Thursday Satsang Via Zoom
December 22, 2022
The Meditation Center’s Holiday Program 2022
“Celebration of the Season of Silence, Light, and Hope”
7:00 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.
Because of the harsh winter blizzard conditions predicted for Thursday night and Friday, the Holiday Party will be via Zoom only. Stay warm and safe!
Holiday Program Schedule
7:00-7:30 p.m. “Meditation on Light” guided by Swami Radha Bharati
7:30 p.m. Welcome by Sunita Gangopadhyay
7:35 p.m. Special Christmas Message 2022 from Swami Ritavan Bharati
read by Swami Radha Bharati
7:40 -8:00 p.m. Readings and Music
Phyllis Vargas reading -(1) “Oh What Joy!” from Swami Veda Bharati
and (2) “The Body is Mary” from Mevlana Jalaluddin Rumi
translated by Daniel Ladinsky
“The Heart’s Mystery” sung by Chris Young
Sophia Showalter reading from Swami Veda’s “Revelries in Sanctity”
(1) “Spring comes waving green flags in the sky,” (2) “May the seasons of your mind be attuned to your Soul-Sun,” (3) “To All Who Fill My Hands,” and (4) “You are the gift-laden tree.”
“Jai Gurudev” sung by Chris Young
Michael Smith reading three stories including “The Miraculous Staircase ” and “Three Wise Women.”
“Imagine” sung by Chris Young
Lighting of Hanukkah Candles on the Fifth Night of Hanukkah
by Nikki Strong and Daniel Hertz
8:00 p.m. Instructions on the Process of Lighting of Our Individual Candles at Home
by Sunita Gangopadhyay
8:05 p.m. A Vedic Prayer, “Deepa Jyoti” chanted by
Emilio Bettaglio
8:10-8:15 p.m. Lighting of Candles Accompanied by the Community Singing of “Silent Night”
8:15-8:25 p.m. Silent Meditation
8:25-8:35 p.m. Evening Prayers
