Roman Catholic Diocese of Hamilton in Bermuda

 

House of Prayer

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Caritas located on South Shore Road in Paget East is open to  people  of    all faiths on Wednesdays for quiet prayer and reflection.  The hours are from 10:30AM to 7 PM.  In addition to providing a peaceful setting for prayer, there is an opportunity to share faith with others and to make use of the many  spiritual books and tapes that are available.

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For further information call Sister Dolores or Sister Judith at 236-5877.

 

Text Box:   Caritas House of Prayer Fall Schedule 10:30 AM Recitation of the Rosary 11AM – 3PM   Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament (On Mass days Exposition lasts until 5 PM) 3:30– 4:45 PM  “Know Your Faith” Session – Understanding the Creed (Alternate Wednesdays beginning September 24th)   5:45 PM                           Evening Prayer or Mass          

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A Meditation

To be a person of wonder you must learn to take off your shoes often.  Taking off your shoes is a sacred ritual.  It is a hallowed moment of remembering the goodness of space and time.

It is a way of celebrating the holy ground on which you stand.  If you want to be a person of wonder, cherish the truth that time and space are holy.  Whether you take off your shoes literally or symbolically matters little.  What is important is that you are alive to the holy ground on which you stand because:

My bare feet walk the earth reverently for everything keeps crying: take off your shoes…the ground you stand on is holy. The ground of your being is holy.

When the wind sings through the pines like the breath of God, awakening you to the sacred present, calling your soul to new insights, take off your shoes.

When the sun rises above your roof top coloring your world with dawn, be receptive to this awesome beauty, put on your garment of adoration.  Take off your shoes.

When sorrow presses close to your heart, begging you to put your trust in God alone, filling you with a quiet knowing that God’s hand is not too short to heal you.  Take off your shoes.

When a new person comes into your life like a mystery about to unfold and you find yourself marveling over the frailty and splendor of every human being.  Take off your shoes.

Take off your shoes of distraction.  Take off your shoes of ignorance and blindness.  Take off your shoes of worry and hurry.  Take off anything that prevents you from being a person of wonder.  Take off your shoes.  The ground you stand on is holy.  The ground you are is holy.

God, with us, when the bushes burn wildly around us, calling us from the comfort of protected feet, hold us in readiness.  Call our hearts to courage so that we may take off our shoes and go and be and do in Jesus’ name.  Amen

Come apart, and rest awhile on a Quiet Wednesday!