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* Illumination. This is your time to move toward the center which you are able to see during your entire journey. This is a time of openness and peacefulness, a time to learn or receive what the moment offers. Again, take your time here.

* The Journey out. Reflect, receive, review what you received in the center. Consider how it might be applied to your life. When I complete my walk, I like to turn and face the center again, bow, and say a prayer of thanksgiving for what I have received.

* Finally Implementation. This is your life outside the labyrinth; the place where your insight is integrated into your everyday life. You may want to have a special journal to record your thoughts, feelings and insights. I have no doubt that it will be a valuable addition to your spiritual life.

So come. See. Walk when there is no one there but you and the Holy Spirit. Whenever you are there, you will find it is a sacred time.

Pet Ossuary

Part of the Labyrinth area includes a Pet Ossuary. Cremated remains of small animals are interred there, and all are welcome to avail themselves of this special place. Contact the Church office for information on how the process works and who will assist you in the interment process.

Many people who have enjoyed the spiritual gifts the labyrinth offers suggest ways to "do" it. I want to stress before I share those suggestions with you that there is no wrong way to walk a labyrinth. Let me repeat. . . There is no wrong way to walk a labyrinth.

I think at first the experience will surprise you so I hope you will be encouraged and visit often. One person said he was pulled into a spiritual experience he could not imagine living without. I pray that will happen for each of you.

So, let us begin.

* Environment: You play a part in setting the environment for your experience. I suggest you consider leaving your stuff at home or, if that is not possible, in the car. Keys, pocket change, the all-present-cell phone, watches, and dangly jewelry.

* Enter: As I enter, I like to face the entrance and offer a prayer. I ask to be able to leave the cares of the day behind, to be open to God's word, and to be at peace with what is revealed to me. I lift my arms as I pray but just standing reverently is also good. My raising of my arms could also be a bow, an acknowledgement that I am quiet and centered.

* Walk. . . at your own pace. Pause or stop as needed. Time is not a consideration. It helps me to establish a little slower breathing pattern and, at first, to be conscious of breathing in and breathing out. Let the openness of the journey and the peacefulness speak to your spirit.