Online Retreat- Week 29
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Alexander, Andy, S.J.
Waldron, Maureen McCann
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2000-01-01
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Jesus Dies for Us|Guide: Present at Calvary|We pause this week to be with Jesus in death. There are few moments of intimacy greater than the privilege of being with someone we love in the last hours of his or her life. We want to enter into the whole scene that surrounds his death and the treasured memories of the early Christian communities.|We also want to connect the meaning of Jesus' death for us with the realities of our everyday lives. We want to consciously move through our days with a heightened sense of awareness about how his death gives hope to us in our fidelity, our struggles, each day.|We begin by prayerfully reading the accounts of the scene at Calvary, in Luke and John. We enter these scenes with our own imagination - where we choose to stand, where we look, what others are saying, what we feel. It is very important to imagine the scene of taking him down from the cross and, perhaps to join in the tender cleaning of his body and the sorrowful carrying it to the tomb. The reality of death is complete. |We then can let these images fill the background of each day. From the earliest conscious thoughts of our morning to the final concluding thoughts of our day, we want to let ourselves be touched by the death of Jesus for us.|Readings:|1. Father, I Put Myself in Your Hands! (Luke 23:26-56)|2. Everything is done! (John 19:16-42)|3. You are my God, my life is in your hands (Psalm 31)|Prayers:|1. A Prayer to Begin Each Day|2. Soul of Christ|3. Help Us to Bear Witness to You (Prayer for Evening Prayer, Passion Sunday)|4. Strengthen and Protect Us in Our Weakness (Intercessions, Morning Prayer, Holy Week)|5. In Our Sorrows, May We Share Your Suffering (Intercessions, Morning Prayer, Holy Saturday)|6. Free Us From the Powers of Darkness (Intercessions, Evening Prayer, Holy Saturday)
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Creighton University, Online Ministries