Brother Richard

And we make the intention to grow in awareness.

Returning then to the breath as we breathe in and out.

Returning to the gentleness of the present moment with us.

Gently then beginning to move fingers and toes.

Taking a little stretch if necessary.

And then allowing the sound of the bell to draw us back to the work of the day.

Welcome back.

In today's meditation, we're going to continue with the practice of guided Lectio Divina.

This divine reading is an essential part of the Christian monastic meditative tradition.

Usually it would include taking a passage of scripture or some form of spiritual teaching and working with it.

But for the purpose of this meditation, which is aural in form, I will introduce a phrase from scripture that we can work with ourselves.

However, the method remains the same and you can bring it to bear on scripture or spiritual reading or indeed any kind of text that you wish to draw meaning from.

So let's begin.

Coming to stillness.

coming to meditation, making the deliberate choice to be here, to be open, to be still.

We make our ritual gesture.

We sit with attention and open awareness.

We feel our connection with the ground

with the chair, with the cushion.

We are ready and expectant.