Spiritual Disciplines Handbook: Practices That Transform Us (Transforming Resources)

receive what the Trinity brings. Wait

giving-thanks prayers in mid-morning—Terce noon-day prayer of commitment—Sext mid-afternoon prayer—None evening prayer of stillness—Vespers going-to-sleep prayer of trust—Compline

night prayer—Vigils waking-up prayers—Lauds prayers for beginning work—Prime

breathe in “Abba,” breathe out “I belong to you.” breathe in “Healer,” breathe out “speak the word and I shall be healed.” breathe in “Shepherd,” breathe out “bring home my lost son.” breathe in “Holy One,” breathe out “keep me true.” breathe in “Lord,” breathe out “here I am.” breathe in “Jesus,” breathe out “have mercy on me.”

Breathing in, you pray “Jesus, Son of David,” breathing out, you say, “have mercy on me, a sinner.” This

BREATH PRAYER DESIRE to pray a simple, intimate prayer of heartfelt desire before God DEFINITION Breath prayer is a form of contemplative prayer linked to the rhythms of breathing: (1) breathe in, calling on a biblical name or image of God, and (2) breathe out a simple God-given

“The greatest of all illusions is the illusion of familiarity.” —G. K. Chesterton

“Sabbath is not dependent upon our readiness to stop. We do not stop when we are finished. We do not stop when we complete our phone calls, finish our project, get through this stack of messages, or get out this report that is due tomorrow. We stop because it is time to stop.”

not mean we cannot participate in it.