Allowing Ourselves to Receive

Maundy Thursday Ignatian Meditation

Ignatian Meditation

Today’s practice will be an invitation to use your imagination to enter a story from Holy Week.

Ignatian Spirituality emphasizes that our imagination is a gift from a God, a gift we can use in prayer to encounter God and know ourselves more deeply. There is no pressure to conjure up anything in your imagination, to make something happen.

Sometimes in guided reflections like this, I so want something great to happen, I feel stressed as I try to imagine. As much as possible, let go of any preconceived ideas, and allow yourself to be open. To let your imagination go as a child does in their play.

It’s also totally normal to have distracting thoughts come into your mind, when you notice this, release them and come back to the reflection.

I also want to acknowledge that slowing down, reflecting, imagining might be new territory, it might bring up stuff for us, stuff that needs tending later on.

Have grace with yourself, returning to your breath, inviting God to be with you in whatever is stirring.