Praying the Sunday Mass Readings with St Beuno’s Outreach

St Beuno’s Outreach is based in St Beuno’s Jesuit Spirituality Centre in the hills of North Wales, in the Diocese of Wrexham. The Outreach began in 1989, with the idea of helping people develop and maintain a personal relationship with God through Christ by praying the Word of God in the Sunday liturgy. From a prayerful awareness of the Spirit working in and through us will come a sense of mission, a desire to join Christ in his mission.

How to pray with Scripture - from St Beuno's Outreach
It is usually most helpful when entering into a formal period of prayer to spend some time quietening down and centring on God. The following indications, known as “Anchor Points” have been found to provide a good framework for your prayer. Particularly important after coming to some inner quiet is the slow entry and slow exit from prayer.

FOUR ANCHOR POINTS

  1. PREPARATION

Choose your place of prayer. Make yourself comfortable, you may like to light a candle. Get in touch with your feelings: What is my frame of mind? What do I want to say to the Lord; what do I desire?

  1. ENTRY INTO PRAYER

Become quiet and still. Relax. Try to put aside any distractions. Choose a passage of scripture. Make the sign of the cross, visibly or in your heart. Ask the Holy Spirit to guide your prayer. Read your chosen text slowly several times. Notice what comforts or disturbs you.

  1. SLOW EXIT FROM PRAYER

Speak to the Lord in your own words about this time of prayer, what has it meant to you. Perhaps finish with the Glory be to the Father or a favourite prayer of your own. Make a sign of the cross, internal or external. Leave your place of prayer, thanking God for the time he has spent with you.

  1. REFLECTION AFTER PRAYER

Ask for whatever grace you need to respond to our Lord, “with my whole heart, my whole soul, my whole mind”. If possible, do this in a different place. Recall the prayer period: Was it good to be at prayer?  Did you learn something; maybe feel that the Lord was asking something of you? Notice how you are feeling now. You may find it helpful to jot down your thoughts in a notebook.

Christmastide 2025 with St Beuno’s Outreach

Celebrating Christmas as Pilgrims as Hope

As this Jubilee Year comes to an end, St Beuno’s Outreach invites you to reflect on how 2025 has unfolded for you as a Pilgrim of Hope. With the help of the familiar Scripture texts, characters, and images of the Christmas story, you may like to ponder these questions:

How have you journeyed forward with hope this year, or faced challenges with patience and courage?

How have you been able to quietly spread love and peace around you?

How have you tried to be a messenger, sharing with others God’s hope, even if it meant following a different path from the one you expected?

Spend whatever time you can with the texts and images in this booklet, and pray for the people and situations they evoke. Sometimes there may only be time to ponder a single phrase or image; sometimes you may have chance to reflect at greater length on the joy, peace and hope brought about by the birth of Jesus.

There are two versions of the booklet: one to read online, and one with the pages in the right order to print out as a leaflet. Our next regular Prego leaflet (for the Baptism of the Lord) will be posted on Friday 3 January 2026.

Christmastide 2025-6 final read online revDownload
Christmastide 2025-6 final booklet print revDownload

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