Consciousness. Integrity. Love.
Becoming a Shining Light
We’ve just come through another Lenten season and Easter here at the Denver Center of Light, and every year I am amazed by the beauty, depth and reality of this time. Through our practices, meditations and readings, we truly enter into a unity with Jesus and Mary that is impossible to describe, but so real and powerful. During Lent, we strive to change patterns within ourselves and to offer up these negative patterns to Jesus and Mary. Because of this intention I have found it possible to change things in myself that I’ve struggled with for years, because I’m doing it from a place of love and gratitude. I’ve given up simple things like caffeine and sugar, and deep-seated things like a fear of being powerful. Also during Lent we make small sacrifices such as 24-hour fasts. These sacrifices seem so small in comparison to the great sacrifice of Jesus and Mary for us, and we all have experienced gratitude for being able to give these small sacrifices.
After going through these 40 days of Lent and making these changes and offerings, we each feel changed in very real ways. We feel like different people. We come to sunrise service on Easter morning ready and open to have the risen Lord revealed to us. The beauty of this revelation is profound. We find ourselves in love with Jesus, illuminated by His light, and transformed by His life. This is real Christianity – a faith that transforms us into shining lights.
By Christa, Deacon, Denver
| This entry was posted by revmargaret on April 13, 2010 at 7:35 pm, and is filed under Denver. Follow any responses to this post through RSS 2.0. You can leave a response or trackback from your own site. |
No comments yet.
No trackbacks yet.
Journey of Love
about 11 months ago - No comments
When I first stepped into the Center of Light, I felt enveloped by sincerity, warmth, and love. I was spiritually searching for this authenticity and genuineness and knew that this is where it existed in its purest form. When first meeting with Reverend David and Reverend Monica, I became aware that my pursuit of transformative More >
Mary of Magdala
about 1 year ago - 1 comment
Over the past couple of weeks, at the Center of Light, Seattle we have been reading about and discussing the conversion of Mary Magdalene. Her story is a story of complete transformation. She went from being riddled with darkness to becoming one of the most faithful of the Master Jesus’ disciples. Hers is a journey More >
Overwhelmed by Love
about 1 year ago - 1 comment
At the time I found the Center of Light two years ago, I felt like a leaf that was hopelessly tossed about in the autumn wind. There were some temporary ups and funny turns, but the overall trajectory seemed downward and hopeless. In my heart I was despaired. For years I had tried to find More >
Dreaming of Brotherhood
about 1 year ago - No comments
When I was nine years old I remember my parents telling me, “we’re going to move just one more time.” They sincerely understood that it was getting harder to leave friends and schools as my sister and I got older. By the time we settled in Colorado one year later it was the eighth house More >
The Start of My Life in God
about 1 year ago - 1 comment
I was an artist. This was just what I was and if you asked me how I was going to support myself as an artist (was I going to be a commercial graphic designer? NO!) I would get very offended because that just didn’t matter to me as much as being “free” and making art More >
Colorado Peace Ride 2010
about 1 year ago - 4 comments
The Colorado Peace Ride? It’s a 238-mile bicycle ride in the mountains to raise money for non-profit organizations. I said, “Sure. I’ll do it.” I hadn’t ridden a bike since I was twelve years old, but I was up for the challenge. I had no idea what I was getting into. After all, it’s just about riding a bike, right? More >
Not Your Parents’ Jesus and Mary
about 1 year ago - 3 comments
I have been living in spiritual community for six weeks now, as a novice at the Chicago Center of Light. I made this move because for the last two years I have been more and more involved with this spiritual practice, through meditation classes, spiritual seminars, and eventually through relationships with Teachers, priests, and the More >
Will My Question Finally Be Answered?
about 1 year ago - 1 comment
For the past 20 years, my subconscious mind was driven by one pre-dominantly question, “What is the purpose of my life?” I got raised by an agnostic mother and grew up in a country destroyed by a religious civil war so turning to God, Jesus and Mary to get questions answered was not an option. More >
Growing and Deepening into Who I Truly Am
about 1 year ago - No comments
Recently I was watering some houseplants. They looked healthy enough, but I noticed that they weren’t growing and that the roots were at the surface, all tightly wound together. As I transplanted them today, I felt the relief of the plants as I put them in fresh soil, in their new spacious pots. They felt More >
Being Set Free
about 1 year ago - No comments
Sunday morning, right before going to the Center, a wasp buzzed in the kitchen. As I took it into a napkin to release it outside, I realized how in the past I would have crushed it. Also, this made me think how the world is more often reacting to God’s loving touch and care by More >