In today’s Lenten journal, Rev. Judith Liro ponders circles—the circle made by prayer beads, the circle we gather in to worship, and the great circle of life. “Come to the circle, the circle of Life, Come to the circle of Life.Come to the circle, the circle of Life, Come, dance and sing! ” —Words and music by …
Mary, by St H member, Peggiann Jones In today’s Lenten blog, Rev. Judith Liro, explores how prayer beads and the connection they bring to Mary, mother of Jesus, can bring us comfort. Today I want to focus on the comfort to be found in praying with beads. We have a need to be soothed and …
“This is what it means to say Scripture is sacred and inspired. It’s not that every word is a law that must be followed or that every word was dictated from above. It simply means that the Holy Spirit speaks to us in and through these stories.” — Rev. Judith Liro
Today, the Rev. Judith Liro, founding priest of St Hildegard’s explains how she takes the ancient tradition of praying with the Roman Catholic rosary and makes it come alive for herself with new language. The image above is from https://wayoftherose.org/sample-page/ “In the circle (of a Roman Catholic rosary) there are five large beads with ten …
“Within our community we’ve been longing for a shared practice that is Hildegardian and organic, a dance with Spirit and traditional form resonating with our life up to now and fitting our new reality of being dispersed across many time zones. Perhaps praying with beads together in a Hildegardian way could enhance our healing container …
