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When I need to seek guidance from my Lord, I go to the well. For many years, I prayed by meditating on the scripture of The Woman at the Well. Her story is one of my favorite archetypes in the Gospel of John. She is a beautiful faulted individual, yet Jesus seeks her out. He seeks to relieve her burden in life. He seeks to reunite her in the community. I generally begin with the Jesus prayer. “The Jesus Prayer is a short, simple prayer that can put you in the right frame of mind to get closer to God. And, at one sentence long, it’s quite easy to memorize! Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on me a sinner (Jesus Prayer, 2017)”. I change my ending to this prayer based on the gift that I need in the prayer session. One of the ways that I alter this prayer is by asking God for his presence in the meditation. The prayer changes as follows, Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on me a sinner and heal me. The next step is to read my scripture, in this case The Samaritan Woman. 4 He had to pass through Samaria. 5 So he came to a town of Samaria called Sychar, near the plot of land that Jacob had given to his son Joseph. 6 Jacob’s well was there. Jesus, tired from his journey, sat down there at the well. It was about noon. 7 A woman of Samaria came to draw water. Jesus said to her, “Give me a drink.” 8 His disciples had gone into the town to buy food. 9 The Samaritan woman said to him, “How can you, a Jew, ask me, a Samaritan woman, for a drink?” (For Jews use nothing in common with Samaritans.) 10 Jesus answered and said to her, “If you knew the gift of God and who is saying to you, ‘Give me a drink,’ you would have asked him and he would have given you living water.” 11[The woman] said to him, “Sir, you do not even have a bucket and the well is deep; where then can you get this living water? 12 Are you greater than our father Jacob, who gave us this well and drank from it himself with his children and his flocks?”13 Jesus answered and said to her, “Everyone who drinks this water will be thirsty again; 14 but whoever drinks the water I shall give will never thirst; the water I shall give will become in him a spring of water welling up to eternal life.” 15 The woman said to him, “Sir, give me this water, so that I may not be thirsty or have to keep coming here to draw water.” 16 Jesus said to her, “Go call your husband and come back.” 17 The woman answered and said to him, “I do not have a husband.” Jesus answered her, “You are right in saying, ‘I do not have a husband.’ 18 For you have had five husbands, and the one you have now is not your husband. What you have said is true.” 19 The woman said to him, “Sir, I can see that you are a prophet. 20 Our ancestors worshiped on this mountain; but you people say that the place to worship is in Jerusalem.” 21 Jesus said to her, “Believe me, woman, the hour is coming when you will worship the Father neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem. 22 You people worship what you do not understand; we worship what we understand, because salvation is from the Jews. 23 But the hour is coming, and is now here, when true worshipers will worship the Father in Spirit and truth; and indeed the Father seeks such people to worship him. 24 God is Spirit, and those who worship him must worship in Spirit and truth.” 25 The woman said to him, “I know that the Messiah is coming, the one called the Anointed; when he comes, he will tell us everything.” 26 Jesus said to her, “I am he,* the one who is speaking with you.” 27 At that moment his disciples returned, and were amazed that he was talking with a woman, but still no one said, “What are you looking for?” or “Why are you talking with her?” 28 The woman left her water jar and went into the town and said to the people, 29 “Come see a man who told me everything I have done. Could he possibly be the Messiah?” 30 They went out of the town and came to him. 31 Meanwhile, the disciples urged him, “Rabbi, eat.” 32 But he said to them, “I have food to eat of which you do not know.” 33 So the disciples said to one another, “Could someone have brought him something to eat?” 34 Jesus said to them, “My food is to do the will of the one who sent me and to finish his work. 35 Do you not say, ‘In four months the harvest will be here’? I tell you, look up and see the fields ripe for the harvest. 36 The reaper is already receiving his payment and gathering crops for eternal life, so that the sower and reaper can rejoice together. 37 For here the saying is verified that ‘One sows and another reaps.’ 38 I sent you to reap what you have not worked for; others have done the work, and you are sharing the fruits of their work.” 39 Many of the Samaritans of that town began to believe in him because of the word of the woman* who testified, “He told me everything I have done.” 40 When the Samaritans came to him, they invited him to stay with them; and he stayed there two days. 41 Many more began to believe in him because of his word, 42 and they said to the woman, “We no longer believe because of your word; for we have heard for ourselves, and we know that this is truly the savior of the world” (Jn 4:4-42). Following the prayerful reading, I close my eyes and relax my breathing. I then call to mind the images of the scripture. I imagine myself at the well. I often imagine the well in detail. My meditation places me offering Jesus a drink and asking what am I supposed to do now; or I ask if there is something that I should know. Jesus does not always answer. Usually we sit quietly. There is peace and relaxation that takes over in the meditation. Sometimes I will move onto the thoughts of just being present with and to my Lord. The color green shows up often in my meditative prayers as a sign of life. Water is also present, and I interpret that as a sign of Divine presence and forgiveness. Forgiveness is often the center of my mediation. The forgiveness I need to offer, myself and others even if forgiveness is not necessary for the relationship. I still need to acknowledge that I may not always be the best version of myself outside of prayer. I accept that my actions, my words and my recognition of relationships influence others. This moment of being with Jesus at the well offers light to guide my path and refresh my person. I end with a thank you. I come away from this meditative session with a renewed spirit for my ministry, and a renewed desire to be kind and patient. I feel the love that wraps the Divine presence around me. Like this: Like Loading...
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hoditi prema slobodi. Danas smo pozvani slaviti napore koje ulažu potlačene zajednice širom svijeta, poput Dalita u Indiji, na pobunu protiv svega što zarobljava ljude. Kao kršćani posvećeni većem jedinstvu, učimo da je uklanjanje svega onoga što razdvaja ljude jedne od drugih bitni dio punine života – slobode u Duhu.TREĆI DAN: Hodati prema slobodi Čitanja Izlazak 1, 15-22 * Hebrejske primalje vrše Božji zakon unatoč faraonovoj zapovijedi Psalam 17, 1-6 * Molitva povjerenja onoga tko je otvoren Božjem pogledu 2 Korinćanima 3, 17-18 * Veličanstvena slobo-da djece Božje u Kristu Ivan 4, 4-26 * Razgovor s Isusom vodi Samari-janku u slobodniji životMolitva Bože osloboditelju, zahvaljujemo ti za ustraj-nost i vjeru punu nade onih koji se bore za dosto-janstvo i puninu života. Znamo da ti podižeš …, i oslobađaš … Tvoj Sin Isus hoda s nama da nam pokaže put do istinske slobode. Daj nam da mo-žemo cijeniti što imamo, da budemo ojačani i na-dvladamo sve što nas zarobljava. Pošalji nam svo-ga Duha, tako da istinom budemo oslobođeni. te da zajedničkim glasom naviještamo tvoju ljubav svijetu. Bože, darovatelju života, vodi nas prema pravdi i miru. Amen.Pitanja Postoje li vremena kad nas predrasude i osuđivanja iz svijeta – s obzirom na kaste, dob, rod, rasu, obrazovanje – čak i u našim kršćanskim zajednicama, priječe da vidimo jedni druge jasno u svjetlu slave Božje? Koje male, praktične korake možemo po-duzeti, zajedno kao kršćani, prema slobodi djece Božje (Rimljanima 8, 21) za naše crkve i za šire društvo?Čitanja Izlazak 1, 15-22 * Hebrejske primalje vrše Božji zakon unatoč faraonovoj zapovijedi Egipatski se kralj obrati i na hebrejske babice, od kojih jednoj bijaše ime Šifra, a drugoj Pua, pa im naredi: 16 "Kad u porodu pomažete Hebrejkama, dobro pogledajte oba kamena sjedala: ako je muško dijete, ubijte ga; ako je žensko, neka živi. 17 Ali su se babice bojale Boga i nisu činile kako im je naredio egipatski kralj, nego su ostavljale na životu mušku djecu. 18 Stoga egipatski kralj pozove babice pa im rekne: "Zašto ste tako radile i na životu ostavljale mušku djecu?" 19 Nato babice odgovore faraonu: "Hebrejke nisu kao egipatske žene. One su životne. Prije nego babica dođe k njima, one već rode." 20 Bog je to babicama za dobro primio. Narod se množio i silno porastao. 21 A kako su se babice bojale Boga, on ih obdari potomstvom. Onda faraon izda naredbu svemu svome narodu: "Svako muško dijete koje se rodi Hebrejima bacite u Rijeku! Na životu ostavite samo žensku djecu." Psalam 17, 1-6 * Molitva povjerenja onoga tko je otvoren Božjem pogledu 1 Molitva. Davidova. Počuj, Jahve pravedni, i vapaj mi poslušaj, usliši molitvu iz usta iskrenih! 2 Od tebe nek' mi dođe presuda, tvoje oči vide što je pravo. 3 Istraži mi srce, pohodi noću, ognjem me iskušaj, al' u meni nećeš nać' bezakonja. Ne zgriješiše usta moja 4 kao što griješe ljudi: po riječima usta tvojih čuvah putove Zakona. 5 Korak mi čvrsto prionu za tvoje staze, ne zasta mi noga na putima tvojim. 6 Zazivam te, Bože, ti ćeš me uslišit': prikloni mi uho i čuj riječi moje. 2 Korinćanima 3, 17-18 * Veličanstvena slobo-da djece Božje u Kristu Gospodin je Duh, a gdje je Duh Gospodnji, ondje je sloboda. 18 A svi mi, koji otkrivenim licem odrazujemo slavu Gospodnju, po Duhu se Gospodnjem preobražavamo u istu sliku - iz slave u slavu. Ivan 4, 4-26 * Razgovor s Isusom vodi Samari-janku u slobodniji život 4 Morao je proći kroza Samariju. 5 Dođe dakle u samarijski grad koji se zove Sihar, blizu imanja što ga Jakov dade svojemu sinu Josipu. 6 Ondje bijaše zdenac Jakovljev. Isus je umoran od puta sjedio na zdencu. Bila je otprilike šesta ura. 7 Dođe neka žena Samarijanka zahvatiti vode. Kaže joj Isus: "Daj mi piti!" 8 Njegovi učenici bijahu otišli u grad kupiti hrane. 9 Kaže mu na to Samarijanka: "Kako ti, Židov, išteš piti od mene, Samarijanke?" Jer Židovi se ne druže sa Samarijancima. 10 Isus joj odgovori: "Kad bi znala dar Božji i tko je onaj koji ti veli: 'Daj mi piti', ti bi u njega zaiskala i on bi ti dao vode žive." Odvrati mu žena: "Gospodine, ta nemaš ni čime bi zahvatio, a zdenac je dubok. Otkuda ti dakle voda živa? 12 Zar si ti možda veći od oca našeg Jakova koji nam dade ovaj zdenac i sam je iz njega pio, a i sinovi njegovi i stada njegova?" 13 Odgovori joj Isus: "Tko god pije ove vode, opet će ožednjeti. A tko bude pio vode koju ću mu ja dati, ne, neće ožednjeti nikada: voda koju ću mu ja dati postat će u njemu izvorom vode koja struji u život vječni." Kaže mu žena: "Gospodine, daj mi te vode da ne žeđam i da ne moram dolaziti ovamo zahvaćati." 16 Nato joj on reče: "Idi i zovi svoga muža pa se vrati ovamo." 17 Odgovori mu žena: "Nemam muža." Kaže joj Isus: "Dobro si rekla: 'Nemam muža!' 18 Pet si doista muževa imala, a ni ovaj koga sada imaš nije ti muž. To si po istini rekla." 19 Kaže mu žena: "Gospodine, vidim da si prorok. 20 Naši su se očevi klanjali na ovome brdu, a vi kažete da je u Jeruzalemu mjesto gdje se treba klanjati." 21 A Isus joj reče: "Vjeruj mi, ženo, dolazi čas kad se nećete klanjati Ocu ni na ovoj gori ni u Jeruzalemu. Vi se klanjate onome što ne poznate, a mi se klanjamo onome što poznamo jer spasenje dolazi od Židova. Ali dolazi čas - sada je! kad će se istinski klanjatelji klanjati Ocu u duhu i istini jer takve upravo klanjatelje traži Otac. Bog je duh i koji se njemu klanjaju, u duhu i istini treba da se klanjaju." Kaže mu žena: "Znam da ima doći Mesija zvani Krist - Pomazanik. Kad on dođe, objavit će nam sve. " 26 Kaže joj Isus: "Ja sam, ja koji s tobom govorim!"