{"id":15541,"date":"2016-03-24T05:00:59","date_gmt":"2016-03-24T09:00:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/faithfilledmom.com\/?p=15541"},"modified":"2016-03-23T16:57:44","modified_gmt":"2016-03-23T20:57:44","slug":"holy-thursday-march-24-2016-daily-reflection","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/faithfilledmom.com\/holy-thursday-march-24-2016-daily-reflection\/","title":{"rendered":"Holy Thursday, March 24, 2016 Daily Reflection"},"content":{"rendered":"
I will be sharing this meditation of the Last Supper with my students today. Take a few minutes to read it and reflect on the importance of this day.<\/p>\n
Meditation of the Last Supper<\/strong><\/p>\n Lori Hadorn-Disselkamp<\/p>\n Take a deep breath in, count to five, then release. Take another deep breath and release. With this next deep breath release your tension and your stress. Be in the silence. Be nowhere but here now. Let your thoughts be released with your next deep breath. Breathe in and release. Silence for about 15 seconds.<\/p>\n Imagine you are walking in the heat of the day down a sandy road.<\/p>\n You are wearing sandals.<\/p>\n You can feel the sand under your arch and between your toes but it is smooth and not bothersome.<\/p>\n The air is dry and hot but not humid.<\/p>\n You are walking through the middle of a town. There are people scurrying about packing up their goods on their mules and in baskets trying to get home before the sun sets. You watch as they move about so quickly and yet you are walking very slowly.<\/p>\n You find yourself drawn to an older building just down the way.<\/p>\n You stop at the entrance of the structure and notice that the door is open wide.<\/p>\n Again you feel drawn to step in to the building. It is dimly lit but you spot some steps not too far from the entrance.<\/p>\n You walk across the empty room and begin to climb the rickety wooden steps to an upper room. As you emerge from the top of the steps you notice it is a large room, nothing special, very plain but it is occupied.<\/p>\n There are several people sitting on the floor around a long table in the middle of the room.<\/p>\n You feel strangely connected to one of the people seated at the table.<\/p>\n Normally you would turn around and exit because you were obviously not invited to the small gathering but something in you urges you to continue.<\/p>\n You are walking more quietly now.<\/p>\n As you approach the table the people continue talking, they don\u2019t seem to notice you\u2019re in the room, except for the one to whom you feel drawn.<\/p>\n You stop, knowing now that He has sensed your presence.<\/p>\n You consider turning around and running back down the stairs, but instead pause for a second, then you turn towards the exit. Before you can take a single step in that direction you hear him call you by name.\u00a0 His voice is gentle and inviting.<\/p>\n And he says to you \u201ccome and join us\u201d and again he says your name.<\/p>\n You turn around and are now face to face with this person.<\/p>\n You recognize his face, but don\u2019t know his name.<\/p>\n His face is like that of a person you have known and loved all your life.<\/p>\n You stand simply staring at him.<\/p>\n As he makes his way towards you all of the people who had been talking turn to watch him go to you. He extends his hand and says \u201ccome and sit with me\u201d.<\/p>\n You place your hand in his and feel a rush of energy surge through you and then sense of calm you have never experienced before.<\/p>\n Holding your hand he leads you to the table.<\/p>\n The people shift their positions and you are seated directly across the table from him.<\/p>\n He smiles at you, looks around at his friends, and then bows his head for a moment, maybe to pray.<\/p>\n Everyone is silent but it is a comfortable silence.<\/p>\n