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A 21-minute audio guided meditation in John’s Gospel, John 10:31-42, using Lectio Divina.







The text in this meditation comes from the NRSV and NIV, and includes most but not all of the verses in John 10:31-42. See below for verses in today’s meditation.







22 Then came the Festival of Dedication at Jerusalem. It was winter, 23 and Jesus was in the temple courts walking in Solomon’s Colonnade. 24 The Jews who were there // gathered around him, saying, “How long will you keep us in suspense? If you are the Messiah, tell us plainly.”







25 Jesus answered, “I did tell you, but you do not believe. The works I do in my Father’s name testify about me, …







 30 I and the Father are one.”







31 Again [they] picked up stones to stone him, 







32 but Jesus said to them, “I have shown you many good works from the Father. For which of these do you stone me?”







33 “We are not stoning you for any good work,” they replied, “but for blasphemy, because you, a mere man, claim to be God.”







34 And Jesus answered Can you say that the one who the Father sent into the world is blaspheming because I said I am God’s Son?







37  even though you do not believe me, believe the works I do of my Father, that you may know and understand that the Father is in me, and I in the Father.” 







39 Again they tried to seize him, but he escaped their grasp.







40 Then Jesus went back across the Jordan to the place where John had been baptizing in the early days. There he stayed, 41 and many people came to him. And in that place many believed in Jesus.







Contemplative at Home offers guided meditative prayer – space to slow down and listen to the truth that is being born out of God’s love for you today – drawing on Ignatian spirituality and at times, Lectio Divina.







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All music by Pete Hatch. 







Image: Jesus Walks in the Portico of Solomon By James Tissot – Online Collection of Brooklyn Museum; Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 2007, 00.159.177_PS2.jpg, Public Domain.

A 20-minute audio guided meditation in John’s Gospel, John 10:11-15, using Lectio Divina.







In this meditation on John’s Gospel, I invite you to join me in taking a ‘long, loving look’ at a few verses of text, beholding the words as living, shimmering, life-giving containers which hold endless layers of wisdom, mystery, beauty and truth.







Distraction is a normal part of meditation, so don’t be worried if you hardly pay attention to this meditation at all. That is nearly to be expected, depending on how things are for you just now. You might be helpful to write down the thing that is distracting you on a piece of paper, giving your mind the assurance that you’ll pick it up later, and the permission to leave it for the time being.







All blessings as you pray.







Contemplative at Home offers guided meditative prayer – space to slow down and listen to the truth that is being born out of God’s love for you today – drawing on Ignatian spirituality and at times, Lectio Divina.







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All music by Pete Hatch. 

A 23-minute audio guided meditation in John’s Gospel, John 10:1-10, using Imaginative Contemplation.







In this meditation on John’s Gospel, I invite you to imagine that you’re on a Galilean hillside, listening to Jesus speak.







Just for these few minutes, I invite you to leave your dogma, your creed, your thoughts, and your rational mind aside, and become present to your deeper self, your true self or essential self. I invite you to a way of unknowing, a place of deep being. 







Contemplative at Home offers guided meditative prayer – space to slow down and listen to the truth that is being born out of God’s love for you today – drawing on Ignatian spirituality and at times, Lectio Divina.







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You can support the show by sharing it with a friend, rating it on your preferred podcast platform, making a one-off donation or becoming a member. Thank you so much!







All music by Pete Hatch. 

A 10-minute meditation on the love of God with breath awareness and verses from the Psalms and prophets.







This is an updated version of a meditation released in 2022, with more space to let the verses settle in to your psyche. Listeners to the previous meditation responded in the following ways:









“Deep deep thanks. I really struggled today but I’m in a beautiful calm place after this”

– Janine









“Might become a go to meditation for me these next few weeks.”

– Ian









“So thankful for God’s tender love and understanding”

– Anon







This meditation is ideal is for moments when you need grounding, centering, comfort or peace.







Verses include Jeremiah 31:3, Psalm 86:15, Zephaniah 3:17, Psalm 36:7 (various translations).







You are loved with an everlasting love.







Grace and peace.







Contemplative at Home offers guided meditative prayer – space to slow down and listen to the truth that is being born out of God’s love for you today – drawing on Ignatian spirituality and at times, Lectio Divina.







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You can support the show by sharing it with a friend, rating it on your preferred podcast platform, making a one-off donation or becoming a member. Thank you so much!







All music by Pete Hatch. 

A guided meditation with John 20:11-18, using imaginative contemplation. 23 minutes.







This is the re-release of a meditation first published in 2022.







This passage has meant so much to me and helped me, in a crisis of faith, to see that what feels like The End may in fact be a beginning, an invitation to something much bigger.







Here are some thoughts I shared in 2022:









“In today’s meditation, based on John 20:11-18, Mary isn’t ready to see that she is in transition. She still clings with all she’s worth … to Jesus of Nazareth as she’s known him and loved him. 







Jesus, however, is ushering her in to a different, but deeper relationship with both himself and the Father. She’s now being offered the same intimacy and access to the Father that Jesus has had himself. “I’m going to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God.” To step into this, she must let go of Jesus as she’s known him.







As you travel to this moment in your imagination, may you encounter the risen Jesus, and may this speak to whatever transition, or liminal space, you find yourself in just now.”









Every blessing.















For further meditations on encounters with the risen Christ from John’s Gospel, check out these links:







Jesus appears to the disciples in the upper room, speaking “Peace” and breathing the Holy Spirit into them. (18 minutes – John 20:19-23)







Thomas, who needs to see to believe. (18 minutes – John 20:24-29)







Breakfast on the Beach (21 minutes – John 21:1-14)







Do You Love Me? (20 minutes – John 21:15-22)















Contemplative at Home offers guided meditative prayer – space to slow down and listen to the truth that is being born out of God’s love for you today – drawing on Ignatian spirituality and at times, Lectio Divina.







Sign up for Lissy’s newsletter “The Contemplative Window” or join our Facebook group here







You can support the show by sharing it with a friend, rating it on your preferred podcast platform, making a one-off donation or becoming a member. Thank you so much!







All music by Pete Hatch. 

A 16-minute audio guided meditation in John’s Gospel, John 20:1-10, using Imaginative Contemplation.













Christ is risen. Alleluia!







In this meditation we are reminded that the resurrection of Jesus broke over his friends and disciples slowly, amidst confusion and stress.







As I reviewed this meditation for editing, I was surprised at how vivid the experience at the empty tomb was for me, and found a beautiful new light in my heart.







Enter this story for yourself and discover a new perspective on your faith in the resurrection of Christ.







He is risen indeed. Alleluia!







Contemplative at Home offers guided meditative prayer – space to slow down and listen to the truth that is being born out of God’s love for you today – drawing on Ignatian spirituality and at times, Lectio Divina.







Sign up for Lissy’s newsletter “The Contemplative Window” or join our Facebook group here







You can support the show by sharing it with a friend, rating it on your preferred podcast platform, making a one-off donation or becoming a member. Thank you so much!







Image: The Two Disciples at the Tomb by Henry Ossawa Tanner, 1906. Public Domain.







All music by Pete Hatch.