...the time between the times...

Statio is the Latin word for "position" or "location." In spiritual practice, it is a holy pause, or a mindfulness prayer. It is an unhurried moment to attune ourselves to God's presence.

“Statio is a monastic custom… of stopping one thing before we begin another. It is the time between the times” (Wisdom Distilled From the Daily, 1990, p. 176). 

During my Spiritual Direction training, we would begin each afternoon session after we returned from lunch with the following Statio prayer:

“For the provision of food, the joy of the table,

the warmth of friendship, we thank you, Lord.

Hold all our unfinished conversations.

At the threshold of our afternoon’s work,

we turn to you and ask for the grace to be fully present:

present to you, to one another, 

and to the work you’ve invited us into.

We rest now in your eternal love.”

This prayer has become incredibly meaningful to me...especially the line "Hold all our unfinished conversations." I have written my own versions of this prayer many times, asking God to "Hold all my.... (unreconciled relationships, unfinished work, etc)" ...whatever the thing is that is on my mind that feels unfulfilled, unfinished, cut off too early. These things are too big for me to hold, and God does not mean for me to hold them. Only God is big enough to hold them, and I choose to purposefully entrust them to God, and release them from myself. The significance of this little prayer and the idea of an unhurried, prayerful pause has been life-altering for me in its simplicity and depth.

And so I chose Statio as the name of my Spiritual Direction practice. 

I invite you along on this journey of attunement to the unhurried presence of God. 

Welcome!