Ignatian Guided Meditation Paper

1) In this Ignatian Guided Meditation I was able to use my imagination in the form of a prayer. During this prayer I was able to listen and reflect on a bible passage, as well as have a one-on-one conversation with Jesus. While listening to the bible passage from the story of Luke 5:17-20, I was able to imagine myself as one of the people in the story. The story was about how Jesus was able to heal people. Jesus is teaching a group of pharisees and teachers of the law when a group of men carry a paralyzed man into the room on a bed. In order to bring the man in front of Jesus, they had to go through the roof because it was so crowded that was the only way to get in. When Jesus saw the man lying in front of him on the bed, he said to him “Your sins are forgiven, my friend.” The men carried the paralyzed man to Jesus because they had faith that Jesus had the ability to heal the man.
As I listened to the story being read I began to imagine myself in the story. I imagined myself as one of the men carrying in the paralyzed man on the bed. I thought about who in my …show more content…
I asked Jesus what my plan was for me and what I needed to do in order to live that plan out. He told me to work hard, and never lose my faith. He told me to find God in all things. He reminded me that love is stronger than hate. He told me if we just love all people no matter their beliefs or their backgrounds then only good things will happen, but when you hate it only results in bad things happening and when all that hate builds up it just causes more bad things to happen. He also told me to always do the right thing. Even though the right thing can be hard you should always do the right thing. He then said that if I am ever not sure about what the right thing to do is, to just ask myself “what would Jesus do?” After having this conversation with Jesus, I feel as though I have an even more special relationship with