Christ at the Well
Koenig, Peter. Christ at the Well, from Art in the Christian Tradition, a project of the Vanderbilt Divinity Library, Nashville, TN. https://diglib.library.vanderbilt.edu/act-imagelink.pl?RC=58521 [retrieved March 10, 2023]. Original source: Peter Winfried (Canisius) Koenig, https://www.pwkoenig.co.uk/.
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Let God’s love flow through me
My Lord is the source of Love; I the river’s course.
Let God’s love flow through me. I will not obstruct it.
Irrigation ditches can water but a portion of the field;
the great Yagize River can water a thousand acres.
Expand my heart, O Lord, that I may love yet more people.
The waters of love can water vast tracts,
nothing will be lost to me.
The greater the outward flow, the greater returning tide.
If I am not linked to Love’s source, I will dry up.
If I dam the waters of love, they will stagnate.
Can I compare my heart to the boundless seas?
But abandon not the measure of my heart, O Lord.
Let the waves of your love still billow there!
Wang Weifan
My Lord is the source of Love; I the river’s course.
Let God’s love flow through me. I will not obstruct it.
Irrigation ditches can water but a portion of the field;
the great Yagize River can water a thousand acres.
Expand my heart, O Lord, that I may love yet more people.
The waters of love can water vast tracts,
nothing will be lost to me.
The greater the outward flow, the greater returning tide.
If I am not linked to Love’s source, I will dry up.
If I dam the waters of love, they will stagnate.
Can I compare my heart to the boundless seas?
But abandon not the measure of my heart, O Lord.
Let the waves of your love still billow there!
Wang Weifan
Imaging the Word An Arts and Lectionary Resource, Volume 2
Spiritual Practices: Breath Prayer
Overview
As the disciples go into the village to buy food, Jesus stays at the well outside of the town. It is hear that he meets the Samaritan woman and through her, everyone else. As the crowd is coming out to meet Jesus, he tells his disciples to look up and see that the fields are ready for harvest. He is telling them that they need to open look at the people around them and begin to recognize that they need to hear about Jesus. In is is the same for us today. We can get so distracted with everything else going on around us that we don't recognize that people around us may need to hear about Jesus. That is what this little breath prayer is about.
Prayer
Lord Jesus Christ, open my eyes to see where people need to hear about you.
Overview
As the disciples go into the village to buy food, Jesus stays at the well outside of the town. It is hear that he meets the Samaritan woman and through her, everyone else. As the crowd is coming out to meet Jesus, he tells his disciples to look up and see that the fields are ready for harvest. He is telling them that they need to open look at the people around them and begin to recognize that they need to hear about Jesus. In is is the same for us today. We can get so distracted with everything else going on around us that we don't recognize that people around us may need to hear about Jesus. That is what this little breath prayer is about.
Prayer
Lord Jesus Christ, open my eyes to see where people need to hear about you.