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Page 4 of 7 March 19: Third Sunday of Lent
Prayer of the colours: yellow a chance to renew energy  Georgie Blaeser rscj
This week we tap into the spiritual energy that enables us
to forgive ourselves as well as others,
to take risks in creativity and in relationships,
to move forward even in times of failure,
to face seemingly overwhelming fears,
and to enter new stages of personal growth and
inner exploration. The colour yellow symbolizes the energy of both courage and despair.
Courage is not the opposite of discouragement or
despair.
Courage is the ability to go forward despite
discouragement or despair.
It is closely related to hope.
For Jesus the courage to forgive and ask for forgiveness opened people to a change of heart. Courage is a gift of the Spirit and a source of energy,
and we can recognize it,
use it and
develop it in our lives.
We need to be aware of this energy all around us. During each of the weeks of Lent,
we said we would focus on the key kinds of spiritual energies we need and use,
and on the colour associated with each one. This week, we focus on the energy of courage, often symbolized by the colour yellow. The centre for this energy is located in the solar plexus or gut. So we talk of people having great guts or no guts. We see and recognise this energy in our ability
to form liberating relationships with our
enemies, including the enemies which dwell
within our own psyche
in our ability not to be remain paralysed or
overwhelmed by fears.
in our ability to accept our own limits and
inadequacies, as well as those of others. To be aware of our need for energies related to courage, it may help, and we
invite you this week
to focus on the colour yellow
to let the colour yellow remind you of this spiritual
energy which is available to us.
to wear something yellow,
to soak in the colour yellow in the daffodils and other
flowers around you.
to notice people who wear yellow. Whenever you connect with something yellow, imagine yourself inhaling the colour yellow from the atmosphere and in this way open yourselves to this special energy. Let the colour yellow, wherever you see it, alert you to open yourself to the life-enhancing energies – the Spirit- who keeps us alive and to let that energy flow through you to others . Eileen Lawless rscj
Province of Ireland - Scotland
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