Saturday 9 November 2024

Welcome to the Saturday Examen. Take a moment to find a feeling of stillness and safety within your body…within the presence of God. For today’s Examen, we will reflect on ‘fear’. Fear makes us withdraw from others and can sometimes make us spiral inwards. Faith overcomes our fears. It enables us to trust in God’s love so that we can go out to others with compassion and generosity. When have you really trusted in God’s goodness and been generous in giving? Remember such a time and savour it . . . When has fear made your heart closed to others’ needs? Acknowledge this before God and let God love you in your poverty. In your own words, take some time to pray that God will calm your fears, and deepen your trust, that you might be generous in loving the world. Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit. As it was in the beginning, is now and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.