{"id":4978,"date":"2024-09-02T14:32:34","date_gmt":"2024-09-02T12:32:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cenacle-gen.org\/2024\/09\/02\/prayer-for-september\/"},"modified":"2024-09-24T15:11:58","modified_gmt":"2024-09-24T13:11:58","slug":"prayer-for-september","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cenacle-gen.org\/en\/2024\/09\/02\/prayer-for-september\/","title":{"rendered":"Prayer for September"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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As New Zealand enters spring, Susan invites us to stop, to look with awe and gratitude at the Goodness of God in creation\u2019s renewal.<\/p><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Using Mother Th\u00e9r\u00e8se's words
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“I saw written as in letters of gold this word Goodness, which I repeated for a long while with an indescribable sweetness. I saw it, I say, written on all creatures, animate and inanimate, rational or not, all bore this name of goodness. I saw it even on the chair I was using as a kneeler. I understood then that all that these creatures have of good and all the services and aid that we receive from each of them is a blessing that we owe to the goodness of our God, who has communicated to them something of his infinite goodness, so that we may meet it in every thing and everywhere.”<\/h5>\n
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Where did you meet goodness today? Have there been times when it was difficult to see the goodness of God? What might Mother Th\u00e9r\u00e8se say to us about this? <\/p><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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From this month\u2019s readings<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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“The blind will be able to see and the deaf will hear \u2026 Streams of water will flow in the desert \u2026”<\/h5>\n
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The imagery in this passage reminds us of the power of God\u2019s love and the potential for change in those who seek it. Pray with these images. Reflect on any desert areas in your life that need God\u2019s refreshment now. Give thanks for the times of growth or renewal in the past and for those who have been the goodness of God in those moments. <\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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“Every good gift, every genuine benefit comes from above \u2026 humbly welcome the word that has taken root in you \u2026 Act on this word.”<\/h5>\n
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The passages from James and the gospel readings this month challenge us to not only see the goodness of God in our lives but also call us to act \u2013 how might you respond? <\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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Cosmic Breathing<\/h2>

I breathe in
I am land
I breathe out
I am listening
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I breathe in
I am river
I breathe out
I am flowing

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I breathe in
I am kauri*
I breathe out
I am strong
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I breathe in
I am rain

I breathe out
I am refreshed
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I breathe in
I am rock
I breathe out
I am centred
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Anne Powell rc
(Original in English)
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For this month of September, the month of Saint Th\u00e9r\u00e8se Couderc (celebrated on the 26th), Susan Kelly, Companion of Waikanae (New Zealand) offers us some suggestions for prayer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":4819,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[77],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4978","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-spirituality"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cenacle-gen.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4978","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cenacle-gen.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cenacle-gen.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cenacle-gen.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cenacle-gen.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4978"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cenacle-gen.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4978\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4979,"href":"https:\/\/cenacle-gen.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4978\/revisions\/4979"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cenacle-gen.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4819"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cenacle-gen.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4978"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cenacle-gen.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4978"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cenacle-gen.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4978"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}