St Clair Community Church Invitation to this Week’s Practice
Sunday, May 23rd, is Pentecost Sunday. It is the day in the church calendar when we remember the outpouring of the Holy Spirit on the disciples in the upper room 50 days after Easter.
For St Clair, Pentecost Sunday also marks the day that we first gathered on a Sunday, 7 years ago in 2014. Today we are in a season of crisis, conflict, and confusion as a church, we are more aware than ever of our need for the wisdom, strength and empowerment of the Holy Spirit in our everyday lives.
Each day this week, we will offer a contemplative prayer practice. We pray that as we join together in this faithful prayer as a shared practice we would see the Holy Spirit transform us and bring unity.
We invite you to join with us in praying as a way of saying “Come Holy Spirit”; individually, as a community, and in the world. Each day, starting tomorrow, we will meditate on a line from the Lord’s Prayer.
You can find this week’s prayer liturgy below or look on social media for daily prayer prompts.
What is Contemplative Prayer?
The practice of contemplative prayer is a method of meditation on a single word or phrase through repetition. We believe we are formed by repetition.
Practicing Contemplative Prayer
We encourage you to find a comfortable place and posture. Relax and quiet yourself. Some find closing one’s eyes, sitting, or lying down to be helpful. There is no time limit or specific speed in which you repeat the word(s). Use your breath to create a steady flow and focus on the word(s) you are saying. You can use your inhale to give pause to your repetition or inhale while thinking of a phrase [ex. “Holy Spirit fill me” (on inhale), “Jesus Christ lead me” (on exhale)].
Sunday’s Prayer: “Come Holy Spirit”
Monday’s Prayer: “Our Father who art in Heaven, hallowed by Your Name”
Tuesday’s Prayer: “Your Kingdom come, Your will be done on earth as it is in heaven”
Wednesday’s Prayer: “Give us this day our daily bread”
Thursday’s Prayer: “And forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us”
Friday’s Prayer: “And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil”
Saturday’s Prayer: “For Thine is the kingdom, the power, and the glory, forever and ever. Amen.”