Ignatian
Spirituality In Music
The Walk of Freedom
A confident, celebrative blessing for individuals or the whole congregation. Heaven and earth ask for the grace to walk in freedom, hear the cry for justice, and dance the dance of living in love. Three joyful verses. SMATB
Lyric Outtake
May you walk the walk of freedom,
and hear the cry for justice,
May you bless the name of God all your days.
And be the joyful presence
of heaven on earth,
As you dance the dance--
of living in Love.
Quotes to Consider
"The clarity with which we see other people's needs and respond
to them is in direct proportion to our interior freedom" (Keating,
25).
"If we learn to accept our imperfection with humor, as the reflection
of our very humanity, we will experience humility and tolerance, we will
understand that we are already filled with forgiveness, we will see the
gift of our lives, the chains will fall away, and we will be free--not
so much from fear or 'dependence,' but free for life itself" (Kurtz,
243).
"The greatest obstacle to personal freedom is fear… It is intrusive
and pervasive; it controls both personal behavior and communal activity"
(Houdek, 63).
"When a person has been sufficiently freed from anxieties, angers, and other fixations to be able to care about the Lord’s love for his people, he will be seen as inviting him to share in his mission, to care for his people, to go the journey…" (Barry, 62).
Scriptures for Meditation
| 2 Cor 3: 17-18 | Where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom |
| 1 Pet 2: 19-22 | People are slaves to whatever masters them |
| Isa 61 | Proclaiming good news to captives, the oppressed, and the brokenhearted (Lk 4: 18-24 Jesus fulfils the prophecy) |
| Jn 8: 31-37 | You will know the truth and the truth will make you free |
| Gal 5: 1, 2, 13, 15 | Christ set us free. Use that freedom well |
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