Thanksgiving Week Group Lectio

 

Lectio Divina (Sacred Reading) Procedure

1st reading:  Reflect- Listen for the overall sense of the passage. What most captures your attention as you listen? Share a word or phrase that seems to “light up” or makes the passage come alive for you. Reflect what message or question from God you are hearing that the passages are building for you

2nd reading: Respond- Listen and respond: What are you moved to say to God in response to the message or question you are hearing? Share a specific prayer of intention, thanksgiving, or concern that rises within you.

3rd reading:  Rest in God: Listen in silence, quieting the self to make room for God’s presence and action within your heart, mind, and body.

Small Man to the Sacred Family in Village of Horses - Philippians 4: 4-9

DANCING FOR JOY AND WALKING IN PEACE 

4 Always dance with joy before our Honored Chief ! I will say it again : dance with joy ! 

5 Let everyone see how kind and thoughtful you are. Our Honored Chief is close at hand.

6 Do not let your hearts be weighed down with anything. Instead, with every step you take, send your voice to the Great Spirit, asking him for the things you need.  And in all your prayers remember to give him thanks . 

7 Then the peace and harmony of the Great Spirit, which goes far beyond our small and weak ways of thinking, will watch over your hearts and minds through the Chosen One, Creator Sets Free (Jesus). 

8 Last of all , my sacred family members , if anything can be seen as good and honorable , think deeply about these things . Things that are true and noble , upright and pure , full of beauty and worthy of respect. 

9 Follow the way of life you have seen in me , the things you have learned from me , heard from me , and received from me . Keep walking in the traditions I have passed on to you . Then the Great Spirit of Peace will continue to walk with you on this road 

Lord's Prayer (Together)

When you send your voice to the Great Spirit, here is how you should pray: 

“O Great Spirit, our Father from above, we honor your name as sacred and holy. 10 “Bring your good road to us, where the beauty of your ways in the spirit-world above is reflected in the earth below. 11 “Provide for us day by day—the elk, the buffalo, and the salmon. The corn, the squash, and the wild rice. All the things we need for each day. 12  “Release us from the things we have done wrong, in the same way we release others for the things done wrong to us. 13 “Guide us away from the things that tempt us to stray from your good road, and set us free from the evil one and his worthless ways. 

Aho! May it be so!

Closing Prayer

• Generous God,
  you brought us into the abundance of our inheritance.
  Grant us the faith to be people
  blossoming with honor and truth,
  so that we may produce bountifully
  the first fruits of justice and compassion,
  which are pleasing in your sight. Amen.