Sacred Heart Church

July Prayer Intention

Creation

Bless the Lord, O my soul!  O Lord my God, thou are very great!  Thou art clothed with honor and majesty, who coverest thyself with light as with a garment, who stretched out the heavens like a tent, who makest the clouds thy charlot, who ridest on the wings of the wind, who makest thy messengers, fire and flame thy ministers. 

Scriptural Reading

 Col 1:16, 2 Corinthians 5, Act 3:21, Ps 104,

I don’t think it is enough appreciated how much an outdoor book the Bible is.  It is a “hypaethral book”, such as Thoreau talked about-a book open to the sky.  It is best read and understood outdoors, and farther the better.  Or that has been my experience of it.  Passages that within walls seem improbably or incredible, outdoors seem merely natural…author Wendell Berry

 From Spiritual Literacy

Conversations:  What spiritual teachers have given you the most insight into the language of nature.

Activities/Projects: The next time you have a picnic in a park, go to the beach, or visit a tourist stop along the highway, take a trash bag along and spend a few minutes picking up litter. 

Spiritual Exercises/Rituals: Choose some appropriate passages from the bible and follow the suggestions of Wendell Berry and read them outdoors.