I recently attended an Advent Quiet Morning prayer retreat. It was great. The extended and repeated periods of silence were so good. The retreat was led by my friend Christine Sine and included a number of wonderful prayers that I want to pass on. You can find Christine’s blog at https://godspacelight.com/blog/ You can also find many of these same prayers on beautiful prayer cards in the Godspace Store located here.

Here were some of my favorite prayers used at the retreat. I encourage you to pray them out loud and slowly with good pauses between the paragraphs.

 

Breath Prayer #1
In this season of waiting, breathe in life,
Life of the One who created all things,
And whose image we bear.

In this season of waiting breathe in love,
Love of the One who gave a precious Son
To live as one of us.

In this season of waiting breathe in peace,
Peace of the One who calmed the sea,
And quiets the tumult of our souls.

In this season of waiting breathe in hope,
Hope in the One who transforms our world
And is indeed making all things new.

Breath Prayer #2
Breathe in the breath of God,
Breathe out your cares and concerns.

Breathe in the love of God,
Breathe out your doubts and despair.

Breathe in the life of God,
Breathe out your fears and frustrations.

Sit quietly before the One who gives life and love to all creation,
Sit in awe of the One who formed us in our mother’s womb,
Sit in peace surrounded by the One who fills every fiber of our being.

Breathe in the breath of God,
Breathe out your tensions and turmoil.

Breathe in the love of God,
Breathe out your haste and hurry.

Breathe in the life of God,
Breathe out your work and worry.

Sit quietly before the One who gives life and love to all creation,
Sit in awe of the One who formed us in our mother’s womb,
Sit in peace surrounded by the One who fills every fiber of our being.

Make Room
Make room, let Christ be born,
In the quiet and innermost spaces,
Of your heart.

Make room, let Christ be born
In the streets and in the ghettos,
In the famines and the plagues
And in the wars.

Make room, let Christ be born,
Not far away in distant ages,
But in every heart and place,
Where love and faith are found.

Make room, let Christ be born,
And make in us His Bethlehem.

 

May these prayers bless and draw you into the awe of Advent and the celebration of God’s incarnation.

God bless,
Coe