Good morning.
One of the things I like about Visio Divina is that as a self-diagnosed person with ADHD the pause is so important and looking helps my focus and I think maybe it's true for everybody.
So anyways, this morning we're going to take a deep breath. Relax.
Invite Jesus into this pause in life while we do some divine seeing. We do this silently and taking time to be still can help us be more aware of any message that God may want to give us and can help us think carefully how to respond.
Dear Jesus, we invite you into this prayer exercise and invite you to speak to us through our eyes and our hearts as we look at this image.
This image was chosen in particular because it is Missing, murdered, indigenous women time, memory time.
Look at the image. And let your eyes stay with the first thing you see.
Just stay with it for a while.
What thoughts or emotions are coming to your mind? What might you be feeling?
Ask God, as we have, please speak to us. We invite you to pay attention to your thoughts and feelings.
Taking the picture as a whole what else stands out to you beyond the first item you focused on?
How does the entire image make you feel?
Does it provoke any… Questions.
Or stir up memories.
Or even a scripture passage.