IN THIS PRAYER I OFFER MYSELF TO GOD IN SILENCE.  I silently show my willingness to be transformed more completely into the image of God in which I am created. I acknowledge that God is beyond my human knowing.  I enter into the presence of God with my deepest self, as I am right now, acknowledging that God matters above everything else.

Scripture   1 Kings 19:10-12

(The angel said to Elijah), “Go out and stand on the mountain before the Lord, for the Lord is about to pass by.” Now there was a great wind, so strong that it was splitting mountains and breaking rocks in pieces before the Lord, but the Lord was not in the wind; and after the wind an earthquake, but the Lord was not in the earthquake; and after the earthquake a fire, but the Lord was not in the fire; and after the fire a sound of sheer silence. When Elijah heard it, he wrapped his face in his mantle and went out and stood at the entrance of the cave.

The practice of the Prayer of Sheer Silence

• You begin by invoking the presence of God: “In the name of the Holy One who creates, restores, and makes whole.”
• You are invited to become aware of the silence and enter it as Elijah did. 
• It might help to become aware of your breathing for a while.
• Now reflect on the presence of God in the atmosphere around you. Reflect on God’s presence in the air you breathe in and out. Notice any feeling that arises as you imagine yourself breathing God in and out.
• Now express yourself to God but see if you can do it non-verbally.
• As you walk the Ignatian Camino today, see if you can enter into, and perhaps surrender to, the silence.