Guided Prayers |

In the “Resources for Prayer” section of the book, you will find instructions for prayer techniques which might be helpful as you approach some of the suggested topics of prayer during your journey through Nurturing the Courage of Pilgrims. These include rituals for creating a sacred space, a prayerful review of God's presence in your life and two forms of imaginative prayer. Before proceeding, you might find it helpful to review this section of the book.

When you are ready, consider (and experiment with) the following prayers:

Making a Morning Caim
— looking forward to the possible events of the coming day and encircling them with God's presence and love using a Celtic technique called the caim.

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An Evening Prayer of Remembrance
— looking back on the events of your day using Celtic prayers to express gratitude for God's presence in them or remorse for your actions that ignore God’s desires for you.

Then, after you are comfortable using your imagination in prayer, consider (and again experiment with) the following prayers:

Imaginative Contemplation
— using your imagination to see, hear and feel the events of scriptural episodes before speaking with God or Christ about your experience.

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To hear a guided prayer of Jesus the healer,
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To hear a guided prayer on Jesus’ forgiveness,
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The Application of the Senses
— using your imagination to see, hear and feel the events of your earlier prayers

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("Making a Morning Caim" and "An Evening Prayer of Remembrance" were originally published to accompany Timothy J. Ray’s A Journey to the Land of the Saints. The imaginative contemplations and the application of the senses were published in his Marking the Way: an introduction to Ignatian prayer styles.)

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