Sisters of Charity Labyrinth

I was delighted at the Convent to have the opportunity to walk an outdoor labyrinth created from the design used at Chartes. Here is a video (in the wind of course) To try to give you an idea of the size. I stood on  a park bench to film it. Years ago we began creating a 'prayer walk' on the empty lot next to our house. It is not a labyrinth in the true meaning of the word, but provides a little place for the neighborhood to pause and hopefully be refreshed. May you walk with purpose as you serve the Lord.
 
This link has more information about Christian Labyrinths.
http://www.cmcuww.org/labyrinth/meaning.htm

"This labyrinth has only one path so there are no tricks to it and no dead ends. The path winds throughout and becomes a mirror for where we are in our lives: it touches our sorrows and releases our joys. So walk it with an open mind an and open heart.

"While labyrinths have been used in many traditions the Chartres labyrinth was born out of the Christian context. In the middle-ages Chartres was a pilgrimage site for Christians and pilgrims would complete their journey by walking the labyrinth. They saw reaching the center as journeying to the spiritual Jerusalem.  "We come to the Labyrinth walk at various stages in our spiritual journey and with a wide variety of needs and questions present in our life. Some people find it helpful to focus their minds and hearts on a particular question as they walk the Labyrinth. Others find it most helpful to simply clear their mind and become aware of your breath and open yourself to whatever the experience on the path has to offer. Trust your experience and the Spirit to guide you on your way.  "The labyrinth's winding path is a metaphor for the spiritual journey. It represents our journey as well as reminds us of so many who have traveled before us in faith. The rose and the cross are also visible symbols within the labyrinth. The center of the labyrinth is referred to as a rose. Mary, the mother of Jesus, has often been referred to as a rose, and Chartres is a cathedral dedicated to Mary. In mystical traditions the Holy Spirit is also symbolized as a rose. The image of the cross overlays the entire pattern, the turns at the quadrant forming the pattern."