1 / 17

Gather us O God Unify and set us free! Gather us O God May Your Spirit with us be!

Gather us O God Unify and set us free! Gather us O God May Your Spirit with us be!. In the kindness that we show In the good ness that we have in the justice that we live our God is! In the heartache we may know – in the healing we may need Our God is truly known.

sabina
Download Presentation

Gather us O God Unify and set us free! Gather us O God May Your Spirit with us be!

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. Gather us O God Unify and set us free! Gather us O God May Your Spirit with us be!

  2. In the kindness that we show In the good ness that we have in the justice that we live our God is! In the heartache we may know – in the healing we may need Our God is truly known. In the heart of you and me In the wonder of our minds In the glory of creation our God is! In the Word of Life we hearin the Blessed bread we eat Our God is truly known! In the laughter that we share In the joy we celebrate In the friendship that we have Our God IS In the love that warms our hearts In the gifts that we give Our God is truly known GOD IS MORE THAN ANY MIND COULD KNOW MORE THAN ANY HEART COULD LOVE GOD IS MYSTERY SACRED MYSTERY ALL THE WONDER AND BEAUTY OF LIFE God is Mystery

  3. The Song of Community We'll weave a love that greens sure as spring, Then deepens in summer to the fall autumn brings. Resting still in winter to spiral again, Together my friends we'll weave on, we'll weave on. A love that heals friend, that bends friend, That rising and turning then yields friend, ike mountain to rain or frost in the spring Or darkness the turns with the dawn. It's by turning, turning, turning my friend, By turning that love moves on. We'll weave a love that opens our eyes To see one another beyond all disguise, Where our trust like water will wash away lies, Together my friends we'll weave on, we'll weave on. We'll weave a love that touches our pain, That comes like the water to drought-fevered plains, So that roots once withered sing praise to the rain, Together my friends we'll weave on, we'll weave on. We'll weave a love that holds the despised, The stranger who wanders the focus of lies, We'll stand sure as mountains with Earth's victimised, Together my friends we'll weave on, we'll weave on. We'll weave a love with roots growing deep And sap pushing branches to wake from their sleep, Bearing leaves burnt amber with mornings full sweep, Together my friends we'll weave on, we'll weave on.

  4. Gifts at the Service of All What do we do well What do we not do well and enjoy!! and yet enjoy! What do we not enjoy What do we not do and do well well and we don’t enjoy either?

  5. The Challenge If you know who you are… If you know your unique manifestation in life… If you are in constant touch with that… If you know you are good and loveable… Then…you are not threatened by me if I am different!

  6. If you know who you are … then you have the capacity to delight in my differences. The more you delight in me the more I can go into fifteen billion years of energy and keep pulling out all kinds of treasures Embracing Difference

  7. If… You affirm me because of my different tastes from you I’ll become a poet! I’ll become a musician: I’ll become a computer analyst; I’ll become … ME!

  8. The more you affirm the more I’ll bring it out. I will even become at your rejoicing, capable of compassion and mercy, gentleness and justice, integrity and peace. You… Bring out in me, you activate in me The Deepest Mysteries of the Universe. That… is Love. (adapted from Thomas Berry)

  9. Leadership

  10. Time to reflect on Transformation – Transformation is a messy matter.The distance between an acorn and an oak, a caterpillar and a butterfly, a rally and a riot, a sinner and a saint…admits of many strange twists and turns.The scenes are not always beautiful. The process is not always painless.In the midst of transformation we can only be assured of unknowing. The past offers no hope of return. The future offers no promise of arrival.Attentiveness to the Journeybecomes the important activity but always in reference to the unknown.We must, as the Peruvian Proverbindicates…Create the Path…by Walking.

  11. Transition Transformation Real transformation takes time, and a renewal effort risks losing momentum if there are no short-term goals to meet and celebrate. Most people won't go on the long march unless they see compelling evidence within twelve to twenty-four months that the journey is producing expected results. Without short-term wins, too many people give up or actively join the ranks of those people who have been resisting change.

  12. ‘Listen to theWhisperings of God to your own Heart.’Private Reflection TimeWhat is staying with me?What has nourished me?What is challenging me?Something I’d like to share with my group Sharing the Wisdom Listen to each one (listening) What are we hearing (listening) Discussion Task: One-two things your group would like to share with the large group Call One to report back to the large group.

  13. Transformation • Where am I now? 2) What is the new hope, new growth emerging? • What are the obstacles within me that could block the new growth? • In the light of 3… what do I need for the new life/hope/growth to begin? (from the God in self, friends, colleagues, community) 2 1 3 4 Personal Reflection

  14. Journal Jot Word/s 2) .......................................................................................... 1) ......................................................................................................... 3) ......................................................................................................... 4) ......................................................................................................... Integration Process

  15. The Vision will be fulfilled in its own time It may seem slow in coming… but wait for it! for it will surely come (Habakkuk) And meanwhile may we work together with courage and determination, patience and wisdom - for God’s Dream the Reign of God in our time. May we trust in the Providence of our Compassionate God Amen

  16. Gratitude is the Memory of the Heart Mary MacKillop‘ We gather, As Community In the Name of our Provident God In the Name of Jesus – the Ever-Coming Light In the Name of God’s Spirit of faithful Love Amen ‘Nothing shall disturb you Nothing, frighten you. Patience obtains all things, in God you want for nothing. For God never changes, God alone is enough. For God never changes, God alone is enough. The Word I will come to you and fulfil My gracious promise...For I know the plans I have for you...plans to prosper you, plans to give you hope and a future, Jeremiah 29:10-11 Sharing of our symbols A Psalm celebrating God’s Providence It would have been enough if You had lifted us from nothingness into humanity, but You made us in Your own image. We thank You. It would have been enough if You had made a simple covenant limited to our life-time, but you wove the generations into one long benediction We praise You. It would have been enough if You had lead us out of slavery, but You continue to share our bondage until we are fully free. We bless You. It would have been enough if You had championed the cause of justice for all who are oppressed, but You heal the broken hearted, and You bind up all our wounds, We need You. It would have been enough if You had simply shared Your Vision through the prophets of the past, but You speak prophetic words to us and through us, even now. We hear You It would have been enough if You had sojourned briefly among us but You stayed with us and within us. We live by Your holy Spirit and we rejoice and give thanks Amen

More Related