The Blessing of the SPMCI Spirituality Garden
Prepared by Rev. Jeric C. Cortado, July 26, 2018
The presiding
pastor will stand at the centre of the Spirituality Garden. The Tibetan bowl will be beaten thrice.
Introductory Words
Pastor: The peace of God be with you.
People: And also with you.
Pastor: As we gather together on this
particular place of the SPMCI, we are thankful for the Gifts of the Holy Spirit.
Voice 1: The Word of Wisdom that helps us
recognized the significance of each other and the importance of the centrality
of God in our life.
The Tibetan bowl will be beaten thrice. The Candle of Wisdom will be lit.
Voice 2: The Word of Knowledge - the
ability to think about and to explore God’s revelation, and recognizes the
mysteries of faith beyond our senses.
The Tibetan bowl will be beaten thrice. The Candle of Knowledge will be lit.
Voice
3: The Gift of Faith, seeking understanding and continue to grow to higher
level as we continue to draw near to God. The faith manifests in our daily
actions and in the service of the people of God.
The Tibetan bowl will be beaten thrice. The Candle of Faith will be lit.
Voice 4: The Gift of Healing underlies
the great mystery of God’s love offering balance, harmony, and wholeness of the
body, mind, spirit, and relationship. The gift that leads us all reconciled
with God.
The Tibetan bowl will be beaten thrice. The Candle of Healing will be lit.
Voice 5: The Workings of Miracles, reminds
us of the extraordinary nature of the ordinary world. The ordinary human being
created in the image of God has an extraordinary capacity to love and establish
empowering relationship. Thus, we are called for the transformation of the
world – called as miraculous stewards of God’s creation.
The Tibetan bowl will be beaten thrice. The Candle of Miracles will be lit.
Voice 6: The Gift of Prophecy, the gift
of speaking God’s Word clearly and passionately, and bold speak what needs to
be said. The Gift of Prophecy is the ability to proclaim God’s future by
revealing God’s perspective on our current reality.
The Tibetan bowl will be beaten thrice. The Candle of Prophecy will be lit.
Voice 7: The Gift of Discernment, the
ability to see the best way to follow, critically analyses the situation when
choices came confusing. The gift of allowing us to focus on what is the
priority and most important to consider, and guides us whom to listen and whom
to avoid.
The Tibetan bowl will be beaten thrice. The Candle of Discernment will be lit.
Voice 8: The Gift of Exhortation or speak
in tongues which is the ability to speak freely the tongues of the earth that
enlightened and empowers the people.
The Tibetan bowl will be beaten thrice. The Candle of Speaking in Tongues will be lit.
Voice 9: The Gift to Interpret Tongues is
the ability to interpret God’s word in a multi-cultural context and reality.
The Tibetan bowl will be beaten thrice. The Candle for the Gift to Interpret Tongues will be lit.
All: O God, we are thankful for the
Gifts of the Holy Spirits who empowers us.
Pastor: Indeed, we are thankful for the
Gifts of the Holy Spirit that empowers us to make the gifts in us, with us, and
through us bear fruits that builds, empowers and flourishes life to its
fullness.
Voice 10: We light the Candle of Love
which expresses our commitment to manifest the wisdom of God. It expresses our commitment
to manifests through our life time the love of God to all people, regardless of
colours, generations, sexual orientation and convictions. Thus, we can
therefore build a community not linked by blood ties but by bonds of commitment
to Christ and to his community.
The Tibetan bowl will be beaten thrice. The Candle of Love will be lit.
Voice 11: We light the Candle of Joy which
expresses our commitment to the knowledge we have received from God who
journeyed with the poor, oppressed, marginalized, exploited and deprived but
rejoicing because of the amazing thing that God has done to them. A joy that
overtakes our sorrows and washes away pains and paves the way to the fullness
of life.
The Tibetan bowl will be beaten thrice. The Candle of Joy will be lit.
Voice 12: We light the Candle of Peace
which expresses our faith to peace-building. This candle reminds us to Christ’s
peace that we received by faith, a pure gift to those who accept it and
committed to peace building initiatives.
The Tibetan bowl will be beaten thrice. The Candle of Peace will be lit.
Voice 13: We light the Candle of Patience
which expresses our commitment to possess the virtue of consistency and
endurance in journeying towards life in its fullness. This also reminds us that
the God we believe is the God who offered us healing and salvation.
The Tibetan bowl will be beaten thrice. The Candle of Patience will be lit.
Voice 14: We light the Candle of Kindness which
expresses our commitment to make our life a manifestation of God’s miracles leading
us to repentance and being redeemed to the purpose of our existence (Romans
2:4). Kindness is Caring, Helping, Redeeming, Inspiring, Serving, and Trusting someone that he/she can do what is good for them, for their
love ones, and for the world with passion and compassion.
The Tibetan bowl will be beaten thrice. The Candle of Kindness will be lit.
Voice 15: We light the Candle of Goodness
which expresses our commitment to proclaim the Gospel in word and in deed. Living
a life with Compassion, doing Holy and Redeeming things, fully Immersed
to the purpose of our existence as created in the image of God, Sharing life with one another that Transforms life towards its fullness.
The Tibetan bowl will be beaten thrice. The Candle of Goodness will be lit.
Voice 16: We light the Candle of
Faithfulness which expresses our commitment to discernment and live faithfully
a life that is Christic
(Liberating), Healed, Redeemed, Inter-cultural competent for Social
Transformation. A life that sees the
realities of life through the eyes of Christ, speaks with the voice of Christ,
heals with the hands of Christ, and breathed with the Spirit of Christ.
The Tibetan bowl will be beaten thrice. The Candle of Faithfulness will be lit.
Voice 17: We light the Candle of Gentleness,
which expresses our commitment to live a life that Cares, like a mother caring her little children (1 Thess 2:7)
prompted by love; a way of life that gives Hope;
a life that Redeems and Inspires people; a life that
passionately Sharing wisdom with one
another; a life that that corrects and Teaches
others. In a gentle heart born a life that is CHRIST (Galatians 6:1; 2 Timothy
2:25; 1 Peter 3:15).
The Tibetan bowl will be beaten thrice. The Candle of Gentleness will be lit.
Voice 18: We light the Candle of
Self-Control which expresses our commitment to a life with discipline;
developing the capacity to subdue our impulses and desires, and our own will to
let the will of God reign in our heart. Let our life a Gospel in a multi-cultural
context and realities.
The Tibetan bowl will be beaten thrice. The Candle of Self-Control will be lit.
All: O God, we are thankful for the
Gifts and Fruits of the Holy Spirit who empowers us.
Pastor: Indeed, we are thankful for the
Gifts of the Holy Spirit that empowers us to make the gifts in us, with us, and
through us bear fruits that builds, empowers and flourishes life to its
fullness. We believe that the Holy Spirit is our companion and our guide.
The blessing for
the Spirituality Garden will be offered by the Pastor.
O
God, our Parent, pour out your blessing upon this Spirituality Garden
recognizing the Gifts of the Holy Spirit that you have entrusted to the SPMCI
and looking for the fruits of these Gifts of the Holy Spirit manifest in us,
with us, and through us as member of the SPMCI Community. Amen.
A hymn will be sung.
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