A Time of Transformation
Are you seeking meaningful change?
Inspiration?
Healing?
Covering the timespan between winter’s end and spring’s new beginnings, this 40-day period is known in spiritual traditions and literature as a time of transformation.
Meaningful change needs time to unfold and 40 days has long been one measure of its maturation.
In that spirit, I have designed what I am calling A Prayer Journey for the Soul, A Journey of Prayer and Contemplation, and A Journey of Compassion and Joy, each spans the traditional time of Lent. Choose one that calls to you.
In the Christian tradition, Lent has long been an opportunity to simplify and purify your life with prayer, to empty all that needs healing, to allow in the transformative grace that follows such deep and sincere devotion. But Lent has grown beyond its Catholic roots to become a universal healing opportunity that exceeds the reach of a single religion or tradition.
As we begin to walk through another year of great change and possibility, it is essential to be able to turn to a prayer journey that not only enables you to undergo this beloved sacred Christian process but to build through the grace of prayer the strength and virtues that will be needed for the birth of a divine humanity: the passion to adore the Divine and creation itself, the passion of compassion for every sentient being, the passion to pour yourself out calmly and wisely in sacredly inspired action.
So while these prayer journeys can be taken during this season of Lent, each is a journey you, as a sincere seeker, can take any time.
Many of you walked joyously with me on these journeys and reported how meaningful it had been for you, so I present them to you in order and invite you to walk this sacred path with me, whether this is your first, second or third time.
Each practice has an entirely different, deeply evocative, selection of prayer.Â
Thank you for considering to join me in this extraordinary practice and this deep healing dive into God’s grace.
Choose Your Prayer Journey
EMBARK ON YOURÂ
40 days & 40 nights of prayer
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At the beginning and end of each day, you will receive an email with a prayer. I suggest you devote thirty minutes each morning and evening as follows:
- First, before reading the prayer, spend 10 minutes in silent meditation to clear your spirit, allowing you to receive the power and imprint of the prayer.
- Next, read and re-read the prayer for 10 minutes. Dive deeply into each holy word or phrase, asking for guidance and healing. Note the feelings, emotions or images that present themselves.
- Finally, for 10 minutes pray calmly and with passionate focus, keeping your heart open; pray the prayer again, letting it flow through you. Sit calmly for any time left. Rest and when you are ready, jot down any thoughts or images you want to include in your journal and write about more fully later.Â
Before you begin this journey, I urge you to have a journal on hand so you can track what arises in you as the days pass. This becomes a valuable record not just of memory but of your own transformative experience during this stage of your soul’s journey, one that will inspire you as you continue on your own unique path.Â
Meet Andrew Harvey
Andrew Harvey is Founder and Director of The Institute for Sacred Activism, an international organization focused on inviting concerned people to take up the challenge of our contemporary global crises by becoming inspired, effective, and practical agents of institutional and systemic change, in order to create peace and sustainability.
Sacred Activism is a transforming force of compassion-in-action that is born of a fusion of deep spiritual knowledge, courage, love, and passion, with wise radical action in the world. The large-scale practice of Sacred Activism can become an essential force for preserving and healing the planet and its inhabitants.
