Advent Art Prayer 1
God of Love,
Teach me your ways of belonging.
I see division in the world and I lean into it.
I take the human side instead of making space in my heart for you to guide me and welcome me in.
Help me walk along your path.
Help me stand within your gates.
Help me embrace your love so that I might learn war no more.
May peace be within my walls.
May I seek good.
Amen
Practice Deeper Listening
Inhale:
May your peace
Exhale:
Be within my walls
Establish your Advent Practice.
Step 1: Set up a space in your home for your Advent readings. Make it comfortable. Add a candle. Perhaps next to your tree or at a table with a little festive placemat.
Step 2: Determine two times of the day when you might practice them so that if you miss the first one, you can lean into the second and not feel guilty.
Step 3: Each time you sit down to practice your Advent devotion, make a warm cup of something and begin with a couple of moments of silence and deep breathing. Close your eyes and breath in deeply the love of God for you. Ask the Spirit to join you. Then begin your readings.
Step 4: Have a little prayer journal nearby where you can list the things that stick with you or stand out to you during your devotion.
Step 5: Close your time with a couple of moments of silent deep breathing, thanking God for the love and grace that are freely given to you that claims you as God’s own.