The Lenten season begins with Ash Wednesday service at church at noon.
The Labyrinth is open to the public.
It is the light eternal that sustains all creation. Walking the labyrinth in prayer and/or meditation is a welcoming celebration of life for the people of All Saints and the wider community.
The Rev. Jill Rierdan leads labyrinth walks and retreats at All Saints. Her goal is for the experience to be like a kind of walking prayer, a form of spiritual journey, a physical way of moving closer to God. Amusingly enough, walking the labyrinth has also been described as a way of praying for people who can’t sit still! Generally, a group will gather outside the church to talk about the labyrinth, consider a prayer that speaks to walking and prayer, then walk the labyrinth, each at her/her own pace. The group re-gathers when everyone has finished their walk to share their experiences.
Often, people ask how long it takes to walk the All Saints Labyrinth, or if they have to walk both inside and out or if they can just walk one way. The way to walk a labyrinth is your way; there is no right or wrong, complete or partial way. The important thing is that your walk be slow and silent. Why? To give each walker an opportunity to reflect on her/his relationship with the Holy (whether experienced as God or Jesus and/or the Holy Spirit) and, perhaps, as a consequence, to have a glimmer, at least, of intimacy. Rev. JIll's is clearly that of a committed Christian. There are other views, too, which make walking the labyrinth meaningful to a variety of participants and visitors.
