Ignatian
Spirituality In Music
Breathe On Your People
Four verses ask for the breath of the Holy Spirit to fill a place of deliberation—the upper room of the human heart. Themes of faith, love, hope and joyful witness. Confident, upbeat song based on a traditional melody. SMATB
Lyric Outtake
Breathe on your people, Lord,
your gift of love once more--
Source of our longing and heart’s desire.
Come now beloved guest,
fulfill your passionate
offer to richly bless the upper room.
Breathe on your people, Lord,
your gift of hope once more--
Spirit of trust in your promises.
Visions and holy dreams,
whispers of what could be,
as we prepare to leave the upper room.
Quotes to Consider
"…we have separated the will of God from God, and discernment
has come to mean a search for God's will which we must find in a game
of hide-and-seek. We often equate discernment with a skill which we must
master rather than the gift of God's love which guides us home to Love"
(Dougherty, 25).
"As long as we are human and dealing with other human beings, we will be subject to uncertainty and ambiguity in our motives. We can, however, open ourselves to God… and allow the compulsion for rightness to be transformed into an openness to responsible love" (Dougherty, 30).
"… the greatest obstacle to good decision making is lack of
self awareness." (Gula, 28).
In a spiritually maturing person, "The Holy Spirit's influence merges
with the disposition and direction of the person's life and causes positive
motions, such as courage and energy to continue striving, peace and joy…"
In a spiritually regressing person, "The Holy Spirit's intention
goes against the direction of the person's life, trying to turn him around,
causing a conversion. Therefore there is a clash" (Toner, 15).
For Evagrius Ponticus of the fourth century, "The heart of temptation is a train of thought leading us further and further away from our actual condition, making us solve problems which have not yet arisen and need never arise." (Tugwell, 26)
Scriptures for Meditation
| Acts 1: 8 | You will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes |
| Acts 2: 1-4 | Pentecost: All of them were filled with the Holy Spirit |
| Gal 5: 22-25 | Love, joy, peace…are the fruits of the Holy Spirit |
| 1 Cor 12: 4-11 | There are varieties of gifts, but the same Spirit |
| 1 Jn 4: 1-6 | Test the spirits as to whether they are from God |
| Jn 19: 30 | He bowed his head and gave up the spirit |
| Jn 14: 16, 17 | The Spirit of truth is within you |
| Jn 16: 12-15 | The Spirit will guide you into all truth |
| Rom 8: 26, 27 | The Spirit intercedes with sighs too deep for words |
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