Seasonal Prayer

Prayer Support

Please contact Rev. Cari at the Crossroads office if you would like some support for your prayer life. She would be glad to assist you first by engaging you in conversation about your current practice of prayer, and then by making a few gentle suggestions about different approaches you might try next. Prayer is a relationship with God which can undergo ups and downs like any other relationship. Please reach out if you are feeling lost or disconnected from God.

During the seasons of Advent (preparing for Christmas) and Lent (preparing for Easter) we post daily Scripture texts for the use for the use of spiritual seekers. At the start of a new calendar year, we also post a guide to a “Yearly Examen” so that participants can use the events of their own life to reflect on where God has led them in the year. For suggestions of texts at other times of the year, please be in touch with Rev. Cari. 

Texts for Praying in the Season of Lent

Praying Through Lent – Download

Thanks to a group of Ignatian Spiritual Directors who have provided these texts for reflecting in prayer with during the season of preparation for the Mystery of Easter. Prepare to read reflectively, for “formation” rather than “information.” First get settled in your body by taking a few deep breaths, or by doing a body scan. Then ask for the grace you need to attend to God’s Word in this way (there are suggestions in the document) and then read the text slowly, listening to what particularly speaks to you. Spend 15 to 20 minutes in this contemplation, then turn to your journal to record any reflections in word or in artistic form.

An Introduction to Centering Prayer