Contemplative prayer

Contemplative prayer uses our imagination...

Picture a scene in the life of Jesus

For example, read Luke Chapter 23 Verse 26 where Jesus carries his cross to Calvary. Use your senses — sight, sound, smell — to intensify the image.

Transport yourself back in time

You are standing in a narrow street in Jerusalem. Feel the heat of the hot afternoon sun. Hear the shouts of the crowd as Jesus approaches.

See him staggering under the weight of his wooden cross. His face is bathed in sweat and blood. On his head is a crown of thorns.

People beside you shout, "Crucify him." Suddenly Jesus falls. The soldiers pull him roughly to his feet.

You want to rush into the narrow street and help him. But you hesitate. You are afraid of the soldiers and the angry crowd.

Thank you for dying on the Cross to save me from my sins. Jesus, I now realize how much you love me.

I will be more careful in what I say and do in order to please Jesus.

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