WELCOME TODAY TWO

OF YOUR ONLINE RETREAT

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NINE DAYS WITH

MARY mACKILLOP

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Be still

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Breathe deeply

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God is with you

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Open the eyes and ears of your heart

To the indwelling god

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As you read the scripture passage

on the slide that followsbecome aware of what word or

phrase speaks to you?

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You care for the earth, give it water,

You fill it with riches.Your river in heaven brims over

To provide its grain.

And thus you provide for the earth;You drench its furrows,

You level it, soften it with showerYou bless its growth.

Psalm 65:9-14

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Sit with that word or phrase.

Ponder it.

Let it speak to your inner spirit.

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The Psalmist gives thanks for God’s gift of water

that softens the earth and brings forth life.

Mary gave thanks for her mother Flora,

who taught her, at an early age, to trust in God to provide the

“water,” grace that was necessary

for Mary to become the good soil that would bring forth

much life.

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“Dearest Mamma, you ever taught me to look up to and depend on divine providence in every trouble and when you saw me dull or unhappy you always had the same sweet reminder for me.

Ah, do not forget what you taught me. You were my first teacher.”

(21 August, 1867)

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What stirs in your heartas you hold these words

of Mary MacKillop?

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I, your God, provide for you (your name);

I, your God, soften you (your name) with showers;

I, your God, bless your growth (your name).”

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I, (your name) do want to depend on God to drench me

to become good soil that will bring forth much life.

In the stillness of my inner spirit God is inviting me to become good

soil for...

May God, May God, who drenches the earth who drenches the earth with rain to bring forth with rain to bring forth life, life, shower me, shower me, soften me soften me and bring forth life and bring forth life in me.in me. (Psalm 104 adapted)

May I become God’s May I become God’s ““good soil” good soil”

so that all creation may so that all creation may give thanks and glory to give thanks and glory to

God. God.

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WE look forward to praying with you on

day THREE.