Best Lissy Clarke Podcasts (2024)

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The Interior Castle: The First Dwelling: Lectio Divina 19:28

2h ago19:28

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A 19-minute audio guided meditation with text from Mirabai Starr’s translation of The Interior Castle. In this meditation I invite you to pray with the wisdom of St Teresa of Avila. Listening prayerfully to the text, you are invited to ask: How is the Lord speaking to me in these words? Teresa was given a picture of her inner self, her soul, as man…

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We Are One: John 17: Lectio Divina 17:14

8d ago17:14

17:14

A 17-minute audio guided meditation in John’s Gospel, John 17:1-4, 10-11, 13, 23, 26, using Lectio Divina. In Jesus’ final prayer/teaching before he arrested, in John’s Gospel, there is both a summary and climax of the primary messages of John. These messages include: the intimacy or one-ness that exists between Jesus and the Father, the invitation…

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Reflecting on Your Relationship With Christ: John 16:16-27: Guided Meditation 18:30

17d ago18:30

18:30

An 18-minute audio guided meditation in John’s Gospel, John 16:16-27, with questions for reflection. This meditation takes on a slightly different pattern as we allow the text to open up questions for our spiritual journey. Firstly we see how Jesus prepares his disciples for his departure, for a radical shift in their relationship to him. All endur…

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The Spirit of Truth: John 16:7-13: Lectio Divina 21:04

27d ago21:04

21:04

A 21-minute audio guided meditation in John’s Gospel, John 16:7-13, using Lectio Divina. John 16:7-13 “Nevertheless, I tell you the truth: it is to your advantage that I go away, for if I do not go away, the Advocate will not come to you, but if I go, I will send him to you. 8 And when he comes, he will prove the world wrong about sin and righteous…

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Love One Another: John 15:12-17: Lectio Divina 17:10

1M ago17:10

17:10

A 17-minute audio guided meditation in John’s Gospel, John 15:12-17, using Lectio Divina. In this meditation on John’s Gospel, I invite you to join me in taking a ‘long, loving look’ at a few verses of text, beholding the words as living, shimmering, life-giving containers which hold endless layers of wisdom, mystery, beauty and truth. Just for the…

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Imagining The Vine and The Branches: John 15:1-11: Imaginative Contemplation 21:26

1M ago21:26

21:26

A 21-minute audio guided meditation in John’s Gospel, John 15:1-11, using Imaginative Contemplation. We continue our series in John 15 with an imaginative contemplation on the vine and branches, exploring the notion of abiding in God. Imaginative Contemplation invites us to see the scripture in new ways, to attend to it with different parts of our …

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Abide: John 15:5-11: Lectio Divina 20:40

2M ago20:40

20:40

A 20-minute audio guided meditation in John’s Gospel, John 8:12-20, using Lectio Divina. “Those who abide in me and I in them bear much fruit.” “Abide in me.” “Abide in my love.” “I have said these things so that my joy may be in you, and your joy may be complete.” This meditation is in the second half of Jesus’ sermon on the vine and the branches.…

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The Vine and The Branches: John 15:1-5: Lectio Divina 17:23

2M ago17:23

17:23

A 17-minute audio guided meditation in John’s Gospel, John 15:1-5, using Lectio Divina. There are so many layers for reflection in this well-known passage and I invite you to come to it fresh today, open to what nuggets of wisdom might be waiting for you in these images today. Abide in me, as I abide in you. Perhaps you’d like to link this phrase t…

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Meditation: The Gifts of Summer 23:44

2M ago23:44

23:44

A 23-minute audio guided meditation on the Gifts of Summer. The summer is a time of ripening and fullness, a time to allow the long, warm days to ripen the fruit of the labour of spring. To contemplate, according to Walter Burghardt SJ, is to “take a long, loving look at the real.” Summer, with its warmth and heat is just the time for such activity…

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What are we to do?: John 11:45-54: Lectio Divina

2M ago

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A 22-minute audio guided meditation in John’s Gospel, John 11:45-54, using Lectio Divina. In this meditation on John’s Gospel, we consider the variety of responses people made to the radical and astonishing life that Jesus brought. I invite you to consider the ways you resonate with those who respond with suspicion and concern, as well as those who…

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Imaginative Contemplation: John 11: Lazarus

3M ago

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A 25-minute audio guided meditation in John’s Gospel, John 11:32-44, Lazarus is raised from the dead, using Imaginative Contemplation. There are so many feelings in this story: Mary and Martha’s great grief mixed with feelings of profound disappointment with Jesus. Their angry confusion that he hadn’t come to heal Lazarus. Their apprehension when J…

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I am in the Father: John 10:31-42: Lectio Divina

3M ago

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A 21-minute audio guided meditation in John’s Gospel, John 10:31-42, using Lectio Divina. The text in this meditation comes from the NRSV and NIV, and includes most but not all of the verses in John 10:31-42. See below for verses in today’s meditation. 22 Then came the Festival of Dedication at Jerusalem. It was winter, 23 and Jesus was in the temp…

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I am the Good Shepherd: John 10:11-15: Lectio Divina

3M ago

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A 20-minute audio guided meditation in John’s Gospel, John 10:11-15, using Lectio Divina. In this meditation on John’s Gospel, I invite you to join me in taking a ‘long, loving look’ at a few verses of text, beholding the words as living, shimmering, life-giving containers which hold endless layers of wisdom, mystery, beauty and truth. Distraction …

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Imaginative Contemplation: I am the Gate: John 10:1-10

4M ago

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A 23-minute audio guided meditation in John’s Gospel, John 10:1-10, using Imaginative Contemplation. In this meditation on John’s Gospel, I invite you to imagine that you’re on a Galilean hillside, listening to Jesus speak. Just for these few minutes, I invite you to leave your dogma, your creed, your thoughts, and your rational mind aside, and bec…

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Meditation – Soaking in the Love of God – Updated

4M ago

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A 10-minute meditation on the love of God with breath awareness and verses from the Psalms and prophets. This is an updated version of a meditation released in 2022, with more space to let the verses settle in to your psyche. Listeners to the previous meditation responded in the following ways: “Deep deep thanks. I […] The post Meditation – Soaking…

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Imaginative Contemplation – Early on the First Day of the Week – Easter Meditation 15:47

5M ago15:47

15:47

A 16-minute audio guided meditation in John’s Gospel, John 20:1-10, using Imaginative Contemplation. Christ is risen. Alleluia! In this meditation we are reminded that the resurrection of Jesus broke over his friends and disciples slowly, amidst confusion and stress. As I reviewed this meditation for editing, I was surprised at how vivid the experi…

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A Good Friday Meditation – The Passion of Christ – John’s Gospel 19:15

5M ago19:15

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A 19-minute audio guided meditation in John’s Gospel, John 19:13-42, using Lectio Divina. I am struck by two key invitations as we meditate on the suffering of Jesus in Holy Week. The first invitation is to see how fully and completely Jesus offered himself in love. And the second invitation is to attend to pain, […] The post A Good Friday Meditati…

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Lectio Divina – Jesus is Handed Over – Holy Week meditation – John 19 16:43

5M ago16:43

16:43

A 17-minute audio guided meditation in John’s Gospel, John 19:1-9, using Lectio Divina. In this Holy Week meditation on John’s Gospel, I invite you to join me in taking a ‘long, loving look’ at Jesus as he endures these grim moments of his arrest, ‘trial’, and conviction to crucifixion. Notice the way he remains present […] The post Lectio Divina –…

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Lectio Divina – Jesus Before Pilate – John 19 18:21

5M ago18:21

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A 22-minute audio guided meditation on John’s Gospel, John 18:33-40 using Lectio Divina. In this meditation on John’s Gospel, I invite you to join me in taking a ‘long, loving look’ at a few verses of text, beholding the words as living, shimmering, life-giving containers which hold endless layers of wisdom, mystery, beauty and truth. […] The post …

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Lectio Divina – Jesus Before Pilate – John 18 18:21

5M ago18:21

18:21

A 22-minute audio guided meditation on John’s Gospel, John 18:33-40 using Lectio Divina. In this meditation on John’s Gospel, I invite you to join me in taking a ‘long, loving look’ at a few verses of text, beholding the words as living, shimmering, life-giving containers which hold endless layers of wisdom, mystery, beauty and truth. […] The post …

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Lectio Divina – Peter Denies Jesus 22:18

5M ago22:18

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A 22-minute meditation with John 18:12-27, using breath work and Lectio Divina. A meditation for Lent as Jesus is arrested and interviewed by Annas. Contemplative at Home offers guided meditative prayer – space to slow down and listen to the truth that is being born out of God’s love for you today – drawing on Ignatian […] The post Lectio Divina – …

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The Truth Will Make You Free – Lectio Divina – John 8 16:35

6M ago16:35

16:35

A 16-minute guided audio meditation with John 8:31-36, using breath work and Lectio Divina. “We have never been slaves to anyone. What do you mean by saying ‘You will be made free’?” John 8:33 Jesus invites his followers into an interior freedom. We could devote our entire lives to the exploration of this invitation. You […] The post The Truth Will…

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The Light of the World – Lectio Divina with John 8:12-20 21:42

6M ago21:42

21:42

A 22-minute audio guided meditation in John’s Gospel, John 8:12-20, using Lectio Divina. My invitation to you, always, is to engage with scripture through your creative, non-rational self. Rational engagement with scripture is equally important – we usually call it bible study – and I hope there is a dose of it in your rhythms. […] The post The Lig…

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The Woman Caught – Imaginative Contemplation – John 8 23:33

6M ago23:33

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A 23-minute audio meditation with John 8:1-11, using Imaginative Contemplation. In this meditation on John’s Gospel, I invite you to join me in taking a ‘long, loving look’ at a few verses of text, beholding the words as living, shimmering, life-giving containers which hold endless layers of wisdom, mystery, beauty and truth. Just for these […] The…

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Let Anyone who is Thirsty Come to Me – a meditation 15:44

6M ago15:44

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A 16-minute meditation with John 7:37-39, using Lectio Divina and Imaginative Contemplation. In chapers 7 and 8 of the book of John, politics are whirling and public opinion around Jesus is intensifying. In these choppy political seas – with which we are all familiar in our own way – Jesus speaks these words: “Let anyone […] The post Let Anyone who…

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Where he is From – A Meditation 18:46

7M ago18:46

18:46

A 19 minute audio meditation with John 7, verses 14-18 and 25-31, using Lectio Divina and breath work. In John 7, the public opinion of the Rabbi Jesus is becoming fraught, with many following, many criticising and others wanting him out of the way. In todays text Jesus has made his way to Jerusalem for […] The post Where he is From – A Meditation …

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True Food – A Meditation with John 6 18:39

7M ago18:39

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A guided audio meditation with John 6:52-60, 66-69, using Lectio Divina. “Jesus said to them, “Very truly I tell you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you have no life in you. 54 Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life, and I will raise them up at the last […] The post True Food – A Meditation with …

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Bread of Life: Lectio Divina 19:22

7M ago19:22

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A meditation with John 6:30-35, 38-39, using breath work and Lectio Divina. This passage is so beautiful. I know that bread has taken many different forms in different times and places, but I can’t help but see a loaf of sourdough rising in the oven – expanding, filling, bubbling, opening. There is so much language […] The post Bread of Life: Lecti…

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Looking for Jesus: A Meditation 16:36

7M ago16:36

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A meditation with John 6: 24-29, using Lectio Divina. In this text, the crowd realises that Jesus has gone to the other side of the lake, and decide to follow. It got me thinking about “Elvis has left the building”… or rather “Jesus has left the building.” “When the crowd saw that Jesus had gone…” […] The post Looking for Jesus: A Meditation appear…

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The Sea Became Rough – Imaginative Contemplation – John 6 22:14

9M ago22:14

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An imaginative contemplation with John 6:16-21. In this meditation on John’s Gospel, I invite you to join me in taking a ‘long, loving look’ at a few verses of text, beholding the words as living, shimmering, life-giving containers which hold endless layers of wisdom, mystery, beauty and truth. Just for these few minutes, I invite […] The post The …

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He Withdrew to the Mountain – A meditation 18:38

9M ago18:38

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Image: Christ in the Wilderness by Elsie Anna Wood A meditation on John 6:15, using Lectio Divina and Imaginative Contemplation. Today we meditate on one verse: “When Jesus realized that they were about to come and take him by force to make him king, he withdrew again to the mountain by himself.” I very nearly […] The post He Withdrew to the Mounta…

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The Fragments of the Five Barley Loaves 21:31

10M ago21:31

21:31

A meditation in John’s Gospel, chapter 6, verses 1-13, using Lectio Divina and Imaginative Contemplation. In this meditation on John’s Gospel, I invite you to join me in taking a ‘long, loving look’ at a few verses of text, beholding the words as living, shimmering, life-giving containers which hold endless layers of wisdom, mystery, beauty […] The…

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Father and Son 19:59

10M ago19:59

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A meditation with John 5:19-22, 24 using Lectio Divina. After the man is healed at the pool of Bethesda, and some take issue with Jesus for healing on the Sabbath, Jesus goes on to describe the relationship between himself and the Father. I invite you to listen with the ears of your heart, staying in […] The post Father and Son appeared first on Co…

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Even on the Sabbath 16:57

10M ago16:57

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A meditation with John 5:9-19 with The Message translation, using Lectio Divina. Following on from the healing at the pool of Bethesda, this meditation takes us into the busy temple courtyard, where Jesus bumps into the man who has been made well. Just for these few minutes, I invite you to leave your dogma, your […] The post Even on the Sabbath ap…

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Pool of Bethesda 18:29

11M ago18:29

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A meditation with imaginative contemplation in John’s Gospel, chapter 5, verses 2-8. In imaginative contemplation, we try to make the scene come alive in our minds eye. Some people can conjure very vivid images, sounds and smells in their minds, others experience more of an emotional impression. There is no right or wrong way to […] The post Pool o…

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Spirit and Truth 14:48

11M ago14:48

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A meditation in John’s Gospel, chapter 4, verses 23-26, using Lectio Divina. Today we return to Jesus and the Samaritan woman, engaged in conversation beside the well. They’ve come upon one fundamental difference between Jewish and Samaritan religious practice: “Our ancestors worshiped on this mountain, but you say the place where people must worsh…

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Give me a Drink 18:21

11M ago18:21

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A meditation in John’s Gospel, chapter 1, verses 1-5, with imaginative contemplation. The story of the woman at the well is one that most listeners will be very familiar with. Sometimes over-familiarity breeds disconnection: we stop seeing the things we look at every day. Here I’m asking you to really imagine that you are actually […] The post Give…

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Without Measure 16:49

11M ago16:49

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A contemplative meditation based on John 3:33-36, with breathwork. This meditation was recorded on a very warm September afternoon – the window was open, so the birdsong and passing planes are part of the soundscape. Perhaps you can imagine God’s kindness towards both you and the little birds as you listen. The shape of this […] The post Without Me…

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Grace upon Grace 7:53

12M ago7:53

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An 8-minute meditation with John 1:16 In this simple meditation we sit with the verse “From his fullness, we have all received grace upon grace.” May deep breaths and deep peace be yours, whatever else may be for you today. Contemplative at Home offers guided meditative prayer – space to slow down and listen to the […] The post Grace upon Grace app…

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Live in Love 9:53

12M ago9:53

9:53

A ten minute meditation (including 3 minutes of silence) with Ephesians 5:1-2. Contemplative at Home offers guided meditative prayer – space to slow down and listen to the truth that is being born out of God’s love for you today – drawing on Ignatian spirituality and at times, Lectio Divina. Sign up for Lissy’s newsletter “The […] The post Live in …

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