Welcoming Prayer – Open, open open.

Today we’re going to return once more to the Welcoming Prayer, this time with less reflection and more meditation.

Settle into breath, body, stillness. Sink into the chair and be held, supported and sustained.

We welcome peace, love, grace and the enfolding of God…

Welcome, welcome, welcome.

I welcome everything that comes to me today
because I know it’s for my healing.

I welcome all thoughts, feelings, emotions, persons,
situations, and conditions.

I let go of my desire for power and control.

I let go of my desire for affection, esteem,
approval and pleasure.

I let go of my desire for survival and security.

I let go of my desire to change any situation,
condition, person or myself.

I open to the love and presence of God and God’s action within.

Amen

Repeat the last line a few times slowly.

Open, open open…. be with this word, receive it, let it settle on your heart and help it find a welcome within.

Open, open, open…

As I sit with this word, what do I notice within myself?

How does it make me feel?

What shifts take place within me as I meditate on “open”.

Is there any part of me that I sense is being invited to open?

What do I need to open to?

Am I able to receive it? 

I open to the love and presence of God.

The Love and presence of God… Love

Be with the words Love of God or just Love if you prefer.

What do I notice within myself as I linger in these words/ this word?

Is there any part of me that needs to receive love more deeply in this moment?

Is there anywhere within that needs to remember that I’m loved?

Do I notice a particular emotion within me to which love would be a balm?

Is there a part of my body that as asking for love?

Receive Love.

God’s action within.

Be with the words God’s action within.

Does this loving action find a resting place within?

What is the work/ action that God or Love is working in you at the moment?

Do you notice the changes that have been occurring as God’s action works?

Do you want to intentionally welcome once more, this action within?

Rest in God’s loving care of you and Her working for you even when you’re unaware.

To end… once more the Welcoming Prayer…

Welcome, welcome, welcome.

I welcome everything that comes to me today
because I know it’s for my healing.

I welcome all thoughts, feelings, emotions, persons,
situations, and conditions.

I let go of my desire for power and control.

I let go of my desire for affection, esteem,
approval and pleasure.

I let go of my desire for survival and security.

I let go of my desire to change any situation,
condition, person or myself.

I open to the love and presence of God and God’s action within.

Amen