Free 15 Minute Guided Imagery Script: Prayer with Saint Francis [PDF]

Make yourself comfortable, and close your eyes. 

Take a slow deep breath, and let go of any tension in your body, as you settle into a more relaxed posture. 

Feel yourself dropping down from your mind into your body. 

Feel the weight of your body sinking into the surface you’re resting on, as you become still more comfortable and relaxed.

Imagine you’re walking in a beautiful mountain meadow, along a path by a quiet stream. 

It’s a late summer morning, and the air is soft and warm. 

You can smell wildflowers blooming, and the plants along the water’s edge, and as you walk along you can feel the soft ground beneath your footsteps.

Birds are singing to each other in the nearby trees, and you hear the sound of water running over the smooth, copper colored rocks on the streambed. 

A feeling of peace seems to encompass everything here, and you feel it begin to it settle over you as well. 

Breathe this peaceful feeling in, deeply and slowly now, and let it find its way everywhere within you.

As you continue to walk along this path, you sense the warm, familiar presence of an old friend, someone kind and gentle, and you have the unmistakable feeling he’s come especially to see you. 

As he draws nearer, you feel your spirit lighten, and your heart open. 

And now, as if it were the most natural thing in the world, you feel Francis’s hand resting gently on your shoulder, as you walk together along the path.

Francis has the touch of an older, wiser, and most compassionate brother. 

Of someone who’s experienced tremendous joy, profound sadness, and most of all, a deep and constant bond of love with God the Creator. 

And by his hand upon your shoulder you know that he’s here to share that bond of love with you.

Turn and face Francis, and allow his presence to fill you. 

As more song birds come to visit, one by one, in the grass and trees nearby, you can feel Francis’ love, and the grace surrounding him, growing stronger, expanding, and touching your heart.

Something within you stirs awake, and you know that this visit, this experience, is a doorway through which Francis’ love, and God’s grace, are coming into your life, to grow and blossom, like flowers in the meadow. 

Take some time to feel Francis’ love for you now, and allow the grace that surrounds him to also surround and fill you.

Walking further along the path with Francis, you now begin to notice things differently. 

Everything in the meadow seems to have become enchanted with love and beauty. 

Colors have taken on a soft luster. 

The river seems to be alive and shining with light. 

The bird songs have grown sweeter and more innocent, and a light breeze has set the grasses and flowers swaying in unison, as if they were all listening to a song.

Francis guides you over to the stream, and the two of you sit side by side, your bare feet resting in the cool water. 

As you sit, look around and notice God’s incredible handiwork. 

At your feet a few fish dart here and there in the gentle current. 

A butterfly visits a flower on the bank. 

A rabbit hops by on the opposite side of the stream, and takes a moment to sniff the air. 

Everywhere before you is the beauty of Creation, the world in which you are so intimately connected. 

This is God’s world, and you are God’s most precious creation. 

And in this moment, you know what Francis knows, that God’s love lives within you always, now and forever.

The stream has become a luminous current of heavenly light, and it flows around your feet, lifting your spirit, clearing your mind, and healing your body. 

Ask now in deepest prayer that you be helped to release anything that stands between you and your greater awakening, and open to the fullness of God’s grace.

In answer to your prayer, waves of love flow from the Creator toward you and Francis, bringing blessings beyond measure. 

Take some time to breathe deeply, and receive.

As you continue to sit together, Saint Francis asks you to pray with him. 

Together, you say the following prayer, and you allow its meaning to go deep within you.

Lord, make me an instrument of your peace. 

Where there is hatred, let me sow love.

Where there is injury, pardon. 

Where there is doubt, faith.

Where there is despair, hope. 

Where there is darkness, light. 

And where there is sadness, joy. 

Oh, Divine Master

Grant that I may not so much seek to be consoled, as to console; 

To be understood, as to understand To be loved, as to love.

For it is in giving that I receive In pardoning that I am pardoned.

And it is in dying that I am born to eternal life.

If there is anything that has been troubling you, take a few moments to share it with Saint Francis now. 

With his kind, wise eyes full of compassion, he sees you, understands all you’ve gone through, and knows who you truly are, beyond all the trappings of your worldly existence. 

Allow him to comfort you in whatever way he feels is best, as you receive his blessing, through his words, his touch, or his gaze.

It will soon be time to bring this journey to a close, so take a few moments to thank Francis for his love, and if you wish, ask him to remain with you in your heart over the coming days.

Take your time, and when you’re ready, bring your awareness gently back to your physical surroundings.

Bring with you all you have learned, and when you’re ready, open your eyes, and feel awake, alert, and refreshed.

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