is your real debt, which, according to the truth of your nature, you owe to God and to those with whom you live in him - 

thus to love God in simplicity and seek after nothing 

but this single Love who has chosen us for herself alone.' 

Hadewijch

An Earth Meditation ...

I wrote this meditation, beginning and ending with some words from St. Patrick's Lorica. We used it for Still Waters last Saturday in the prayer loft and we're going to try it outside for our Quiet Garden morning tomorrow ... 

Earth Meditation ... 

I Arise Today

Through the strength of heaven

Light of Sun

Radiance of Moon

Splendour of Fire

Speed of Lightening

Swiftness of Wind

Depth of Sea

Stability of Earth

Firmness of Rock ...

Standing – grounded through feet and centred in breath

1. Turn to the North – bring your awareness to the element of Air and wind; a place of communication & direction. What is the invitation or challenge for you in this place?  ...  Allow all that comes to mind to be gently present. Draw them in through your breath, breath out the healing unity of the Creator of Creation  

2. Turn to the East – bring your awareness to the element of Fire and the rising sun; a place of passion & transformation. What is the invitation or challenge for you in this place?  ...  Allow all that comes to mind to be gently present. Draw everything in through your breath, breath out the healing unity of the Creator of Creation  

3. Turn to the South - bring your awareness to the element of Water and rain, a place of growth & healing. What is the invitation or challenge for you in this place? ...  Allow all that comes to mind to be gently present. Draw everything in through your breath, breath out the healing unity of the Creator of Creation  

4. Turn to the West – bring your awareness to the element of Earth and soil; a place of rootedness & stability. What is the invitation or challenge for you in this place? ... Allow all that comes to mind to be gently present. Draw everything in through your breath, breath out the healing unity of the Creator of Creation  

I Arise Today

Through the strength of heaven

Light of Sun

Radiance of Moon

Splendour of Fire

Speed of Lightening

Swiftness of Wind

Depth of Sea

Stability of Earth

Firmness of Rock ...

I arise today
Through a mighty strength, the invocation of the Trinity,
Through a belief in the Threeness,
Through a confession of the Oneness

Of the Creator of creation

  

St. Patrick’s Lorica

Peace be with you. 

The Practice of Turning

Still Waters: 

a time to enter silence, still the mind 

and encounter the present moment in quiet. 

Saturday 7th March, Wild Fortune Prayer Loft. 

8.30 - 9.30a.m. with arrivals from 8. 

For further details and to let us know that you intend to come, 

please contact us via email. 

'Have one intention,

to remember the One.

Practice turning from the many to the One.

Practice seeing the many in the One and the One in the many.

Live in union with the One which unifies through the One.'

Priest-Monk Silouan

Wisdom Songs - adapted

Peace be with you