Welcome to the Saturday Examine.

Wherever you are today, have a look around you.

What do you notice?

Notice the contrast between dark and light in your space.

Earlier this week, in one of our readings, we encountered God in the wilderness as he spoke with Moses

at the burning bush. Perhaps you can see this moment of prayer with the Lord as a burning

bush encounter as you settle into prayer. pray. If you are able, you might like to take off your shoes, recall with the Lord the darker moments this week, such as times

you felt most distant from God.

Offer these dark moments to the Lord. The The

The Now recall the times of light when you have felt closest to God.

Give thanks to the Lord for the times when you have felt his presence with you. The The

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The Now a list of excerpts will be read from the readings during this week, with a little

space for reflection between each reading.

Try to listen with your heart and notice what stirs within you as you hear these words. Whoever welcomes you, welcomes me, and whoever welcomes me welcomes the one who sent me.

Then Jesus began to reproach the cities in which most of his deeds of power had been done,

because they did not repent. When the Lord saw that Moses had turned aside to see, God called to him out of the bush.

Moses, Moses, and Moses said, here I am.

God said to Moses, I am. God said to Moses, I am who I am.

God said further, thus you shall say to the Israelites, I am has sent me to you. I tell you, something greater than the temple is here.

At the burning bush today, notice what you hear from the Lord in the light of His

presence and in the silence of your heart.

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