{"id":221602,"date":"2025-12-10T14:55:05","date_gmt":"2025-12-10T14:55:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rosenwink.de\/?page_id=221602"},"modified":"2025-12-27T10:07:43","modified_gmt":"2025-12-27T10:07:43","slug":"schriftbetrachtung","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/rosenwink.de\/en\/schriftbetrachtung\/","title":{"rendered":"Ignatian Meditation on Scripture"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Ignatian Meditation on Scripture <\/h1><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n
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...ich schaue zu und achte darauf, was das in mir ausl\u00f6st...<\/span><\/h1>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Ignatian meditation of Scripture is a contemplative seeing of the inner images that arise while reading or listening to a biblical text. Such images often touch more deeply than a purely intellectual engagement with the text. At times, God opens \u2014 as if \u201cthrough the back door\u201d \u2014 access to a personal life theme, beyond theological preconceptions. Here you will find a selection of four guided Scripture meditations to listen to (in German).<\/p>\n

For a time of meditation, allow about 20 minutes in a place where you feel comfortable, safe, and undisturbed. Take an upright posture that helps you remain awake and attentive.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Markus 10,47-52<\/h2>

Bevor Jesus einem Blinden Augenlicht gibt, fragt er ihn nach dessen Sehnsucht: \u201eWas m\u00f6chtest Du von mir?\u201c Was w\u00fcnsche ich mir von Jesus zutiefst?<\/span><\/p>

Matth\u00e4us 3,13-17<\/h2>

Unsere Identit\u00e4t als geliebtes Kind Gottes wird uns zugesprochen und darf mit den Jahren \u201eeinherzen\u201c und uns immer mehr pr\u00e4gen. Auch Jesus und die Menschen um ihn durften\/mussten das h\u00f6ren.<\/span><\/p>https:\/\/rosenwink.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/54031DerHerzenskompass-Extra-Mt3_13ff.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><\/div>\n\n

Markus 5,21-24 u. 35-43<\/h2>

Jesus setzt ein gro\u00dfes Zeichen. Er weckt ein gestorbenes M\u00e4dchen auf zum Leben. Gott weckt in uns immer wieder Hoffnung und Ausblick. Durchs Leben und Sterben hindurch.<\/span><\/p>https:\/\/rosenwink.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/54041DerHerzenskompass-Extra-Mk5_21ff.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><\/div>\n\n

Johannes 5,1-9<\/h2>

Jesus f\u00fchlt mit den Leiden eines Kranken und heilt die L\u00e4hmung. Wo brauche ich Heilung?<\/span><\/p>https:\/\/rosenwink.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/54051DerHerzenskompass-Extra-Joh5_1ff.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><\/div>\n\n

The guided meditations come from the project \u201cHerzenskompass \u2013 A Book for Inner Work,\u201d which offers more than 80 well-tested biblical texts as audio meditations.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n

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You will also find a written instruction<\/strong> here that you can use with any Scripture passage of your choosing.<\/p>\n

Particularly suitable are short scenes from the New Testament in which Jesus encounters people.<\/p>\n

Arriving Through Body Awareness.<\/strong> Body awareness helps us arrive. It calms us, brings us into the present moment, and sensitizes us to our inner experience:
\u2022 I sit upright \u2014 sensing the surface of the chair, my thighs, the places where my feet touch the ground..
\u2022 I feel my weight.
\u2022 \u201cI let myself go, into your hands, God, who carries me.\u201c
\u2022 I sense my back \u2014 all the way up into my neck.
\u2022 The crown of my head is oriented upward.
\u2022 I feel my arms and hands.
\u2022 I rest in the movement of my breath. As the breath comes and goes, so it may be. I feel the movement in my chest and abdomen.
\u2022 I notice my inner mood. Without judgment \u2014 as I am now, I am allowed to be. I do not have to achieve anything.
\u2022 \u201cI am sitting in your presence, God, in your light.\u201d<\/p>\n

Steps of Meditation of Scripture<\/strong>
\u2022 I read the biblical text slowly.
\u2022 As I read, I imagine the action and the individual scenes vividly and in detail. I may place myself into the scene as an observer or as a participant.
\u2022 I follow the images attentively. I notice what touches or attracts me most. There I rest my attention. I sense and savor the moment.
\u2022 When a scene feels inwardly \u201ccomplete,\u201d I move on to the next one.<\/p>\n

Reflection<\/strong>
After the contemplation, I take a few minutes to let what I have experienced resonate and to note my impressions: What touched me most? What became important to me?
To conclude, I speak a prayer \u2014 perhaps gratitude, a request, or the entrusting of an open question, a concern, or a longing into God\u2019s care.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n

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For behold<\/strong>, the kingdom of God is among you\u2026<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>

Luke 17:21<\/div>
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