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ENFOLDED Enfolded in Christ Crucified Colloquy. (Instruction from the Spiritual Exercises by Ignatius of Loyola); Imagining Christ our Lord, present before me and nailed to the Cross, make a colloquy asking how it came about that the Creator made himself a human being and from eternal life came to temporal death, and thus to die for my sins. Then, turning to myself, I will ask, ‘What have I done for Christ?’ Finally, seeing him in that state, hanging on the Cross, go over whatever comes to mind. A colloquy, properly so called, means speaking as one friend speaks with another, or a servant with a master, at times asking for some favour, at other times accusing oneself of something badly done, or sharing personal concerns and asking for advice about them. And then I will say an Our Father. Trinity Sunday Lord who hast form’d me out of mud, And hast redeemed me through thy blood, And sanctifi’d me to do good; Purge all my sins done heretofore; For I confess my heavy score, And I will strive to sin no more. Enrich my heart, mouth, hands in he, With faith, with hope, with charity; That I may run, rise, rest with thee. George Herbert