Listen to your heart beat.
The “Heartbeats” video series includes words and images designed for spiritual renewal and uplifting reflection. In each episode, a sister or associate invites you into a space of compassion and caring. Listen to the call of your caring heart, valuing presence and mutual relationships as a way of life. Activate your compassionate heart, responding to ecological, ecclesial, societal, and global challenges. With each heartbeat, learn more about the congregation and more about yourself.
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The Spiritual Practice of Chanting: A Reflection
April 15, 2024
Kelsey Beine is an Associate of the Sisters of St. Agnes. The resources below may be useful as you view and participate with the content of the video.
Lyrics:
Jesus, remember me when you come into your kingdom.
Jesus, remember me when you come into your kingdom.
The river is flowing, flowing and growing.
The river is flowing back to the sea.
Mother Earth, carry me. Your child I will always be.
Mother Earth, carry me back to the sea.
Lokah samastah sukinho bhavantu_
[Translation: May all beings everywhere be happy and free.]
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Additional Resources:
Book
Chanting: Discovering Spirit in Sound
by Robert Gass
Videos
Medicine: Chants for the Modern Mystic
by Fia Forsström
An album of spiritual chants
Veni Sancte Spiritus
by Universal Music France
A Taize Christian chant meaning “Come, Holy Spirit”
Om Namah Shivaya
by Krishna Das
A Hindu chant meaning “I honor the Divine within”
Return Again
by Rabbi Shlomo Carlebach
A Jewish chant
Listen, Listen, Listen
by Lewis David Levin (written by Paramahansa Yogananda)
A trans-denominational chant
Contemplative Spring Walk: A Reflection
March 15, 2024
As the spring begins to bloom, enjoy a contemplative spring walk from Sister Doris Klein, CSA.
Wood(en) Hearts: A Reflection
February 15, 2024
In this episode of Heartbeats, Sister Pat Hayes, CSA, invites the viewer to reflect on a poem she wrote in 2011.
Open a PDF of the poem
Coming Home: A Reflection
January 15, 2024
CSA Associate Anthony Koffman explores the parable of the prodigal son and invites us to apply it to own life.
Welcome Inn Magnificat: A Reflection
December 15, 2023
Mary Beth Osiecki is an associate of the Congregation of Sisters of St. Agnes and author of "Welcome Inn Christmas," a compilation of poems and prayers God sent to her just before Christmas--one poem each Christmas for more than three decades--that have a universal appeal any time of the year for those seeking a deeper encounter with the divine Creator.
Learn more about where to find a copy of her book.
Friday afternoons at 4:30, a few sisters chant office in the motherhouse chapel. If you would like to join us, let us know.