Beauty – The First Word – 19 March

Beauty: The First Word – Friday 19th March 2021

Welcome to the first evening of our retreat, Beauty: The First Word with Chris Webb, Deputy Warden of Launde Abbey.

If you’ve not yet downloaded our Guide for online retreats you can find it here.

Take a few moments in silence as you begin your time of retreat today. Remind yourself that you spend today in the presence of God who loves you and seeks to draw you closer. Allow yourself to settle into stillness and silence within so that God’s voice can be heard.

You may want to begin the retreat by listening to our Praying Lent service for the day.

Or download the mp3 file so you can listen at another time
Or you may prefer the Church of England service of Evening Prayer here.

 

7.30 – 8.10pm First Zoom session: Welcome and Orientation.

You’ll find the Zoom link in your email.

 

After the Zoom session, watch Chris’s first reflection.

The images described in the talk, and a number of others you may wish to use for reflection, can be found here.
Hokusai’s Reflection in Lake at Misaka in Kai Province can be found here.
During this talk, Chris invites us to reflect on two questions:
1. What, in your world, is beautiful?
2. In what is beautiful can you see God’s beauty?

 

You may want to draw the day to a close by listening to Compline.

Or download the mp3 file so you can listen at another time.
Or you may prefer the Church of England service of Compline here.