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NINE DAYS
WITH
MARY mACKILLOP
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Welcome to
Day one
‘Opening To our
potter god’
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Be still
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Breathe deeply
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God is with you
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Open the eyes
and ears
of your heart
to the
indwelling god
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As you read the scripture
passage on the following slide
become aware of what word or
phrase speaks to you.
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Jeremiah went down to the potter’s house where
the potter was working. Whenever the vessel he
was making came out wrong, he would start
afresh
and work it into another vessel, as potters do.
Then God said to Jeremiah,
‘My beloved,
can I not do to you what the potter does?
As clay is in the potter’s hands
so you, my Beloved are in mine.’
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Sit with that word or phrase.
Ponder it.
Let it speak
to your inner spirit.
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As with Jeremiah,
Mary MacKillop
was willing
to give herself
to the Potter God.
Mary lived the mystery of life,
pain,
uncertainty,
suffering,
joy,
all in radical dependence
on the Potter God.
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In January 1899
a special Chapter
was held as a result
of the death
of Mother Bernard.
Mary was facing election again
as leader of the congregation.
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Despite having endured
many difficult years
Mary was still able to say:
“I do want with all my heart
to be what God
wants me to be.”
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What stirs in your heart
as you hold these words
of Mary MacKillop?
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As clay is in the hands
of a potter
so I (your name) am in God’s hands.”
“I (your name) do want
with all my heart
to be what God
wants me to be.”
In the stillness of my inner spirit
the Potter God is inviting me to...
I am being moulded into...
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May God
give me
the power for my
hidden self
to grow strong. Ephesians 3:18
we look forward
To praying
with you
On day two
with you on
day two.
