March, 2009

This method of examining our lives in prayer which takes about 15 minutes to complete. It springs from the belief that God is at work all the time and everywhere. Many laypersons find it an ideal way to incorporate contemplation into each day.

Recall that you are in the presence of God

Focus on the Spirit ever at work in you, and consciously embrace a state of reverence.

Offer thanks for God’s many gifts.

The Holy is present in our successes and failures, the light and the darkness. Open your heart to all the moments that reveal God to you.

At 8.30pm on March 28, the lights will go out on the Sphinx and Great Pyramids of Giza, as modern day Egyptians join Earth Hour’s global call for action on climate change.

Around five thousand years after their completion, Egypt’s Great Pyramids will stand as a key symbol of what can be achieved through collective action when around 2,400 cities and towns in 82 countries turn off their lights for Earth Hour.

Egypt’s First Lady, Her Excellency Madame Suzanne Mubarak, supports Earth Hour’s global call for action on climate change.

'"O Loving Jesus, Meek Lamb of God, I miserable sinner, salute and worship the most Sacred Wound of Thy Shoulder on which Thou didst bear Thy heavy Cross, which so tore Thy Flesh and laid bare Thy Bones as to inflict on Thee an anguish greater than any other wound of Thy Most Blessed Body.