October 3 2011 .... Death Anniversary of St. Francis in 1226

Relax...Let your teeth come apart a bit ... let your tongue come away from the roof of your mouth.

Breathe in deeply and let it out with a sigh.

Sit comfortably with an erect spine and your head level.  Let your gaze rest softly on the screen in front of you. Bring your attention to your breathe. Bring all your attention to the sensations at the edge of your nostrils.  If you notice yourself thinking simply say to yourself "thought" and come back to your breath.

When you are ready launch the video below which will guide you through a five minute mindfulness meditation.  If you wish you may read the passage below following your meditation.

Holy Lover, make me an instrument of your peace.

Where there is hatred, let me sow love.

Where there is injury, pardon.

Where there is doubt, faith.

Where there is despair, hope.

Where there is darkness, light.

Where there is sadness, joy.

O Beloved,

grant that I may not so much seek to be consoled, as to console;

to be understood, as to understand;

to be loved, as to love.

For it is in giving that we receive.

It is in pardoning that we are pardoned,

and it is in dying that we are born to Eternal Life.

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Om Shanti, Shalom, Salem, Peace, Peace, Peace, Amen