Seeing the Word is a program of guided reflection that makes it possible to pray with images from The Saint John's Bible - the first handwritten and illuminated Bible commissioned by a Benedictine Abbey in more than 500 years.
This Reflection Guide features the birth narrative and Illumination from the Gospel of Luke, challenging participants to reflect upon the meaning and impact of the Incarnation and Christ's role in the world and their lives.
Themes and Topics
Advent
Christmas
Respect for life and creation
Solidarity with the alienated
Images of Christ
Sin, grace, and conversion
Mary and the Saints
Women
Liturgical Year
Christmas: Mass at Midnight (Year A,B,C) Luke 2:1-14
Drawn from the text and Illumination of Isaiah 7, this Reflection Guide leads participants to explore the fidelity of God's promises amidst a troubled world. Isaiah's prophecy of the coming Prince of Peace takes on real meaning to the Christian's individual life and hope for the world.
Themes and Topics
Advent
Christmas
Hope
Call to be a Prophet
Forgiveness and Reconciliation
Justice
Listening
Liturgical Year
4th Sunday of Advent (Year A) Isaiah 7:10-14
Christmas: Mass at Midnight (Year A,B,C) Isaiah 9:1-6
In Raising of Lazarus participants are invited to experience John's narrative from the perspectives of Martha, called to believe, and of Lazarus, called back to life from darkness and death. This Reflection Guide aids us in recognizing that Jesus offers the same hope and healing to us today.
Themes and Topics
Lent
Easter
Women in the New Testament
Community
Reverence for all Persons
Call to be a Witness
Hope
This Reflection Guide helps participants enter into Jesus' parable and relate its message to their own lives. Just as the Sower casts out the seed upon all types of soil before moving on, so we are to examine our own receptiveness to God's Word and our role in spreading it to others.
Themes and Topics
Listening
Stewardship
Call to be a Witness
Worshiping
Liturgical Year
15th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year A) Matthew 13:1-23
Weekday Mass: Saturday, Week 24 (Year 1,2) Luke 8:4-15
Both the Glory of Christ and our own calling to respond openly to God's will shine forth in this Illumination and Scripture Passage. Participants are led to discover how Jesus, transformed before the eyes of his disciples, stands before us as well.
Themes and Topics
Lent
Easter
Listening
Call to be a Witness