Psalm 104 - visual meditation

From the talk “Christ in Nature” in our series on "Seeing Christ”.

Taking this further - become absorbed in Creation

  • Take a walk or just sit and look. Notice the various aspects of creation – the sky, the sun, the clouds, trees, plants, flowers, grass, sand, rocks – whatever is there.

  • Let yourself be attracted to one reality of creation, maybe a tree, or the sky or the wind, or a rock or a plant.

  • Spend time noticing various little things about it. Touch it or listen to it, if you can. (e.g. you attention might be drawn to a tree: notice the leaves, the branches, the bark. Feel the leaves and the bark. Listen to the leaves rustling in the breeze.)

  • Reflect on St. Ignatius’ words: “Reflect how God dwells in creatures: in elements giving them existence, in the plants giving them life, in the animals conferring about them sensation, in human beings bestowing understanding.”

  • Ask God to reveal God’s presence to you in and through the reality of creation you are contemplating:

  1. What does God reveal to you about God?

  2. About God’s love?

  3. About creation?

  4. About you?

  • Thank God for whatever is revealed or whatever happens for you during this time.

  • Journal – jot a few notes about what occurred during your prayer time.

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