Centering Prayer and Sacred Space

Sacred Space 2026 PRAYER GROUP
Wednesday, April 8, at 10:00 am
Gubbins Center (167th and 94th Avenue)

Something to think and pray about each day this week.
A famous picture has the Samaritan woman looking into the well
and seeing there her image—and the image of Jesus.
In the depths of the well of her life is the presence of Jesus.
In the depths of the well, when we are in love, pain, death, decision,
joy, we find God. God is near when we are near to ourselves, even
in shame and sin. We thirst for meaning in life, for knowing we are totally
loved, for community and companionship—and God offers all this.
This is the offering of God—the living water is the Holy Spirit. We thirst for
inclusion—the disciples in this story did not want Jesus talking to a woman.
So much of the religion of the time separated people. In the depths of the
well, we are all equal.
We find the mercy of God in the well. As we go into the depths of prayer
and ourselves, we are open to mercy. We may put conditions on God’s
mercy—naming our sins or numbering them. At the bottom of the well is
the water of mercy.

Donal Neary SJ

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