logging in or signing up Nurture the Soul Vittoria Download Post to : URL : Related Presentations : Share Add to Flag Embed Email Send to Blogs and Networks Add to Channel Uploaded from authorPOINTLite Insert YouTube videos in PowerPont slides with aS Desktop Copy embed code: (To copy code, click on the text box) Embed: URL: Thumbnail: WordPress Embed Customize Embed The presentation is successfully added In Your Favorites. Views: 297 Category: Education License: All Rights Reserved Like it (0) Dislike it (0) Added: February 05, 2008 This Presentation is Public Favorites: 0 Presentation Description No description available. Comments Posting comment... Premium member Presentation Transcript Lent: A Time to Nurture the Soul: Lent: A Time to Nurture the Soul Mt. St. Mary Alumnae Evening of Reflection February 27, 2007Overview: Overview Check-in/Ice-Breaker Opening Prayer Content: Probe our understanding of tonight’s PURPOSE Share some reflections about being WOMEN Provide some “tools” for Lenten Prayer CLOSINGLenten “Journey”: Lenten “Journey” A definite beginning point… Mixture of paths, roadways, curves; Challenges of various obstacles; transitions; Stopping for rest – Intentional Choices; ENDING point… to only BEGIN AGAIN… (Group Activity)“A Time”: “A Time” Biblical connotation Our purposes = opportunity to BEGIN… Not necessarily a specified period Intended to be ongoing Integration Nurture: Nurture Awareness of emptiness, longing; MAKE time to “be in the PRESENT;” Assess WHAT IS… Discern options Feed = “food” for LIFE Soul: Soul Holy Space; God-Life in our Humanity; Language of VULNERABILITY and AUTHENTICITY; Capacity for life, suffering, forgiveness; Seed for intimacy, companionship… (Group Activity) Vocation to be WOMEN : Vocation to be WOMEN Reference: Gift from the Sea (Lindbergh) Question: How do I create empty space? “Woman must come of age by herself – she must find her true center alone.” Sabbath Keeping: Sabbath Keeping “Sabbath” – “Shabbat” in Jewish thought Translation = God’s time… Donna Schaper, Minster for the United Church of Christ “Sabbath is a way of living, not a thing to have or a list to complete.”Sabbath Keeping (continued): Sabbath Keeping (continued) Not meant to be prayers, deeds, activities we feel obligated to address; “Sacred time of leisurely meeting Our God;” Options: simple quiet, prayer, reading, conversation, listening to music, recreational activity, etc. (Group Activity)Unique Possibilities: Unique Possibilities Sabbath remembering… Personal reflection of “journey” as woman, as daughter, as friend, as neighbor, as spouse, as parent; Personal insights/learnings as member of various communities, as co-worker, as “team player” in various groups, as mentor, etc. (Group Activity) Unique Possibilities (continued): Unique Possibilities (continued) Sabbath de-cluttering… *What is lost? For what purpose? Mind, soul, heart of unnecessary concerns; Daily routine of purposeless activity; “Control” of others’ lives (spouse, children, friends, etc.) Unworn clothing, unused furniture, etc. (Group Activity)Helpful “Tools” for Lent: Helpful “Tools” for Lent Symptoms of Inner Peace (*Maria Rosario Gaite, RSM – Guam) A Different Kind of Fasting (*Shirley Murphy, RSM – Springfield) Suggestions for Developing a Wholistic Spirituality (Thomas Merton) “Resolution” Considerations: “Resolution” Considerations What do I long for in my soul? How can I cultivate a spirit of “Sabbath time” in my life? What structures will need to be re-ordered? How can I make this Lent be “a new beginning” of the rest of my life? With whom can I share periodically to help “call me” to my intentions? Closing: Closing Thank YOU for enriching my life this evening; Together, we have looked more deeply at “Lent – time – nurturing – soul;” We have truly prayed about our role as women – blessings and challenges; and, We have looked at some options for weaving these insights as we begin Lent. You do not have the permission to view this presentation. In order to view it, please contact the author of the presentation.
Nurture the Soul Vittoria Download Post to : URL : Related Presentations : Share Add to Flag Embed Email Send to Blogs and Networks Add to Channel Uploaded from authorPOINTLite Insert YouTube videos in PowerPont slides with aS Desktop Copy embed code: (To copy code, click on the text box) Embed: URL: Thumbnail: WordPress Embed Customize Embed The presentation is successfully added In Your Favorites. Views: 297 Category: Education License: All Rights Reserved Like it (0) Dislike it (0) Added: February 05, 2008 This Presentation is Public Favorites: 0 Presentation Description No description available. Comments Posting comment... Premium member Presentation Transcript Lent: A Time to Nurture the Soul: Lent: A Time to Nurture the Soul Mt. St. Mary Alumnae Evening of Reflection February 27, 2007Overview: Overview Check-in/Ice-Breaker Opening Prayer Content: Probe our understanding of tonight’s PURPOSE Share some reflections about being WOMEN Provide some “tools” for Lenten Prayer CLOSINGLenten “Journey”: Lenten “Journey” A definite beginning point… Mixture of paths, roadways, curves; Challenges of various obstacles; transitions; Stopping for rest – Intentional Choices; ENDING point… to only BEGIN AGAIN… (Group Activity)“A Time”: “A Time” Biblical connotation Our purposes = opportunity to BEGIN… Not necessarily a specified period Intended to be ongoing Integration Nurture: Nurture Awareness of emptiness, longing; MAKE time to “be in the PRESENT;” Assess WHAT IS… Discern options Feed = “food” for LIFE Soul: Soul Holy Space; God-Life in our Humanity; Language of VULNERABILITY and AUTHENTICITY; Capacity for life, suffering, forgiveness; Seed for intimacy, companionship… (Group Activity) Vocation to be WOMEN : Vocation to be WOMEN Reference: Gift from the Sea (Lindbergh) Question: How do I create empty space? “Woman must come of age by herself – she must find her true center alone.” Sabbath Keeping: Sabbath Keeping “Sabbath” – “Shabbat” in Jewish thought Translation = God’s time… Donna Schaper, Minster for the United Church of Christ “Sabbath is a way of living, not a thing to have or a list to complete.”Sabbath Keeping (continued): Sabbath Keeping (continued) Not meant to be prayers, deeds, activities we feel obligated to address; “Sacred time of leisurely meeting Our God;” Options: simple quiet, prayer, reading, conversation, listening to music, recreational activity, etc. (Group Activity)Unique Possibilities: Unique Possibilities Sabbath remembering… Personal reflection of “journey” as woman, as daughter, as friend, as neighbor, as spouse, as parent; Personal insights/learnings as member of various communities, as co-worker, as “team player” in various groups, as mentor, etc. (Group Activity) Unique Possibilities (continued): Unique Possibilities (continued) Sabbath de-cluttering… *What is lost? For what purpose? Mind, soul, heart of unnecessary concerns; Daily routine of purposeless activity; “Control” of others’ lives (spouse, children, friends, etc.) Unworn clothing, unused furniture, etc. (Group Activity)Helpful “Tools” for Lent: Helpful “Tools” for Lent Symptoms of Inner Peace (*Maria Rosario Gaite, RSM – Guam) A Different Kind of Fasting (*Shirley Murphy, RSM – Springfield) Suggestions for Developing a Wholistic Spirituality (Thomas Merton) “Resolution” Considerations: “Resolution” Considerations What do I long for in my soul? How can I cultivate a spirit of “Sabbath time” in my life? What structures will need to be re-ordered? How can I make this Lent be “a new beginning” of the rest of my life? With whom can I share periodically to help “call me” to my intentions? Closing: Closing Thank YOU for enriching my life this evening; Together, we have looked more deeply at “Lent – time – nurturing – soul;” We have truly prayed about our role as women – blessings and challenges; and, We have looked at some options for weaving these insights as we begin Lent.