Inwards

At this hour, I call out to you, Jehovah MKaddesh.

We place our hands on our hearts and look to the true self beneath the surface.

Turn fearlessly inwards.

How am I today?

Who am I today?

“O God, help me to believe the truth about myself, no matter how beautiful it is.”

― Macrina Wiederkehr

What five words would you choose to describe your inner self today? Which word makes you smile? Which word feels weighty to name to yourself?

In you, gracious God, the widowed find a carer, the orphaned find a parent, the fearful find a friend. In you, the wounded find a healer, the penitent find a pardoner, the burdened find a counsellor. In you, the miserly find a beggar, the despondent find a laughter-maker, the legalists find a rule breaker, the prisoners find freedom. In you, Jesus Christ, we meet our Maker, and our match and if some need to say ‘help me’ and if some need to say ‘save me’ and if some need to say ‘hold me’ and if some need to say ‘forgive me’ then let these be said now, in confidence, by us.

[Silence].

O Christ in whose heart is both welcome and warning, say to us, do to us, reveal within us the things that will make us whole. And we will wait; and we will praise you.

Wild Goose Liturgy-

O! My soul travels inwards this day to the secret places where God abides within me in his love.

O! My soul travels inwards this day to the secret places where God abides within me

O! My soul travels inwards this day to the secret places where God abides within.

O! My soul travels inwards this day to the secret places where God abides.

O! My soul travels inwards this day to the secret places.

O! My soul travels inwards this day.

O! My soul travels inwards.

O! My soul.

O!

For God, who said, “Let light shine out of darkness,” has shone in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ. But we have this treasure in jars of clay, to show that the surpassing power belongs to God and not to us. 

2 Corinthians 4-

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