Creating Wisdom Space

Heart of Compassion International

Faith Community

Windsor, Ontario, Canada

 

Word Wisdom Communion Celebration

Sat, Jan 2, 2021 at 1 pm, EST

Creating Wisdom Space

 Barbara Billey, priestess

Call to Prayer

W1: Come. Come into this place which we make wisdom space by our presence.  Where the ordinary is made sacred, the human is celebrated, the compassionate is expected.  Together we create a holy womb with our every act of celebration.

(Please mute)

Embodied Prayer led by Barbara Billey

Opening Song

Blessed Be (Chant) by Shawna Carol

All is growing and expanding

Blessed be the Light has come.

And a love that's everlasting

Blessed be the Light has come.

Blessed be.

Burning Bowl Ceremony led by Jen Harvey

Sharing Word and Wisdom

W2: A Reading from the Gospel of Mary Magdalene (Mary 9:29)

"I will receive rest in silence," said Mary Magdalene.

The Inspired Word of Mary. We the people say, Amen!

Psalm Song

Silent Heart, Holy Heart - lyrics by Joanna Novosedlik (adapted by Barbara Billey)

Silent heart, holy heart

Inner Light, inner spark

Holding gently our hopes and our fears

Opening space for our joys and our tears

We are listening now. We are listening now.

Holy One, Wisdom Divine

Live within this womb of mine

Shining ever Your loving Light

Radiant in the darkest night

We are listening now. We are listening now.

W3: A Reading from the Gospel of Luke(Luke 2:16-21)

^15-18 As the angel choir withdrew, the shepherd persons talked it over. “Let’s get over to Bethlehem as fast as we can and see for ourselves what God has revealed to us.” They left, running, and found Mary and Joseph, and the baby lying in the manger. Seeing was believing. They told everyone they met what the angels had said about this child. All who heard the shepherd persons were impressed.

^19-20 Mary kept all these things to herself, holding them dear, deep within herself. The shepherd persons returned and let loose, glorifying and praising God for everything they had heard and seen. It turned out exactly the way they’d been told!

²¹ When the eighth day arrived, the day of circumcision, the child was named Jesus, the name given by the angel before he was conceived.

The Inspired Word of Luke. We the people say, Amen!

Community Wisdom Sharing:

 

Homily reflection followed by sharing of communal wisdom: On what and/or on whom are you pondering?

 

W4: At this time, I invite you to share your reflections on today’s Word. I ask that we do this in a spirit of prayer, and that we share what is in our hearts with a witnessing presence and without cross-talk.  At the end of each person's sharing, I invite you to receive their intimate God in-dwelling truth by placing our hands together and bowing or any other gesture of appreciation, which might include silence.

 

Our Faith

W5: In what and in whom do we believe? (All share)

 

Spontaneous Prayer - For Whom and for what will we pray?

 

Response: Lumen Christi, Opening Doors to Mystery

 

The Prayer of Jesus

Abwoon d'bwashmaya/Aramaic Jesus Prayer

 

Offertory Song

At This Table by Idina Menzel

Liturgy of the Eucharist

Consecrating the Gifts of Mother Earth

W1: Sacred Mystery, Source of Wisdom, You birth all of creation from Your life-giving womb. We come as co-birthers to be impregnated by the gifts of Mother Earth and to remember Jesus the midwife of empowerment and compassion.

W2: Wisdom Jesus, before You died You gathered Your friends, as we gather today, to bless and to share bread and drink.

W3: As Your friends, we long to receive You and to be Your Presence for the wholeness of ourselves and all creation.

W4: We extend our hands over the bread and cup. Send forth Your Spirit Sophia upon us and through Her action, make this bread and drink Your Presence.

W5: Loving Creator, intensify the presence of Your Spirit upon these gifts of earth and created by the loving hands of Your people +, as they and we, become one with You in Wisdom Jesus, Our Risen Christ.

Memorial Meal: Do This in Memory of Me (We raise our bread)

W1: Wisdom Jesus, You asked us to pray the words that You shared with Your companions during that last blessing meal.

W2: Therefore, in communion with many Christian communities over the centuries and since that night, we pray.

W3: Wisdom Jesus, You took bread and spoke a blessing. You broke the bread and offered it to Your friends (We break bread). You said: Take and eat. This is my Presence with You.

(Place bread on plate. We raise our plate, and then lower to table followed by a bow.)

 (All raise cup)

W4: Then, Wisdom Jesus, You took the cup of wine, blessed it and offered the cup to Your friends.

W5: You said: Take and drink. This is the cup of new life given and shared with you. Do this in memory of Me.

(We raise our cup higher, and then lower to table followed by a bow)

Sharing Communion

W1: We are one Body of Christ, worthy to receive You and blessed to be healed by You. May we become what we eat and drink, the presence of You, Jesus Christ and the covenant of all our hopes. We all say: Amen. (We all eat and drink)

 

Post Communion Song

Make Sacred Space (Chant) by Shawna Carol

Make sacred space, and be reminded of who you are.

You are spirit and body.

Sacred space.

Wish of Peace and Final Blessing

W2: With one hand on our hearts, we extend our other hand as we bless one another in Your peace, Jesus, and in the peace of all our ancestors in the Communion of Saints.

W3:  May we embody Your Spirit of Wisdom, especially where there is injustice.

W4: When our personal and communal commitments and struggles are too arduous, take us on Your shoulders and help us to raise each other up.

W5: As you draw us into the future, may we realize through our loving actions Your vision of hope and justice for all.

Announcements

Closing Song  

Om Tara by Chloe Goodchild

Tara is the bodhisattva of compassion and action who manifests in female form, a protector who comes to our aide in order to relieve us of physical, emotional and spiritual suffering. The chant begins with AUM (from the Upanishads and considered to be the source of all sound)

 

OM Tare Tuttare

Ture So-Ham

  

Woman of the wisdom tree

Goddess of humanity

Singing all the Unity we long for.

 

Mother of Eternity

Naked in her Mystery

Singing all the Unity we long for.

 

Fierce and gentle, wild and free

simple in her majesty

Dancing in the unity we long for.                                     Red #1 2021-01-02