Our women's spirituality group at church is now praying with Birth: A Guide for Prayer





by Jacqueline Syrup Bergan and Marie Schwan, CSJ. I felt a little behind yesterday because I hadn't read all of the first week's readings--I only got the book on Monday. It is very much a product of Ignatian Spirituality using the imagination in prayer. It's not the easiest prayer form for me. I like centering prayer, the Rosary, and just talking to God as I would a friend. I suppose it helps to have a book as the centerpiece of our faith sharing but could we slow down? I can find enough to pray about in one day's reading for a week.

I highly recommend another book that I am reading called One Minute Wisdom.



It has little one page gems of contemplation that fill a prayer period. The one for today was about miracles. A disciple of the Master says, "In your land it is regarded as a miracle if God does someone's will. In our country it is regarded as a miracle if someone does the will of God"(page 4).