To help you meditate...
Father Luke, Fr Luke, CJN, ObJN, writes:
"In Julian’s time, the time of Chaucer, of Botticelli, religious and lay people alike were meditating, using a passage of a book, a painting, a rural scene as the focus of their meditation. If you haven’t meditated before, or if it has been a long time since you have meditated, here are some simple ideas to help …
Please make yourself comfortable and take time to look around you. It often helps to uncross your legs and sit with both feet on the floor. Give thanks to God who invited you here.
And, when you are ready, you might like to pray the Our Father, Hail Mary, or another favourite prayer … slowly … steadily …
Now, concentrate on your breathing. It often helps to take a deep breath, hold it, then let it out slowly … gradually … and to do the same again, a few times, focusing on your breathing for a little while …
Then choose an extract from either the Revelations of Divine Love, whose title ‘speaks’ to you, or another book, or look at something that you’ve brought along with you, or simply look at where you are sitting. Take your time over reading or looking, remembering to breathe deeply … slowly …
After you’ve read or looked, remain seated and take time to let yourself ‘come back’, as it were, into the present. Allow yourself to take about another ten deep breaths. You could pray, ‘Thanks be to God,’ and then quietly leave where you are. Enjoy the rest of your day, knowing that you’ve shared some precious time with God.