April 21, 2016 — Ashley Ann Mattocks-Firmin — David Drain — Ivan Delano “Del” Shouse III — Kristen Marie Wilson — Laurie Walsh McCoy — Matthew Joseph Humphreys — Todd Christopher Davis Day!

Today we come together to focus our attention on seven very special Prayer Registry children: Ashley Ann Mattocks-Firmin who passed on April 21, 2011, David Drain who passed on April 21, 2007, Ivan Delano “Del” Shouse III who passed on April 21, 1998, Kristen Marie Wilson who passed on April 21, 2011, Laurie Walsh McCoy passed on April 21, 2012, Matthew Joseph Humphreys who passed on April 21, 2014 and Todd Christopher Davis who passed on April 21, 2008.

 

To listen to the prayer for the children use this link:  

 

 

Dear Prayer Giver,

 

Take a moment to sit down and bring all of your awareness into this sacred present moment. Allow your thoughts and cares of the day slip away from you now as you enter the present moment completely. Slowly take in a deep breath and slowly let the breath out; breathing in deeply and exhaling fully. And again, inhale slowly and exhale thoroughly.

 

As you read these words, take the time to really feel and think about what you are saying, for this is indeed a sacred moment.

 

Dear Ashley, David, Ivan Kristen Laurie, Matthew and Todd,

 

We The Prayer Team are with you now in thought and spirit. We send you energy and love from our souls to yours and we pray that you will all feel it and know how very loved you are.

 

Meditation/Visualization: —continue to sit comfortably and allow yourself to be here in the present moment, letting go of your cares and worries of the day.

 

Now, bring all of your attention to the tip of your nose and imagine that you are the gatekeeper at the gates of a big city and that it is your very important job to watch the coming and the going of your breath. Simply focus all your concentration at the tip of your nose and observe your breath as it enters and leaves you.

 

As you breathe-in focus on the feeling of the breath as it enters your nostrils

As you breathe-out focus on the feeling of the breath as it leaves your nostrils

Breathing-in feel the breath coming into you

Breathing-out feel the breath as it leaves you.

 

Continue to focus on your breathing

If your mind wanders away going off into thought (which is common in meditation) gently bring your focus back to the tip of your nose and resume your position as gatekeeper, watching the coming and going of your breath.

 

As you breathe-in feel the cool air as it enters your nostrils

As you breathe-out feel the warm air as it leaves your nostrils

Breathing-in cool, breathing-out warm

Breathing-in cool, breathing-out warm

In cool, out warm…in cool, out warm.

 

Now as you breathe-in envision Ashley, David, Ivan, Kristen, Laurie, Matthew and Todd

standing in the light before you

As you breathe-out envision Ashley, David, Ivan, Kristen, Laurie and, Matthew and Todd looking vibrant and well.

 

 

As you inhale, envision drawing energy into you

As you exhale envision directing that energy to Ashley, David, Ivan, Kristen, Laurie, Matthew and Todd

As you inhale continue to visualize energy entering into you

As you exhale see this energy flowing outward from you and surrounding Ashley, David, Ivan, Kristen, Laurie, Matthew and Todd

Bathing them in light and loving energy

See them surrounded by energy

See them smiling

See them laughing

See that they are all happy and free!

 

As you breathe-in feel that you are strengthened by this energy

As you breathe-out direct this feeling of strength to the families Ashley, David, Ivan, Kristen, Laurie, Matthew and Todd

As you breathe-in draw peace into yourself

As you exhale send that feeling of peace to the families of Ashley, David, Ivan, Kristen, Laurie, Matthew and Todd.

 

Dear Ashley, David, Ivan, Kristen, Laurie, Matthew and Todd,

 

We all see you smiling and glowing in the light. May you know that LOVE, the one universal sustaining force, is being sent to you right now and always will be. May you feel it and know that love is without end. You will always be loved and you will always be remembered. Love to you dear ones. Peace be with you all.

 

Know that we love you,

 

The Prayer Team

 

 

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No, no, the moments which united us are greater than centuries, and the light that illuminated our spirits is stronger than the dark; and if the tempest separates us on this rough ocean, the waves will unite us on the calm shore; and if this life kills us, death will unite us.

Khalil Gibran—Lebanese artist, poet, and writer

 

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