First Sunday of Lent
Practice: FASTING
Weekly Prayer Phrase: Repeat this phrase slowly as you breathe deeply. You may choose to memorize this phrase and repeat it throughout your day.
“OPEN ME TO RECEIVE MORE OF YOU.”
Fasting Blessing
Katie Harmon-McLaughlin
Blessed is the space made
From letting go
Blessed is each yearning
For what you’ve given
That reminds you of
Why you have given it
Blessed is what the space can mean
As it grows inside you
Sturdy for holding
What you never imagined
You could hold
Blessed is all that enters
The inward space
As it is being cleared
The way the Spirit
Stretches outward
Within you
And breathes deep
A joyful sigh of liberation
Blessed is the emptying
The heart-focused release
The desire to love
More than the desire to have
Blessed is the space made
That expands as you see
How the One you seek
Comes to your threshold
In a thousand faces and forms
Waiting to be received
Blessed is the emptiness
Blessed is the openness
Blessed is the letting go
Spiritual Formation Center 
Thanks for the practice and Blessings of Peace Namaste
The Fasting Blessing enabled me to understand more deeply the meaning of Lent. Dwelling upon these words I sense the space, the yearning, the spirit and am at peace within; leading me to be more willing to let go of more.
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