The Spiritual Waiting Room

You are invited to come into this spiritual waiting room. It is an opportunity for you to reflect on your own waiting room---the place where you take some time to reflect on your spiritual journey. Our reflection combines both Visio Divina (encountering God through art, poetry, and photography; finding a spark of the divine in that work of art and praying with it) and Lectio Divina (encountering God through reflecting on Sacred Scripture; finding a "Word" in that scripture passage and praying over it). Our Spiritual Waiting Room combines those two with photography, poetry, a scripture passage, a reflection on that passage, and some questions to ponder and pray. 

Room

Terminus Junction

Waiting Sitting Standing

Hope the timetable is correct

Passageway

(photo and poem by Kathy McNamara)

"On that first day of the week, Mary of Magdala came to the tomb early in the morning, while it was still dark, and saw the stone removed from the tomb." John 20: 1

Mary came early to find Jesus. She had been waiting since Friday afternoon for the opportunity to offer Jesus a proper burial according to the Jewish ritual. Think of how difficult it was for Mary to wait so long. Then came the shock of the empty tomb when her waiting was finally over. And then...more waiting. 

For Reflection:

1. For what or for whom have you been waiting for lately?

2. How do you wait for Jesus?

3. How did Mary feel when she found that the tomb was empty?

4. Where do you turn when you feel spiritually empty?

Maybe you would like to take a photo, write a poem, do a journal entry about your own experience of waiting.