Practices of Repentance
To accompany our Stories of Freedom study materials, Bishop Eleanor has shared with us five practical ways we can engage in repentance during this season of Lent. You can watch her on the videos, or download the PDFs and read about the practices either alone or in your small group settings.
Download Guide – In this video, Bishop Eleanor tells us about a simple spiritual practice of repentance - asking God if there are any issues between us and Him.
Download Guide – In this video, Bishop Eleanor commends to us a service from our Prayer Book, the Reconciliation of a Penitent. You can find this on page 750 of the Prayer Book, or online here.
She says that sometimes our hearts and our minds need to hear what our mouths say, so this service offers a structure in which we can confess our sins with a trusted brother or sister, or a priest, and is usually done within Holy Week but can be done at other times as well.
Download Guide – In this final video, Bishop Eleanor tells us about a practice she uses from Pope Francis, involving praying through the Lord's Prayer and focussing on the wounds of Jesus.
Download Guide – In this video, Bishop Eleanor invites us to set aside a day of lament.
Download Guide – In this video, Bishop Eleanor offers us a way of identifying things in our lives that are not of God, and doing something kinaesthetic to release them from ourselves, in very practical and creative ways.
