Pentecost Divine Seeing

🖼️ Visio Divina for Pentecost Sunday

Visio Divina means "divine seeing." It’s a prayer practice where we slow down and let God speak to us through an image. Just like Lectio Divina aka Dwelling in the Word, with scripture, we pause, notice, reflect, and listen—but through what we see instead of what we read. Take a few moments with today’s image (The Tower of Babel by Pieter Bruegel the Elder) and let your spirit engage deeply. What catches your eye? What stirs in your heart? How does this ancient image stir thoughts about present places?

This week’s message is: From Scattered to Seen.

🌍 Devotional Thought

The Tower of Babel shows what happens when people build from pride, not purpose—when power tries to rise above connection. At Pentecost, God doesn't reverse the diversity of languages but speaks through them to bring people back into communion. In Gaza, Ukraine, and so many corners of the world, we still live in the ruins of towers built for control rather than care. War is what happens when listening stops, and the Spirit is pushed aside. But Pentecost reminds us that even in chaos, the Spirit can fall like fire and create something new, something shared, something holy.

🙏 Reflection Questions

Where in the world do I see towers of pride crumbling today?

What language or perspective do I resist listening to?

What might it mean for the Spirit to bring understanding through difference—not in spite of it?

🕊️ Prayer

Spirit of unity, fall upon the broken places. Speak peace into the rubble, and breathe fire into our hearts—not to destroy, but to awaken compassion. May we become interpreters of one another’s pain. May we become builders of holy connection. And may Your Spirit gather what the world has scattered. Amen.