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Tenderness

Tony Anderson

Welcome to the Saturday Examen. 

During these weeks after Easter, we consider the teaching of Jesus, his invitation to rest in his love and his promise of the Holy Spirit to be present in our lives. Through the Examen we seek to bear fruit under the Lord’s guidance. 

Take a few moments today to see the past week with the Lord’s guidance. 

Prepare yourself for prayer by focussing on your breath. Take a few deep breaths in, and then a few releasing breaths out. Notice how the change in breath brings stillness and an awareness of God’s presence. We might begin by asking for the wisdom of the Holy Spirit to guide us.  

Look back on this week and thank God for the blessings and graces you received. Focus on moments when you felt God’s love and saw opportunities to follow God’s will. Consider moments of consolation, kindness, and beauty… 

Is there a particular moment God is drawing you to remember? Notice what rises to the surface naturally. Allow the moment to reveal itself … 

Acknowledge any moments when you turned away from God’s invitations or failed to act in love and faithfulness. Take this time to ask for God’s forgiveness and grace to do better tomorrow.… 

Where, in the prayer journey of the week, have you found an opening of the heart? Where have you been challenged? Has there been something calling you to action this week? Again, notice what arises naturally… 

Look forward to the days to come, with a prayer of thanksgiving, asking for the grace to bear good fruit through love and service. 

Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit.  

As it was in the beginning, is now and ever shall be 

World without end 

Amen