Loving and serving God and one another for the healing of the world.
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In the cycle of the church year, we are in the season of Lent.
Below, you will find resources for engaging with the spiritual practices of this season. Add something new to your toolkit for the journey!
Lenten Devotional
This Lent, we are pleased to offer a daily devotional from Communities for Spiritual Vitality titled The Sermon on the Mount: On Earth as in Heaven. It contains readings, prayers, and beautiful artwork from contributors across Episcopal Province I. There will also be a 7-week formation gathering using this devotional via Zoom.
An Ignatian Prayer Adventure
The eight-week schedule of this guide, adapted from The Ignatian Adventure by Kevin O’Brien, SJ, makes a perfectly timed Lent/Easter retreat, but the adventure can be started at any time, on your schedule. Join in a flexible experience of daily prayer and reflection. Choose to commit to a regular period of prayer each day, or start with only one day a week. Use as much or as little of the material as helps you in your Ignatian adventure.
“Life is short, and we do not have much time to gladden the hearts of those who make the journey with us. So be swift to love, and make haste to be kind. And the blessing of God, who made us, who loves us, and who travels with us be with you now and forever. Amen.”
— Episcopal Maine benediction, based on the words of Henri Frederic Amiel (1821-1881)