Prayer Chaplain Corner

Prayer Chaplain Corner

Greetings from your Prayer Chaplain Team

 

Seven years ago, when I first became a Prayer Chaplain, I was given a name badge that proclaimed, “I am the Christ. How may we pray?”. Being fairly new to Unity, I did not know what to make of that statement. It seemed rather self-aggrandizing and made me uncomfortable. However, thanks to Rev. Dr. Patrick’s teachings and my experiences praying with and for others, my spiritual understanding of the Christ Presence has greatly evolved. I would like to share with you what I learned.

 

In order to define Christ Presence, or The Christ, and how it relates to prayer, I performed a search on unity.org. I found exactly what I wanted in the Bible Interpretations content area:

 

The Christ in the writings of the New Testament refers to the Presence and Power of God within each of us—our true spiritual identity, our unique and unbreakable Oneness with the Allness of that which we call God. 

 

JOHN 15:5: “I am the vine, you are the branches. Those who abide in me and I in them bear much fruit, because apart from me you can do nothing.” The Christ is our shared spiritual identity—the vine of which each one of us is a unique branch.

HEBREWS 13:3: "Remember those who are in prison, as though you were in prison with them..." We are all one in the Christ Presence. That is our true, shared identity. This oneness—this shared Christ energy—is the essence of praying for others. Because we all are One in spirit, we are able to share our own energy of healing and love freely with others. So we pray for others, not as separate beings having different experiences, but by remembering the spiritual oneness that makes others’ experiences ours. We can equally make our love and concern theirs, and vice versa.

 

MATTHEW 18:19-20: "Again, truly I tell you, if two of you agree on earth about anything you ask, it will be done for you by my Father in heaven. For where two or three are gathered in my name, I am there among them". There are essentially two truths expressing here. We are all one in the Christ—the Christ Presence expresses fully in each of us, but we are not individual and separate "Christs." There is only one Christ, the creative expression of the Allness of God, common to us all. When we join together—even with one other person—we are more easily able to recognize, feel, claim and express the Christ energy that is common to us all. It's not that there is 'more Christ' when we join together—every expression of the Christ is infinite—but that there is less resistance, less individuation. So when we gather together and remind ourselves of the example and promise of Jesus Christ, we can most easily bring the healing, prospering Christ Power to bear on any challenge.

The previous paragraph perfectly sums up the Prayer Chaplains’ mission. Notice there has been a small but significant change to our name badges: WE are the Christ. How may WE pray? I look forward to praying with you soon!

 

I see the Christ in you,

Rene Holubec

Unity Prayer Chaplain Team

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Go Ahead and Say It! Yes! I am Radiantly Alive Glowing with energy life and Wonder, You Are You Are!

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A Prayer for Centering

 

I am the Place God Shines through

For God and I are one not Two

I need not Fret, Nor Plan

For God Needs me right where I am

And If I am Relaxed and Free

God Will do a mighty work through me!

 

 

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A Poem by Schuyler Cronley

Christ of Galilee

 

In the ever-radiating Presence of a power I cannot see;

I can feel the Christly essence of the man of Galilee.

 

His cloak is ‘round about me, his words clearly in my ears;

No longer do I fear the tempest, nor the passing of the years.

The loving truth he taught me will forever be my guide;

I shall no longer stumble upon the path at eventide.

 

For the ever-radiating presence of this power I cannot see;

Holds me safely and securely, O blessed Christ of Galilee.

 

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Notes From a Skylark, By Schuyler Cronley

Who Do You Think You Are?

 

Many people have asked this question of one another a great many times and received many varied answers. If you want a real “Stumper” answer to this question the next time someone asks it of you, you could say, “I am a son of God” – Of course, there is only one catch to that, and that is that you have to live and act like one to prove it.

 

What Do You Have To Lose?

 

A short time ago in our newspapers, there was the story of a young woman who was told that, if after being hypnotized, she could arise from her chair and walk over to a small table and pick up a large sum of money lying there, she could have the money for her own. She was not able to do this, and of course she did not receive the money. Someone asked her how it felt to lose such a large sum of money, to which she replied, “It was not mine to lose!”

 

This is an old principle of Truth, but it bears much repetition and re-emphasis in our daily living. Nothing is really man’s in this world to lose, but he has everything to gain, provided he seeks such things for the purpose of using them with the knowledge that they are not his to lose and that his acquirement of them is not his gain, but God’s, who gave them. Even man’s life is not his to lose – that’s the reason Jesus Christ tried so hard to get man to do the things with his life and his body that would honor God and preserve life.

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Ever Thought about Being the Way of Love,

 

By becoming a Prayer Chaplain and opening your heart to allow the voice of the Divine to flow through you out to others.  Have you ever thought about being a conduit of the Healing Force of the universe allowing the Living Waters to wash over your being and flow out to others? To learn more about being a Prayer Chaplain and allowing the healing Presence to flow through you and out to others, speak to Rene Holubec or RevDoc Patrick about what you might need to do and when the next training will be.

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