Co-Spiritual Director
The ministry of the co-spiritual director is defined in the manual. This person is discerned by the pastor to lead a team through formation. A co-spiritual director has the following roles:
Prayer leader
Witness to relationship with God
Encourage others w/ accepting love
Help team see and understand through eyes of Christ
Gentle reminders not to judge, to witness, not to preach, to love
Meets with lay director every week
Meets with other team members individually as needed
Meets teen witness with lay director to prepare him/her
Reflects on God’s presence over weekend and speaks the calling to team at end of weekend, conducts the Evening of Discipleship
Others who have been called to this ministry offer words of encouragement and prayers.
Know that God calls to the team through you.
Let go, Let God! Have Faith. The Holy Spirit IS with us!
Listen to inspirational music. Let your spirit soar with GOD!
Be patient and when you know what is right, be fearless and be loving.
Think: Gentle Shepherd.
Simple can be beautiful.
Make room, to allow sharing.
Scripture reflection, community sharing lead to wisdom (who wouldn’t want to be wise?)
Come Holy Spirit, fill the hearts of your faithful.
Fear not.
Agape.
Come, Holy Ghost, Creator blest.
Not perfect, but loved. And love conquers all.
Col 3:12-21- Put on, as God’s chosen ones, holy and beloved, heartfelt compassion…..do everything in the name of the Lord Jesus.
Matt 10:27-33 - What I tell you in the darkness, speak in the light; and what you hear whispered in your ear, proclaim upon the housetops….
Carry your candle, run to the darkness….
You will be rewarded when you pray…you may not get what you ask for, but will be rewarded.
You may not know how to pray, pray anyway.
Find a regular place to pray, a prayer spot.
Know prayer is always possible. Jesus is with you.
Prayer is experiencing God, being with God.
St Francis de Sales conditions of prayer; 1) Be little by humility; 2) Be great in hope; 3) Be grafted onto Jesus Christ crucified.
The beginning of prayer is praise.
Just to say the holy name of Jesus Christ is a prayer.
Thru prayer we find strength, hope, peace, encouragement, joy so that we can endure the sufferings with grace.
The SILENCE: 1Peter4:7 says remain calm to pray. The quieter we are to the promptings of grace, the more we grow.
How do I hear Him? Be faithful, great in hope. God speaks in a whisper. I never heard Him speak, but ‘know’ his presence, His inspiration in my soul.
Pope John Paul II spoke of our mother tongue as praise to God. We must relearn the language of humility and trust…sincere commitment.
Silence is a dedication to God. A sharing of your gift of life.
BE Still, and know that I Am the Lord.
Then, I feel such a touch of the divine in my in most being that my heart awakens and becomes light. Light as if it possessed wings to lift it up to the true homeland.